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		<title>BEST of Ontario Wines &#8211; eh!? Canada you say?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 16:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Franc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chardonnay]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sparkling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kris-A and Kris-B visited Ontario recently. If you are not sure where that is&#8230; here is a map showing the vineyards. That is correct – Niagara Falls is in Ontario. The Krisses last contributed to tBoW with photos and comments on their trip to the Mosel. These guys have their heads and gullets in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEST $10 Muscadet from Garagiste and BEST Pinot Noir from the Bu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chenic Blanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chianti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dundee Hills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loire Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malibu Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merlot]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2007 Christopher Dundee Hills Pinot Noir Dundee Hills Cuvee Unfiltered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Riseccoli Chianti Classico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Anne Gros Bourgogne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Malibu Sanity Single vineyard California Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Selection des Cognettes Muscadet Sevre Et Maine Sur Lie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Touting a Garagiste &#8211; aka &#8220;G.&#8221; &#8211; purchase is always dicey. Like nostalgia, praising a great G. buy only works in retrospect. Rimmerman&#8217;s selections almost always sell out so there is no going back and buying in. You have to be there when it all goes down. There are other pitfalls when mainlining G. which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning: 1985 La Chapelle in JEROBOAM &amp; 2 Hot Winemakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alta Rioja]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carignane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chateauneuf du Pape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grenache Blanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paso Robles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syrah]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1985 Jaboulet Aîné La Chapelle Hermitage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2005 Marques de Riscal Reserva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Carignan Redwood Valley Colimbini Vineyard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Ranchero Cellars Carignan Redwood Valley Colimbini Vineyard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Rangeland Wine Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Ranchero Cellars Chrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Ranchero Cellars Viognier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Summer was almost here&#8230;then it jumped off the hook just like a River Monster. tBoW and team tasters have been doing our best to get ready for endless heat and long evenings on the patio with corks getting pulled and the BBQ working. Spring cleaning usually turns up a couple surprises but this year we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barolo Tasting at BEST Local Wine Shop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Importers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2007 Barolo Vigna Arborina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got lucky when Paul Smith moved his wine shop from the north end of the West Valley to the South end. Changed my ten mile drive to one mile in his new shop, the Woodland Hills Wine Company. Son Kyle runs the place now but you can usually find Paul glad-handing everyone and selling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tablas Creek: BEST of California Rhone Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carignane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Counoise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grenache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grenache Blanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsanne]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paso Robles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rousanne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syrah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tempranillo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hand over the mantle of leadership for Rhone style wine-making to the Tablas Creek team. Something has happened in Paso and we need to understand how&#8230;somehow. A region that once struggled to overcome vegetal Cabernets and tomato-flavored Pinot Noir is the zenith of New World Rhone style wines. No more fruit bombs. Plenty of spine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEST Kosher Wines You Never Knew From</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/best-kosher-wines-you-never-knew-from-5386?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=best-kosher-wines-you-never-knew-from</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Franc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merlot]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Petit Verdot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2003 Clos Vougeot Chateau de la Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2004 Pontet Canet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2005 Le Crock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2005 Leoville Poyferre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2005 Malarctic Lagravier]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009 Domaine Netofa Latour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NV Coteaux du Tricastin Red Rhone Special Reserve Cellier des Dauphins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Collectible kosher wines? The thought boggles the mind. How could inky purple Manischewitz syrup with a shelf life of 20 minutes get a Parker rating? Next you&#8217;ll tell me there are “growth” Bordeaux, as in those classified in 1855, that obey Talmudic law. Every year there are more customers than there are wines for those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEST of Italy: Piemonte vs Tuscany Quaff-down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1995 Clerico Pajana Barolo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1996 Rocche dei Manzoni Bricco Manzoni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006 Grilli del Testamatta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was the heavyweight showdown of the Winter season. Leonard vs Duran. Griffith vs Paret. Ali vs Foreman. Maybe more like LaMotta against Robinson?? We threw examples into the ring of the best that the two premium regions in Italy had to offer: two Baroli from Piemonte and a &#8220;classico&#8221; Tuscan blend&#8230;not a Super Tuscan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Vida Viña, LA Radio Nostalgia &amp; Aerator Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carneros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gamay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mendocino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2005 McKenzie Mueller Carneros Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Fort Ross Pinot Noir Reserve Fort Ross Vineyard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Domanine Lathuiliere-Gravallon Brouilly Pisse-Vielle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is Shotgun Tom Kelly&#8221; said the vintage KRTH 101 announcer as he loaded the Rascals &#8220;Lonely Too Long&#8221; into the queue. Shotgun followed that with Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrel and tBoW was smiling wide as he climbed his favorite bike trail &#8211; Dirt Mulholland. Listening to radio programming from the 60s/70s cuts two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bracket Busting Wines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mosel-Saar-Ruwer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Riesling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Rita Hills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2008 Ernst Schiffmann Brauneberger Juffer Riesling Kabinett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Hitching Post Cork Dancer Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Saddlerock Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Saddlerock Orange Muscat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bracketology and March Madness will keep a blogger from posting on a timely basis. Early picks like Kansas State (8 seed beats 9 seed, your basic toss-up) and VCU beats Wichita State (the classic 12 seed upsetting a 5 seed) are just a setup for the next round losses like my senior big men from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Izit summer yet?</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/izit-summer-yet-5234?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=izit-summer-yet</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chablis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2005 Chateau d'Epire Savannieres Cuvee Speciale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Bergstrom Cumberland Reserve Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Occhipinti “Siccagno” Nero D’Avola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Magnien Chablis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Domaine Coston Terrasses du Larzac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With temps in the 80s, offshore winds and longer daysit is starting to feel like Dotoré&#8217;s favorite season. Fighting off the urge to nap we have time to hit you with some wine reviews. And the occasional observation. What if Andrew Dice Clay reviewed wines? The Underground Wine Letter is running a series on wine [...]]]></description>
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