{"id":3702,"date":"2014-05-27T22:46:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T22:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/?page_id=3702"},"modified":"2019-01-22T22:09:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T22:09:21","slug":"viognier-wine-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/wine-varietal-chart\/viognier-wine-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Viognier Wine Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Viognier &#8211; A white grape from the Rhone<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Viognier is a variety of a white wine grape from the Rhone Valley in France.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It was not long ago that Viognier was a rare varietal in California. California Viognier is now a fashionable and popular alternative to Chardonnay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Viognier has aromas and flavors of floral, peach, apricot, pear, and melon. On occasion, some earthiness and spice are displayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Winemakers that make this wine in three ways: Age in stainless tanks that give no oak flavors; aged in Oak barrels; aged in oaked and allowed to undergo malolactic fermentation. This process gives the wine a buttery aroma and flavor and a creamy texture in the mouth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Viognier is a good food match with spicy foods, grilled chicken or fish. An oaky Viognier can be matched with white meat and cheese. Avoid oaky Viognier with light foods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<h2>Where to Find Good California Viognier on Our Wine Trails<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #990099;\" title=\"Highway 46 West Trail\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-country-backroads-paso-robles-west\/\">Castoro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #990099;\" title=\"Fair Play Wineries in El Dorado Wine Country\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-regions\/sierra-foothills-wineries\/fair-play-wineries-in-el-dorado-wine-country\/\">Cedarville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #990099;\" title=\"Highway 46 East Trail\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-regions\/paso-robles-wine-country\/highway-46-east-trail\/\">Eberle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #990099;\" title=\"Anderson Valley Wineries\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-regions\/mendocino\/anderson-valley-wineries\/\">Handley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viognier &#8211; A white grape from the Rhone Viognier is a variety of a white wine grape from the Rhone Valley in France. It was not long ago that Viognier was a rare varietal in California. California Viognier is now a fashionable and popular alternative to Chardonnay. Viognier has aromas and flavors of floral, peach, &#8230; <a title=\"Viognier Wine Information\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/wine-varietal-chart\/viognier-wine-information\/\" aria-label=\"More on Viognier Wine Information\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3669,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"ppma_author":[1885],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3702"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13904,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3702\/revisions\/13904"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}