{"id":113739,"date":"2016-02-18T11:48:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T09:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113739\/today-is-drink-wine-day-as-if-we-need-an-excuse\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T07:49:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T05:49:59","slug":"today-is-drink-wine-day-as-if-we-need-an-excuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/02\/18\/today-is-drink-wine-day-as-if-we-need-an-excuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is drink wine day &#8211; as if we need an excuse!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Kir and Kir Royal<\/h3>\n<p>Kir and Kir Royal are popular French cocktails made from cr\u00e8me de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white\u00a0wine or champagne.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0France they are usually drunk as an aperitif\u00a0before a meal or snack. Originally the wine\u00a0used was Bourgogne Aligot\u00e9, a lesser white wine of Burgundy.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>Recipe for Kir<\/h4>\n<p>In a wine glass or champagne flute, 9 parts wine, 1 part cr\u00e8me de cassis, add the cassis to the bottom of the glass, then top up with wine or champagne.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/more-kir-royale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96681\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/more-kir-royale-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Imperial Kir\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Spritzer<\/h3>\n<p>White wine and soda water to taste, diet or desired sobriety. Add berries or fresh mint if you like. Or how about a dash of angostura bitters for a pink spritzer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/spritzer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96691\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/spritzer-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Lemonade Spritzer with Fresh Berries in Small Glasses\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3>A new twist on Sangria<\/h3>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/M7qjo30yJYQ' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>pics: Corbis<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='b351bfe0250f5cf93b5621a4f80696fc'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Throwback Thursday, here are a few throwback ways to spruce up your wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":115305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[9890,9891,9892,9893,9894,9895],"class_list":["post-113739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-drink-wine-day","tag-kir","tag-kir-royal","tag-sangria","tag-spritzer","tag-wine-cocktails"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["drink wine day","kir","kir royal","sangria","spritzer","wine cocktails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}