{"id":2419,"date":"2013-07-24T10:34:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T14:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2013-07-24T10:35:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T14:35:59","slug":"red-wine-shortage-strikes-eastern-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/red-wine-shortage-strikes-eastern-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Red wine shortage strikes eastern US&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130721_181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2420\" alt=\"20130721_18\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130721_181-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>&#8230;.which can only mean that Jim Gerrish and I have been at the Thistle Hill cellars again.\u00a0 We call it a consultancy and from time to time I think we saw one of our cows, but mostly we ponder big strategic questions over Google Earth with a glass of red to clear our thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, it is Jim who got us into Devon, rescued our pastures, and about once a year puts us back on track.\u00a0 This year we re-arranged some pasture layouts, plotted a few water lines, adjusted the grazing schedule and debated the future (ours&#8217; not his).<\/p>\n<p>He did particularly like our young two year old bulls.\u00a0 Always nice to hear that from a true cattleman.<\/p>\n<p>The best part of this cattle business is the wonderful friendships we&#8217;ve made.\u00a0 Jim was visiting primarily to speak at a series of conferences being held by the Virginia Forage and Grasslands Council.\u00a0 Second time this year they&#8217;ve had him in.\u00a0 Must like him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;.which can only mean that Jim Gerrish and I have been at the Thistle Hill cellars again.\u00a0 We call it a consultancy and from time to time I think we saw one of our cows, but mostly we ponder big strategic questions over Google Earth with a glass of red to clear our thinking. Actually, it is Jim who got us into Devon, rescued our pastures, and about once a year puts us back on track.\u00a0 This year we re-arranged some pasture layouts, plotted a few water lines, adjusted the grazing schedule and debated the future (ours&#8217; not his). He did particularly like our young two year old bulls.\u00a0 Always nice to hear that from a true cattleman. The best part of this cattle business is the wonderful friendships we&#8217;ve made.\u00a0 Jim was visiting primarily to speak at a series of conferences being held by the Virginia Forage and Grasslands Council.\u00a0 Second time this year they&#8217;ve had him in.\u00a0 Must like him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gerrish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions\/2423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}