{"id":978,"date":"2017-01-02T23:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T23:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wordpress\/?p=978"},"modified":"2019-06-30T00:40:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T00:40:03","slug":"2016-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"2016 Wines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For our anniversary, Jen had found a wine making kit for me,&nbsp;but I still needed to pick out what wine we wanted to start with\u2026so we went with a simple california cabernet. We started our first batch at the end of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funny story and the beginning of my newest hobby. &nbsp;When mom was in the nursing home, and nearing the end, there were still some fun moments and some great memories. &nbsp;Me, Jen, Shelly, Sandy and SG were all there and one of the nurses came in to give mom her pain meds\u2026she walked towards her and said \u201cdown the hatch\u201d, and every one of us, including mom laughed, but the nurse didn\u2019t put it together\u2026Barbara Hatch, Down the Hatch. We decided at that moment to name our first wine after that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5710-e1561854962599-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5710-e1561854962599-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5710-e1561854962599-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And our second batch was also a \u2018select california cabernet\u2019 and sticking with the Hatch theme, we came up with Hatchback\u2026there were a couple others, but these were the 2 we decided on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After these 2 cabernet\u2019s, I decided to make a \u201cwhite merlot\u201d\u2026this wine turned out very nice and Jen came up with the name of this one, Really Jones\u2019n\u2026we both got really emotional\u2026almost like we didn\u2019t get the chance to mourn Aunt San. I would not be the person I am today if she wasn\u2019t in my life. Sandra Jones!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And&nbsp;our last wine for the year was an Australia Cabernet\u2026this turned out to be the one I liked the most (but not because of the name, but the wine itself). We decided after it was completed the this wine is our last \u201cmemorial wine\u201d name. &nbsp;Holiday Magic\u2026our babies that we lost in the last year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our next few wines will have fun names! I have started a French Cabernet\u2026any suggestions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For our anniversary, Jen had found a wine making kit for me,&nbsp;but I still needed to pick out what wine we wanted to start with\u2026so we went with a simple california cabernet. We started our first batch at the end of April. Funny story and the beginning of my newest hobby. &nbsp;When mom was in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourhouse.ilearnedthehardway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}