{"id":255,"date":"2009-03-02T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2009-03-02T06:00:34","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T13:00:34","slug":"a-white-wine-bargain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/02\/a-white-wine-bargain\/","title":{"rendered":"A White Wine Bargain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PaniloncoA lot of cheap wine is overpriced, so it’s a real treat to find a $4 bottle that I want to buy more of. A friend recommended Panilonco\u00a02008 Reserve Chardonnay\/Voignier<\/em> and I bought a bottle at Trader Joe’s – a great place to hunt for bargains.<\/p>\n

I like my white wines to have a little bite, while the Lady of the House prefers them sweet and smooth. So I often get excited about a wine only to see her make a face. Other times\u00a0 her eyes light up after tasting one that I think was made boring by too much sugar.<\/p>\n

This well balanced wine made us both happy. It’s\u00a0 simple, in a good way, with a nice flavor that’s crisp but smooth. Our only complaint was that Trader Joe’s was out of stock when we went back for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A lot of cheap wine is overpriced, so it’s a real treat to find a $4 bottle that I want to buy more of. A friend recommended Panilonco\u00a02008 Reserve Chardonnay\/Voignier and I bought a bottle at Trader Joe’s – a great place to hunt for bargains. I like my white wines to have a little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-wine","tag-nad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t