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		<title>Speaking With Patrice Rion</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/07/speaking-with-patrice-rion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When in Burgundy, recently, we caught up with Patrice Rion, one of the Nuits-St.-George premier winemakers.  You can see our interview with him on the video segment.
For those of you who have attempted to navigate the roadways to Burgundy vintners, you know how challenging directions can be.  After kindly offering to see us on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Appreciation: More Than Just Tasting</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/07/wine-appreciation-more-than-just-tasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rhone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We just returned from a two week voyage thru Burgundy and Rhone country, sampling some the region’s best wines.  Stepping away from the computer, while a necessity to refuel, always makes me feel a bit clumsy and rusty on reentry.  In addition, I’m still a little jet lagged so my apologies if this piece is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2009 First Growth Bordeaux Futures are in and&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2009 Bordeaux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first growths]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wine collection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They’re record breaking……….just no other way to say it.  With the first Bordeaux futures tranches or allotments now released, they’re every bit as staggering as envisioned.  Chateau Lafite and Mouton Rothschild and Margaux released their first tranche pricing from the Chateau’s at $550US while Haut Brion went one better at $612US.   Remember, these are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lesson in Etiquette</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/06/a-lesson-in-etiquette/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was dining out recently with my wife, daughter and her boyfriend at a cozy yet festive restaurant.  The dining area is quite small, seating only around 35 guests with a bar that I would guess seats 15 or 16 more.  We sat down around 6:00, slowly ordered some appetizers and wine and just enjoyed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the World Cup</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/06/celebrating-the-world-cup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chenin Blanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[De Trafford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernie Els]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Forrester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sauvignon Blanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attention planet earth inhabitants:  you are about to embark upon a competition that will pit you against your brethren from every corner of your planet.  In the end, it’s the last team standing.  It’s a happening bigger than the MLB World Series, bigger than the NBA finals…..even bigger than the Superbowl.  I’m referring, of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Wines Take Another Leap Forward</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/06/arizona-wines-take-another-leap-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caduceus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fnb restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keeling-Schaefer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pavle Milec]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I attended, as an observer, the much advertised wine competition between Arizona wines and domestic and international wines.  The concept, launched by Pavle Milec of FnB restaurant in Scottsdale (www.fnbrestaurant.com) was an effort to determine how Arizona whites and reds would fare against like contenders.  Pavle has shown himself to somewhat of a maverick (no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes a 100 Point Wine?</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/05/2603/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, I was searching for a particular wine in my cellar.  I knew that the vintner had a long standing reputation of producing high quality wines.  Out of pure curiosity, I researched its rating from a few seasoned tasters.  As it turned out, the consensus rewarded the wine with a 95 point score, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five $100 Bottles of Wine or One $500 Gem&#8230;&#8230;.Which Would You Choose?</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/05/2557/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 16:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ My wife and I had dinner at Jax Kitchen(www.jaxkitchen.com)  last week and it was fabulous, as usual.  Over a dinner of seafood gumbo for me and the chorizo spiced mussels for her, owner Brian Metzger shared his recent experience in tasting some very nice wines at a function, one of which was clearly close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Wines Take a Shot At the Middleweight Division</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/04/arizona-wines-take-a-shot-at-the-middleweight-division/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/04/arizona-wines-take-a-shot-at-the-middleweight-division/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Wine Growers Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fnb restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pavle Milec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pizzeria Bianco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tarbells]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve not been much interested in the sport of boxing since the era of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler…….not only hall of fame boxers, but great marketers of their prolific skills, as well.  Somehow, like so many sports, the number of divisions in boxing has so proliferated that it’s diluted out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Wine Be a Part of Your Investment Portfolio?</title>
		<link>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/04/should-wine-be-a-part-of-your-investment-portfolio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wineinquirer.com/2010/04/should-wine-be-a-part-of-your-investment-portfolio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bordeaux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burgundy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collectible wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading an article that leads with the headline “investing in high end collectible wine beats stocks” regardless of the economy.  The summary article was published in a very well respected wine journal.  The study, conducted by two PhD candidates from the University of Fribourg, is an update of the original first published [...]]]></description>
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