{"id":821,"date":"2004-09-28T08:36:49","date_gmt":"2004-09-28T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/09\/cultish_tastes\/"},"modified":"2004-09-28T08:36:49","modified_gmt":"2004-09-28T15:36:49","slug":"cultish_tastes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/09\/cultish_tastes.html","title":{"rendered":"CULTISH TASTES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><A class=inline href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/archives20040901.shtml#87631\" target='new\"'><B><FONT color=#003399>Remember the Endangered Species Menu<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> at THE ENDANGERED SPECIES RESTAURANT in Jackson Hole, Wyoming? I forgot to mention the <A class=inline href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/ateliermp\/winelist.html\" target='new\"'><B><FONT color=#003399>Wine List<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>. Shameful. Because in many ways it is the restaurant&#8217;s greatest attraction. For wine connoiseurs with cultish tastes, the list is short but choice:<\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>1. Genoa Blood Red Chianti, 2001 &#8212; Fullbodied, curious coagulants, redolent of teargas and buckshot<br \/>\n<P>2. Quebec Cabernet Sauvignon, 2001 &#8212; Furious palette cleanser, olde-world aura, secretive and cryptic aftertaste <\/P><br \/>\n<P>3. Bohemian Sekt, 2000 &#8212; A sparkling white, haunting effervescent allure w\/ traces of burning tires and a barely discernible rumble of paramilitary operations<\/P><br \/>\n<P>4. Seattle &#8216;Johannesburg&#8217; Riesling, 1999 &#8212; All-satisfying Rhineland bouquet, excellent w\/ irradiated salmon and poached triple-yolk eggs on a bed of synthesized lettuce <\/P><br \/>\n<P>5. Sarajevo Modoc Surprise, 1999 &#8212; A rare blend of Albanian and Montenegran grapes, handpicked by Croatian virgins, brutally squeezed by Serbian police <BR>officers, unusually sweaty aroma, best served late at night (House Wine)<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><\/P><br \/>\n<P>As the restaurant staff says, <I>\u00e0 votre sant\u00e9<\/I>.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the Endangered Species Menu at THE ENDANGERED SPECIES RESTAURANT in Jackson Hole, Wyoming? I forgot to mention the Wine List. Shameful. Because in many ways it is the restaurant&#8217;s greatest attraction. For wine connoiseurs with cultish tastes, the list is short but choice: 1. Genoa Blood Red Chianti, 2001 &#8212; Fullbodied, curious coagulants, redolent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-df","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}