{"id":550,"date":"2017-10-09T09:23:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/?p=550"},"modified":"2017-10-09T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:24:16","slug":"on-safari-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/on-safari-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"On Safari in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosa.co.za\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-551\" src=\"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/whitelogonewsletterblack-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/whitelogonewsletterblack-300x193.png 300w, http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/whitelogonewsletterblack.png 436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Wine has been made in South Africa at least since the 17th century when Jan van Riebeeck from the Dutch East India Company was first tasked with planting\u00a0vineyards at the Cape of Good Hope.\u00a0After\u00a0the phylloxera epidemic of the 1800&#8217;s, many vineyards were replanted with with varieties such as\u00a0Cinsaut. \u00a0While they are well known for their distinctive Pinotage and Chenin Blanc grapes, their wine industry is blossoming with other varietals as well. With over 60 viticultural areas, mostly in the southwest, the country is producing\u00a0stellar wines from Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz and others. Join us on safari through South\u00a0Africa as we learn about the wines and the colonial history that spurred their growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Safari in South Africa<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday, October 14, 7:00 pm<br \/>\nhosted by Scott and Lori Wood<br \/>\n1922 E Rosecreek Pkwy S, Fargo<\/p>\n<p>$25 members, $30 non-members<\/p>\n<p>please <a href=\"mailto:rrvaws@me.com\">RSVP<\/a> by Thursday, Oct 12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wine has been made in South Africa at least since the 17th century when Jan van Riebeeck from the Dutch East India Company was first tasked with planting\u00a0vineyards at the Cape of Good Hope.\u00a0After\u00a0the phylloxera epidemic of the 1800&#8217;s, many vineyards were replanted with with varieties such as\u00a0Cinsaut. \u00a0While they are well known for their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aws-event","category-valley-vine","category-wine-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}