{"id":580,"date":"2012-04-03T22:06:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T22:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=580"},"modified":"2013-09-04T22:28:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T22:28:30","slug":"so-what-do-i-drink-off-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/so-what-do-i-drink-off-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"So What Do I Drink &#8230;Off the Job?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a pretty eclectic palate, which leads me to search out all kinds of wines to match the food I\u2019m eating, the weather outside, or the mood I\u2019m in on any given day.\u00a0 I truly love to eat and I enjoy almost all kinds of foods and types of cuisines, so there isn\u2019t going to be one wine or type of wine I always gravitate to.\u00a0 I rarely drink the same wine two days in a row, though I confess that I could drink Champagne every day.\u00a0 However, at home we eat a Mediterranean diet more often than not, so the wines of California, Italy, Southern France, and Spain make regular appearances at my table.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, I am very fond of many of the white wines of Northern and Central Italy.\u00a0 Most are light, fresh, and <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-596\" title=\"Mediterranean Dish with White wine\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/iStock_000010835249Small-Mediterranean-Dish-with-White-wine-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>increasingly well made with little or no oak.\u00a0 They drink well on their own, so they make excellent aperitifs, and they can double as unobtrusive accompaniments to seafood and light pastas at any time of year.\u00a0 Moreover, they are what I like to refer to as \u201cno headache wines.\u201d\u00a0 Without massive amounts of alcohol or layers of new oak, they are easy on my head as well as my palate.\u00a0 No wonder these wines are increasingly popular in Europe as well as America.\u00a0 Gavi from the Piedmont, Orvieto from Umbria, Verdicchio from a hand full of premium Verdicchio producers in the Marches, and Vernaccia from Tuscany are just a few of the Italian white wines I have especially enjoyed recently.<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s enological renaissance in the last decade has delivered some excellent light to medium-bodied white wines, too.\u00a0 The Spanish white wines I admire most usually have a high percentage of Verdejo or Albarino in the blend.\u00a0 I enjoy Spanish Cava, as well.\u00a0 Nobody makes better dry sparkling wine for the money than Spain\u2019s Cava producers.\u00a0 But what about the red wines, you ask?\u00a0 I\u2019m hardly finished with the white wines I drink at home, so we\u2019ll save red wines, Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs, and other white wines for another day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Votre Sant\u00e9!<\/p>\n<p>Don Lahey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a pretty eclectic palate, which leads me to 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