{"id":16608,"date":"2016-03-04T18:01:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/?p=16608"},"modified":"2018-04-17T14:38:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T14:38:02","slug":"bubbly-blink-a-fine-greek-sparkling-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/bubbly-blink-a-fine-greek-sparkling-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubbly&#8230;Blink. A fine Greek Sparkling wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raising a glass and making toasts with a sparkling Greek wine, could lead to a wonderful moment. Let&#8217;s Blink.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately you will know that Blink is one of the most \u2018hip\u2019 sparkling wines around. You can see this with the fashion forward design of the bottle an label.\u00a0\u00a0 It is no surprise that this creative design was awarded the Golden Pentaward Metal in packaging design in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t think of Blink as just a pretty face, don\u2019t look away\u2014she is just as beautiful on the inside as the outside. A delicious wine that received 90 points and a \u2018Best Buy\u2019 recommendation in the 2013 August issue of Wine and Sprits.<\/p>\n<p>Blink Wine is a product by a butique winery from North Greece, called <strong>Pieria Eratini.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blink is a dry sparkling wine from 100% Muscat Alexandria (Zibibbo). Today I drink it at a perfect 7 degrees (whites should be at 6-8 degrees Celsius).<\/p>\n<p>In opening the bottle, one immediately can appreciate the aromatic nose. This bottle\/glass of wine is clean with no visual defects . Pale yellow and bright in color with a nose of almond, almond blossoms, peach, pear and citrus. There is even a hint of the yeast.<\/p>\n<p>The palate follows the nose and one feels a mouth full of flowers which is followed by a slight fruitiness, especially the pear. It\u2019s mild acidity and minerality balance the sweet flavor that comes on the front of the\u00a0 mouth with an aftertaste of buttery or toffee candy such as a caramel.<\/p>\n<p>This wine would pair well with Asian style foods, especially spicy or sweet &amp; sour dishes. I can certainly imagine it as a dessert pairing with bitter chocolate or something fruity. Great aperitif on it\u2019s own. Enjoy with first course of vegetables or salad. Drink Blink with a plate of yellow and white cheese or with foie gras\/pate, or simply anytime the occasion calls for bubbles:)<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raising a glass and making toasts with a sparkling Greek wine, could lead to a wonderful moment. Let&#8217;s Blink. Immediately you will know that Blink is one of the most \u2018hip\u2019 sparkling wines around. You can see this with the fashion forward design of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,92,11,10,2,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece","category-greek-wines","category-people","category-travelling","category-wine","category-wine-tourism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17814,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608\/revisions\/17814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreekwineexperience.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}