{"id":4784,"date":"2021-01-03T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T16:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2021-01-06T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T19:50:12","slug":"knotty-vines-offers-entry-level-wine-drinkers-several-affordable-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=4784","title":{"rendered":"Knotty Vines Offers &#8220;Entry Level&#8221; Wine Drinkers Several Affordable Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodney Strong Vineyards has recently released a new line of wines, &#8220;aimed at older millennials and gen-x wine consumers.&#8221; Although the <strong>Knotty Vines<\/strong> label is, as the winery says, &#8220;a new lifestyle brand that reaches an emerging consumer demographic&#8221; the wines can be enjoyed by wine consumers of any age. All wines listed are currently priced at about $15 a bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/knottywines.com\/uploads\/images\/_200xAUTO_fit_center-center_none\/Pinot-Noir-2018.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"365\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2018 Chardonnay<\/strong> &#8211; There are plenty of apple and stone fruit flavors to be had here, with accents that suggest toasted coconut. Edgier notes of crisp citrus also come through on the finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2018 Pinot Noir<\/strong> &#8211; This lighter-bodied Pinot carries a bit of a spiced red plum and blackberry flavor profile, with a hint of dried black cherry and vanilla bean on the finish. It should pair well with poached salmon or a mushroom risotto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2018 Cabernet Sauvignon <\/strong>&#8211; You might mistake this for a California Pinot, with its earthy, mineral-like quality, and the fruit component tends to be a bit lighter and brighter than expected with red currant and red raspberry flavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2016 Red Blend<\/strong> &#8211; There&#8217;s a big dollop of berry compote to lead off, with a soft finish of black cherry\/chocolate and perhaps just a trailing note of sweetness. This four-varietal blend consists of Merlot, Malbec, Zinfandel, and Petit Verdot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney Strong Vineyards has recently released a new line of wines, &#8220;aimed at older millennials and gen-x wine consumers.&#8221; Although the Knotty Vines label is, as the winery says, &#8220;a new lifestyle brand that reaches an emerging consumer demographic&#8221; the wines can be enjoyed by wine consumers of any age. All wines listed are currently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4784"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4791,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4784\/revisions\/4791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}