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		<title>Holiday Leftovers and BEST New Year Wine Resolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 will be a terrific year just because there is a Presidential election. This one promises to be more entertaining than is usual mainly because tBoW has it on good authority the GOP has already thrown in the towel on going up against an incumbent in a re-election year&#8230; even though the incumbent appears to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riesling 50 Chardonnay 0: Turkey Day Wipeout</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Turkey Bowl was a smashing success with the expected outcomes. The food was totally fab and the wine lineup was longer than a Herman Cain explanation. We could not get through all of the choices. Such was not the case Saturday night when the Trojans-Bruins &#8220;rivalry&#8221; game was gratefully buffered by a Riesling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting Night as Summer Gasps Last</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gamay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mosel-Saar-Ruwer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2005 Domaine St. Benoit Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Gardiole Vieille Vigne de Roussanne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2005 Juvé y Camps Brut Nature Gran Reserva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 G. Descombes Beauolais Villages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 F.Weins-Prum Riesling Kabinett]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Papa Fred&#8217;s back yard was the perfect Southern California setting for a relatively spontaneous wine tasting with snacks and hounds and folks who really enjoy wines bearing relatively obscure labels. We also a couple of special bottles to taste. A late Summer-early Fall heat wave put us on the patio. We pulled a bunch of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer&#8217;s BEST Unexpected Wine Guests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009 Tarima Monastrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadbent Vinho Verde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramon De Ayala Lete e Hijos Vina Santurnia Crianza Rioja]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When does a casual guest list for a casual summer party turn into a night you can&#8217;t forget? When somebody shows up with a magnum of 1995 Bollinger RD. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m talkin&#8217; about. Another Saturday is another chance to plow through more Spanish and Portuguese white and red wines. We could do this all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA&#8217;s BEST All Day Party &#8211; the Playboy Jazz Festival</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-regions/loire-valley/las-best-all-day-party-the-playboy-jazz-festival-3400?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=las-best-all-day-party-the-playboy-jazz-festival</link>
		<comments>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-regions/loire-valley/las-best-all-day-party-the-playboy-jazz-festival-3400#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another year another day eating delectables from Joan&#8217;s On Third, drinking excellent wines (Margerum Klickitat Pinot Gris, 7 Hearts Pinot Noir and Rousanne, Huet Sparkling Vouvray and a perfect Provencal Ros√©) and listening to a superb lineup of contemporary and classic jazz musicians. Just like the world of wine&#8230;the world of this music festival in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falling Behind or Glancing Back? The Wine World is Looking Up.</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-grapes/pinot-noir/falling-behind-or-glancing-back-the-wine-world-is-looking-up-2937?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=falling-behind-or-glancing-back-the-wine-world-is-looking-up</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2008 Gurrutxaga Bizkaiko Txakolina Rosé]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We love to gloat! Gloating is so underrated; relegated to the emotional garbage dump along with gossiping and schadenfreude. Well, tBoW is gloating with the widespread endorsement of the new CHEAP WINE REALITY. It is officially and widely understood that wine prices are down across the board and bargains are everywhere. Here is the LA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becky Wasserman pours; tBoW and Dotor√© oblige</title>
		<link>http://thebestofwines.com/wine-regions/languedoc/becky-wasserman-pours-tbow-and-dotore-oblige-145?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=becky-wasserman-pours-tbow-and-dotore-oblige</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Languedoc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the way it is supposed to be. Hanging out at the local wine haunt &#8211; Woodland Hills Wine Company &#8211; tasting 13 wines imported by tBoW&#8217;s top Burgundy importer &#8211; Becky Wasserman &#8211; on a late Friday afternoon. The Divine Ms. W showed of 7 white wines (including a couple Rose&#8217;s and three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independence Day wine report plus Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daga Hawaii]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kilauea Town Market & Deli]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Independence Day produces the usual parties, BBQs and libations. July 4th is not necessarily a wine event like, for example, Thanksgiving. Burgers, dogs and potato salad call for robust reds so tBoW expects to see plenty of Cabernets while hoping to encounter some Rhone style wines as well. And if someone should pop the cork [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divas Rule Playboy Jazz and Topanga Art Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Syrah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anat Cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esperanza Spalding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Sheldon Orchestra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a very good weekend when jazz at the Hollywood Bowl is followed by visiting art studios in Topanga Canyon. The show at the bowl was better than anticipated. Women artists dominated on stage and in the studios. At the jazz festival Esperanza Spalding, the 24 y.o. singing bassist, was the most anticipated &#8220;find&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last of the Holiday gifts and surprises</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bacchus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[great dessert wines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Holidays are over. Everyone breathe a big sigh. Eleven months before the intense commercialization begins again. Dotor√© already senses the approach of a long summer. The best thing about the Holidays for a wine aficionado is the chance to taste stuff that would otherwise go unnoticed, even avoided. There are always surprises. Here were [...]]]></description>
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