{"id":201,"date":"2011-12-15T01:17:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T01:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2011-12-15T01:17:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T01:17:45","slug":"dons-december-premier-series-top-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019s December Premier Series Top Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ch\u00e2teau St. Eulalie\u2019s 2009 Plaisir Minervois is aptly named.\u00a0 In French, <em>plaisir<\/em> means to please or pleasure, and this tasty wine from the south of France pleases in a big way. I\u2019ve always enjoyed this property\u2019s wines.\u00a0 The 2007 St. Eulalie Plaisir was excellent, memorable even, but the 2009 Plaisir (this month\u2019s feature) is even better.\u00a0 Juicy, polished and delightful with all kinds of foods, it delivers on all fronts to earn a top pick for December\u2019s Premier Series.<\/p>\n<p>Equally impressive is Massone\u2019s 2010 Vignetto Masera Gavi \u2013 another old favorite.\u00a0 Bright and fresh like the living waters of a high mountain stream, Massone\u2019s Gavi earns special feature status this month too.\u00a0 It always makes me wonder if the water from the mythical \u201cFountain of youth\u201d could taste any fresher or be any more vibrant than Massone\u2019s Masera Gavi<em>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Votre Sant\u00e9!<\/p>\n<p>Don<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ch\u00e2teau St. Eulalie\u2019s 2009 Plaisir Minervois is aptly named.\u00a0 In French, plaisir means to please or pleasure, and this tasty wine from the south of France pleases in a big way. I\u2019ve always enjoyed this property\u2019s wines.\u00a0 The 2007 St. Eulalie Plaisir was excellent, memorable even, but the 2009 Plaisir (this month\u2019s feature) is even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>December 2011 Premier Series Top Wine Picks!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don Lahey highlights his top December 2011 wine picks for the International Wine of the Month Club, Premier Series!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"December 2011 Premier Series Top Wine Picks!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don Lahey highlights his top December 2011 wine picks for the International Wine of the Month Club, Premier Series!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WineMonthClub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-15T01:17:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Don Lahey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@WineMonthClub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@WineMonthClub\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Don Lahey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"December 2011 Premier Series Top Wine Picks!","description":"Don Lahey highlights his top December 2011 wine picks for the International Wine of the Month Club, Premier Series!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"December 2011 Premier Series Top Wine Picks!","og_description":"Don Lahey highlights his top December 2011 wine picks for the International Wine of the Month Club, Premier Series!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/","og_site_name":"Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WineMonthClub","article_published_time":"2011-12-15T01:17:45+00:00","author":"Don Lahey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@WineMonthClub","twitter_site":"@WineMonthClub","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Don Lahey","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/","url":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/","name":"December 2011 Premier Series Top Wine Picks!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-12-15T01:17:45+00:00","dateModified":"2011-12-15T01:17:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/252df0a64b62c4bf914deff2def08ccc"},"description":"Don Lahey highlights his top December 2011 wine picks for the International Wine of the Month Club, Premier Series!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/dons-december-premier-series-top-picks\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Wine Blog Home","item":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Featured Selections","item":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/category\/featured-selections\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Don\u2019s December Premier Series Top Picks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/","name":"Wine Blog from The International Wine of the Month Club","description":"A wine blog written by the experts from The International Wine of the Month Club","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/252df0a64b62c4bf914deff2def08ccc","name":"Don Lahey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dafbad9ba70ee4ae413f7973d30430ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dafbad9ba70ee4ae413f7973d30430ff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Don Lahey"},"description":"Don Lahey's career in the wine industry spans over 30 years as an importer, author, consultant, and educator. He leads the tasting panel that selects our wines each month.","url":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/author\/donlahey\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}