{"id":714,"date":"2019-03-02T19:10:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T01:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/?p=714"},"modified":"2019-03-07T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T16:07:34","slug":"p-s-i-love-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/p-s-i-love-you\/","title":{"rendered":"P. S. I love you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-715\" src=\"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PS-277x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PS-277x300.png 277w, http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PS-768x833.png 768w, http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PS-944x1024.png 944w, http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PS-1080x1171.png 1080w, http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PS-610x661.png 610w, http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PS.png 1282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">DUE TO WEATHER, WE WILL POSTPONE THIS TASTING UNTIL MARCH 16.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Mach 27, 2004, something special happened in the basement level of the Black Building in downtown Fargo. My friend,\u00a0Mike Jore and I, organized\u00a0our first meeting\u00a0of the Red River Valley American Wine Society. That tasting drew a dozen or so interested folks who assembled to learn about and taste the Syrah grape. Since that fateful day in March, we have met over 160 times to learn about and enjoy this wonderful thing we call wine. Wine appreciation through education is our mission and that continues today stronger and more fun than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Saturday, March 9 as we celebrate our anniversary and continue our tradition of education and tasting as we explore the world of Petite Sirah.\u00a0First planted in the 19th century in California, the petite sirah grape was a mystery for a very long time. It wasn\u2019t until 1997 that the grape was identified as being genetically identical to the durif grape in France. Petite sirah was long used as a blending grape for what was known as \u2018Burgundy\u2019 in California. The grape grows as small, compact berries with a very high skin-to-juice ratio that results in an almost inky-dark color and high tannins. This allows petite sirah to have a great aging potential. As a stand alone varietal, petite sirah in California outshines its twin in France. It produces a relatively acidic wine with herbal and black pepper components complimenting the dark fruits. We will be exploring wines made from this grape sourced from around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS I Love You &#8211; Petite Sirah<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">March 16<\/span>, 7:00 pm<br \/>\nHosted by Rupak and Britney Gandhi<br \/>\n7499 16th St S, Fargo, ND, 58104<\/p>\n<p>$25 members, $35 non-members<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"mailto:rrvaws@gmail.com\">RSVP<\/a> by Thursday, March 14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUE TO WEATHER, WE WILL POSTPONE THIS TASTING UNTIL MARCH 16. 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That tasting drew a dozen or so interested folks who assembled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aws-event","category-education","category-valley-vine","category-wine-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","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=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/rrvaws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}