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	<title>The Best of Wines &#187; Napa</title>
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		<title>La Vida Viña, LA Radio Nostalgia &amp; Aerator Rules</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/living-la-vida-vina-la-radio-nostalgia-aerator-rules-5293?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=living-la-vida-vina-la-radio-nostalgia-aerator-rules</link>
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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[Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gamay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mendocino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2005 Fort Ross Chardonnay Reserve Fort Ross Vineyard]]></category>
		<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>BEST of Sexy Wines: Old School Tasting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mendocino]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northern Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petit Verdot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piemonte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1996 Alessandria San Giovanni Barolo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2005 McPhail Toulouse Vineyard Pinot Noir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006 Anselmo Vigne Cabernet Sauvignon Veloce Napa Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forget the vertical and the varietal. Show me what ya got. Bring out your best and pull the cork. Tasting wine old school. Line em up and suck em down. The tBoW tasting team assembled at Hollywood classic restaurant Marino on Melrose between Highland and Vine. This is always a treat. You want old school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BEST underground wine newsletter? The Underground Wine Letter!</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-regions/napa/carneros/the-best-underground-wine-newsletter-the-underground-wine-letter-4883?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-best-underground-wine-newsletter-the-underground-wine-letter</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Franc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carneros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grenache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Joseph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syrah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Under$20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wine Grapes]]></category>
		<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>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-regions/sonoma/vegas-and-other-forgotten-pleasures-4290?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=vegas-and-other-forgotten-pleasures</link>
		<comments>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-regions/sonoma/vegas-and-other-forgotten-pleasures-4290#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anderson Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Under$20]]></category>
		<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>
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		<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>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-regions/sonoma/read-these-notes-while-waiting-for-spain-reports-3601?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=read-these-notes-while-waiting-for-spain-reports</link>
		<comments>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-regions/sonoma/read-these-notes-while-waiting-for-spain-reports-3601#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carignane]]></category>
		<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>
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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[1982 Melford Port]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1994 William Hill Napa Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1997 Clos Pegase Napa Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1998 Page Proprietary Red Napa]]></category>
		<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>
		<comments>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/cabernet-sauvignon/royalty-in-the-room-prime-minister-on-the-deck-ten-hut-2368#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Franc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cotes de Beaune]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nebbiolo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1996 Sori Paitin Barbaresco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2005 Adastra Syrah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Domaine Perraud Macon Villages]]></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>
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		<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>
		<comments>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/minutes-from-the-wine-bored-is-it-just-me-1640#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbera]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carlton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bilbao Guggenheim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Paradox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mackenzie Mueller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marques de Riscal Hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Riesling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ridge Monte Bello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seven of Hearts Rousanne]]></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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