{"id":333,"date":"2025-10-26T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/leftover-wine-hostess-strategy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:30:00","slug":"leftover-wine-hostess-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/leftover-wine-hostess-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftover Wine Strategy for Hostesses Who Care."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a party I have half bottles like party guests who forgot their coats. I label them with painter&#8217;s tape and date because oxidized Pinot does not belong in pasta without consent. Some I freeze in ice cube trays for cooking. Some I invite a neighbor to finish on a weeknight.<\/p>\n<p>Red goes into braises. White goes into risotto. Sparkling goes into me if I am still cleaning at midnight, modestly. Waste offends the former accountant and the former market shopper in me equally.<\/p>\n<p>I also keep one nice unopened bottle for emergencies\u2014bad day, good news, someone shows up sad. Wine is not the solution. Hospitality is. Wine helps the sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Pour with intention. Stop before regret. Send guests home with a slice and a ride if they need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not waste it. Freeze it, cook with it, or invite someone back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertaining"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmarlington.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}