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	<title>The Best of Wines &#187; Napa</title>
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		<title>The BEST underground wine newsletter? The Underground Wine Letter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1999 McKenzie Mueller Cabernet Franc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 JL Chave Selection Farconnet Hermitage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Offerus JL Chave Selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Saint Joseph Domaine Jean Louis Chave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 JL Chave Selection Celeste Saint Joseph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 JL Chave Selection Mon Coeur Cotes-du-Rhone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We started &#8220;tasting wine&#8221; in 1978. We frequented a wine shop in West LA up the street from the Wine House which had recently opened. The shop was located in a bungalow that was once somebody&#8217;s home on Cotner. It was the outlet store for The Wine Merchant owned by Dennis Overstreet and located in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vegas! Elvis!! Other almost forgotten pleasures.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gewurtztraminer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riesling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russian River Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Rita Hills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1993 Araujo Eisele VIneyard Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1999 Williams Selyem Allen Vineyard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006 Tenute Detorri Renosu Romangia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Navarro Gewurtztraminer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Tatomer Kick-On Ranch and Vandenberg Riesling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Somebody else is always getting married in Las Vegas. As good a reason as any to visit this forsaken cultural desert in a desert. There used to be two primary distractions in Vegas: gambling, aka gaming, and S-E-X. From a distance we observed that both industries are still alive and thriving. We could have used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Sins of Wine and the &#8216;Bu&#8217;s BEST Cab EVER</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/4-sins-of-wine-and-the-best-cab-ever-from-the-bu-4161?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=4-sins-of-wine-and-the-best-cab-ever-from-the-bu</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beaujolais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burgundy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carneros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gamay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malibu Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piemonte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Value Value Value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vinho Verde]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1988 Boillot Gevery Chambertin Les Corbeaux Premier Cru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1996 Meo Camuzet Vosne Romanee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2005 MacKenzie Mueller Carneros Estate Unfiltered Pinot Noir $38]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Colcanyon Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Ca' Nova Colline Novaresi Rugiada Erbaluce Vino Bianco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The season has turned. tBoW has suffered the first schnüpfen in his nélson. [ed. he caught a cold]. The A/C bill will drop only to be replaced by the heater bill. And we are loading up on, and pulling corks of, red wines once again. This is a good time to discuss something every &#8220;collector&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read these NOTES while waiting for Spain reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cinsault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grenache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Languedoc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malibu Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merlot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mosel-Saar-Ruwer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mourvedre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paso Robles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riesling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Rita Hills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syrah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wine Grapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1989 Milz Laurentiushof Trittenheimer Felsekopf Auslese Riesling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2001 Hafner Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2003 Melville Vernas Vineyard Syrah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006 Box Car Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Moulin de Gassac Guilhem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2007 Terry Hoage Vineyards Grenache Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Chateau Mas Neuf Rosé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Domaine St Andrede Figuiere Rosé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Malibu Sanity Pinot Noir]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. and Mrs. tBoW have been touring Spain for the past couple weeks. As tBoW prepares the reports we offer a welltimed mop up from recent tastings. The best wine out of Malibu gets challenged with seafood stir fry, a very good Carneros Bordeaux blend, and an old Super Second Bordeaux. And even more! HandleMan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decent Red Wines We&#8217;re Too Snobby to Write About</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/cabernet-sauvignon/decent-red-wines-were-too-snobby-to-write-about-3083?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=decent-red-wines-were-too-snobby-to-write-about</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 05:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Port]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1994 William Hill Napa Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1997 Clos Pegase Napa Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2006 Keenan Merlot 30th Anniversary Reserve Mailbox Vineyard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008 Domaine de Montcy Cour-Cheverny Plénitude]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We prefer to write about wines we favor which are generally Old World whites, reds and ros√©s. The tBoW tasting team clearly prefers Pinot Noir along with Italian varietals. However, we also have the occasional NoCal Cabernet Sauvignon or big Aussie Red [ed. there's another kind of Aussie red?] put in front of us and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royalty in the Room! Prime Minister on the Deck! TEN-HUT!</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/cabernet-sauvignon/royalty-in-the-room-prime-minister-on-the-deck-ten-hut-2368?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=royalty-in-the-room-prime-minister-on-the-deck-ten-hut</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1996 Sori Paitin Barbaresco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2005 Adastra Syrah]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing quite like popping the cork on a First Growth Bordeaux to liven up the meal. The appearance of a member from this class of pedigreed wines is both rare and notable. Pull a cork on 1996 Barolo or a Chambolle-Musigny from any vintage &#8211; both of equal breed &#8211; it is a simple fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winemaker 101: a Day in the Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[I.M.H.O.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uvaggio wines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We were recently struck by two moments of clarity. The scene is a popular Malibu dining establishment where some of the &#8216;Bu winemakers hang. Our company that evening was Napa winemaker Jim Moore of Uvaggio who at one point was having a conversation about grapes with a local Pinot producer. She asked how many cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minutes from the Wine Bored: Is It Just Me?</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/minutes-from-the-wine-bored-is-it-just-me-1640?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=minutes-from-the-wine-bored-is-it-just-me</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermentino]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mackenzie Mueller]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of a sudden I am totally bored with wine. All I think about when it comes to wine is how I do not want to think about it at all. I still like drinking wine. I am just out of gas when it comes to describing the experience or even caring about it. Maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinot Breath Clears the Air</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Franc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guadalupe Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Barbara County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tempranillo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masters 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It must be the end of the first quarter in the new decade. Expectations for change are high. The White House has found its cojones and set a new tone for in-your-face confrontation. Whatever, it seems like it is time to clear the deck on several items of marginal interest for which discriminating palates have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA&#8217;s Grand Guignol</title>
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		<comments>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/las-grand-guignol-156#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Santa Rita Hills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob McKenzie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyan Cannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Robinson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It can get pretty strange around this town. And the place where LA is most bizarre is a Lakers game. Blend Us Weekly with In Style with Enquirer and read the super rag in a celebrity cemetery. tBoW attended the only Lakers game he will attend this season. Kloe Kardashian sat 10 feet from Frank [...]]]></description>
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