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		<title>Try Some Wine! Win A Contest! Tapena Is Here To Help.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.” &#8211; Sarah Bernhardt With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I thought I’d talk to you a little about love. &#8230;And the Spanish company, Freixenet (known for it’s <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2012/02/07/try-some-wine-win-a-contest-tapena-is-here-to-help/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pop! Go The Bubbles: What To Pour For Your Most Sparkly Occasions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Whether it&#8217;s New Years Eve, Valentine&#8217;s Day, Easter brunch &#8211; or any festive holiday &#8211; sparkling wines are a wonderful way to celebrate. In fact, a good bubbly can turn even a regular ol&#8217; Wednesday night into a special occasion. <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2012/01/30/pop-go-the-bubbles-what-to-pour-for-your-most-sparkly-ocassions/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Pause And A Chat With Pali Winemaker, Aaron Walker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m overscheduled. This should be obvious to everyone who knows me, but for some reason, I seem to keep missing the memo. &#8220;Hey Arianna, can you meet the winemaker for Pali Wine Company, Aaron Walker, at Delphine, at 6:30, after <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2011/12/19/1784/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going Straight To My Head</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Psst&#8230;Did you see it? &#160; GrapeSmart (and, specifically, yours truly), was just featured in The Tasting Panel magazine&#8217;s November 2011 edition! &#160; But enough about me. Let&#8217;s talk about me! &#160; Well. Why don&#8217;t I just let you read <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2011/12/15/going-straight-to-my-head/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Montecillo Rioja: Great Value. Great Vino (Not Virginian)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been writing about Rioja a lot these days. Maybe that’s what inspired the good folks at Bodegas Montecillo to send me two bottles from their winery in Rioja Alta, Spain. I received a 2007 Montecillo Crianza ($12) and a <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2011/11/28/montecillo-rioja-great-value-great-vino-not-virginian/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Domodimonti: Italian for &#8220;Natural Wine&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine if you were from Italy, but couldn&#8217;t enjoy your country&#8217;s renowned wines. That was the case with Dr. Francesco Bellini &#8211; internationally acclaimed bio-chemist and sufferer of wine allergies. &#160; But in 2003, Dr. Bellini and his wife, Marisa, <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2011/11/21/domodimonti-italian-for-natural-wine/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Talk Nerdy To Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a founding member of a Seattle based wine group titled &#8220;Cork Dorks,&#8221; it should come as no surprise that I have fallen in love with a brand that talks nerdy to me. Wines of Substance is a Washington winery <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2011/10/04/talk-nerdy-to-me/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Viva Veneto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For all of its culinary popularity, Italy’s wines seem to struggle to enjoy the same kind of international obsession. It’s not that they aren’t loved – quite the contrary; after several thousand years of fermenting grape juice, the Italians have <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2011/08/01/exploring-italy-veneto/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Italy: Soave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This summer, I’m all about the Italians. I recently wrote a post about Gavi, that you may or may not have seen on Palate Press. In it, I asked readers to think about moving away from their more familiar Chardonnays <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2011/07/08/exploring-italy-soave/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Little [cash] Goes A Long Way With Big House Wines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Soledad, California was founded as a Spanish mission in 1791. It&#8217;s the backdrop of John Steinbeck&#8217;s 1937 novel,  Of Mice and Men. It&#8217;s also the home of Soledad State Correctional Facility &#8211; a large prison filled with scary criminals. Big <a href="http://www.grapesmart.net/2011/06/27/a-little-cash-goes-a-long-way-with-big-house-wines/">[.....]</a>]]></description>
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