{"id":16830,"date":"2017-04-29T15:37:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T20:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=16830"},"modified":"2017-04-29T15:37:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T20:37:55","slug":"wheat-state-wine-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=16830","title":{"rendered":"Wheat State Wine Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rain was in the forecast but we didn&#8217;t let that stop us. I&#8217;m glad we pushed through with our plans to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PiperLeighTheSmokinSection\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Piper Leigh and the Smokin&#8217; Section<\/a> because it turned out to be a beautiful day for a country drive. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34071463435\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2836\/34071463435_7d179f6c17.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw Piper Leigh and her band perform for the first time last year when they opened for <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=14801\" >Jared &#038; the Mill at the Orpheum<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34031518186\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2949\/34031518186_20e588e5ea.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d never been to <a href=\"http:\/\/wheatstatewineco.com\"  target=\"_blank\">Wheat State Wine Company<\/a> before because of the hour-long drive to Winfield but, since Piper and her band were performing, we thought we would make an exception. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/33687245520\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2911\/33687245520_e9f9b8b723.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were worried about the rain so I ended up wearing my rain boots but it turned out to be a beautiful day and the weather was perfect. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34071471655\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2825\/34071471655_6d4764ce31.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"144\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We arrived during soundcheck and got a really good spot. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/33259940643\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/4\/3930\/33259940643_9d7404aaa6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The place is really lovely. Brian and I couldn&#8217;t believe we&#8217;d never been until that night. We will definitely be back. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/33229444694\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2898\/33229444694_eed962650d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"118\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a picture of my awesome rain boots. Also, Brian really liked the print on my <a href=\"http:\/\/lularoe.com\"  target=\"_blank\">Lularoe<\/a> leggings. I do too. They&#8217;re super fun!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34071437295\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2861\/34071437295_7fd589967d_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I loved all the lights, which helped to create the perfect ambiance. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/33259942183\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2909\/33259942183_8dd9d9b470.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/33229461014\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/4\/3950\/33229461014_228e8abc9d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I ended up getting a bottle of the Flat Pick. Brian had a glass of beer but opted out of getting an entire bottle of wine because he was driving. On the plus side, if you don&#8217;t drink the entire bottle, they can repackage it for you so you&#8217;re not driving home with an open container. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/33229451904\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/4\/3947\/33229451904_a02f8b8638_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They also let you taste the wines if you can&#8217;t decide what you want. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/33259974033\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2833\/33259974033_a94b50052c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winery is open for free wine tastings and tours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from noon to six o&#8217;clock in the evening. They also allow visitors to enjoy their wine and picnic on the grounds. Brian and I will definitely be back. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wheatstatewineco.com\/public-events\/\"  target=\"_blank\">The 2017 summer concert series also has a fabulous lineup<\/a> of musicians so I know for sure we will be back for another one of these events. I can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rain was in the forecast but we didn&#8217;t let that stop us. I&#8217;m glad we pushed through with our plans to see Piper Leigh and the Smokin&#8217; Section because it turned out to be a beautiful day for a country drive. We saw Piper Leigh and her band perform for the first time last year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[262],"tags":[1342,1510,2898],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16830"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16837,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16830\/revisions\/16837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}