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		<title>Summer Time and Summer Wine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dotoré can finally exhale. The summer has arrived. Even though the official Summer Equinox is June 21 &#8217;round these parts shit is here already. Temps in 90s, hot tub running, goff any day we like. It is time to pay serious attention to bright whites, cool reds and pink ladies. Expect a return to Vinho [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Era of Wine Tasters Are Not Spectators!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new generation of adults who find an interest in wine don&#8217;t buy 100 point scoring systems. They are not interested in putting out cash to &#8220;learn&#8221; how to appreciate wine or to attend mega tasting events. They are not interested in the Wine Spectator or Robert Parker or any of the folderol that has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Erster&#8221; Tasting at the Water Grill: Slurp, Sip, Sexitup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oysters are sexy.How could Georgia O&#8217;Keefe miss the inspiration? Orchids and oysters. We get it. Amy Reily makes a living writing about sexy foods and oysters are at or near the top of her list [ed. Amy blows away the competition in the sexy food and wine grouping]. I found myself in splendid company thick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faded Seaside Glamour: the Delays and Santa Rita Hills</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Delays are a UK Band that debuted a remarkably lovely set of songs in 2004. The singer Greg Gilbert can make his falsetto voice sound like Michelle Philips crossed with Stevie Nicks. The songs are lushly textured with guitars, keyboards and tambourines. Sometimes they are the Byrds in 1964. The band named their debut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Choices in LA: Coaches and Wines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some folks hate to make new choices. They order wine like &#8220;I&#8217;ll have a Chardonnay&#8221; or &#8220;something red, please.&#8221; The Athletic Directors for UCLA and USC recently made some big choices going all in with their new basketball coaches. Both went for value with important differences. Dan Guerrero of UCLA played the tradition card picking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Treasures in Hidden Treasure Chests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<title>Waikiki: Wasteland / Wonderland</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/cabernet-sauvignon/waikiki-is-not-a-wasteland-8061?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=waikiki-is-not-a-wasteland</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waikiki is Bourbon Street meets the Vegas Strip. People come to the Hawaiian islands and stay a week or longer in Waikiki. Same crew that buys all their wine from BevMO. Then there are other people who fly right past Oahu on their way to Maui, Kauai or the Big Island and stay in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes On a Scorecard: New vs Old World = USC vs UCLA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March Madness is everywhere. tBoW is on holiday and waiting to tee off once it stops storming. The Bruins and Trojans are looking for coaches. Turmoil is everywhere. We have tasted several very interesting wines but before we report on those there are a few other matters worth referencing. Alan Malamud, aka Mud, is our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Praedominium of Wine: a Passover Tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history of Jerusalem is beyond EPIC. No filmmaker has or will ever capture the full impact [ed. Kingdom of Heaven is decent]. Only a great modern biographer such as Simon Sebag Montefiore can do the story justice; pick up Jerusalem: The Biography. Jerusalem is not the most ancient city nor is it necessarily the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wines Made for Food. Not Investment. Not Trophies. FOOD.</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/wines-made-for-food-not-investment-not-trophies-food-7955?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=wines-made-for-food-not-investment-not-trophies-food</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 45 minutes reading about the New Wave of Napa Cult Cabs I had to have a wine that not one post economic meltdown real estate food importer online gaming new Napa mogul would ever reach for; a wine that if it was presented to the owners of the new wave Napa cult Cabber Patch [...]]]></description>
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