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		<title>No Experience Necessary</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2011/08/no-experience-necessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding sugar to the must before fermentation is called chaptalization and is done in some cooler climate states to compensate for low sugar levels in the harvested grapes. Chaptalization increases the amount of alcohol produced and generally improves body and mouthfeel. The other day I was attending an event at a local (read Woodinville) tasting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On My Soapbox</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/06/on-my-soapbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started to write this article several times in the past, but usually ended up deleting it. My sense of propriety told me that it&#8217;s not the way to change behaviors. Lately, however, it seems that in order to bring something like this to light, I need to lower my standards of decorum to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 Interesting Blog &amp; Video Topics for YOUR Winery</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/01/17-interesting-blog-video-topics-for-your-winery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever get writer&#8217;s block? I know I often do, but I can&#8217;t imagine how difficult it would be if I didn&#8217;t have a knack for writing. Such is the case for many small wineries where the same person doing the winemaking is sometimes the blog writer as well. I&#8217;ve been asked, &#8220;How do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we diluting domestic wine?</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/12/are-we-diluting-domestic-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I&#8217;m not talking about adding water to the must and juice, but rather metaphorically, are domestic producers diversifying too much and producing too many varietals? This morning I heard a story on NPR about how the Internet and online media has created a cultural gap and changed how we collectively relate to one another. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Easy ways to improve the tasting room experience</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/11/5-easy-ways-to-improve-the-tasting-room-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/11/5-easy-ways-to-improve-the-tasting-room-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My good friends, James and Kimberly (@UrWineGuy), along with Kim&#8217;s mom, their daughter and my wife, Sheri, visited this past weekend and we spent Saturday tasting in the Sonoma Valley and Sunday tasting in the Napa Valley. Now that I&#8217;m working in the industry, I look at tasting rooms a little differently and with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Topel goes to the Dogs</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/10/topel-goes-to-the-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stopped by the Topel Winery Tasting Room today to meet some of my Facebook friends in person and to help with a good cause: Dogtoberfest. Proceeds from the calendar of dogs they produce goes to the local Healdsburg Animal Shelter. So stop in and pick up a calendar or two and help our canine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beneath the glamour&#8230;is the reality, and the people</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/10/beneath-the-glamour-is-the-reality-and-the-people/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/10/beneath-the-glamour-is-the-reality-and-the-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was officially my one month anniversary since I started my social media job here in the Sonoma/Napa area. In a previous post, I mentioned all the events leading up to my move to wine country, but I avoided the question everybody&#8217;s been asking. Lately, I&#8217;ve been getting a similar question from two different sides. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 things I learned listening to Gary Vaynerchuk</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/10/5-things-i-learned-listening-to-gary-vaynerchuk/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/10/5-things-i-learned-listening-to-gary-vaynerchuk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV spoke at the El Dorado Hotel in Sonoma, sponsored by Reader&#8217;s Books with wine poured by St. Francis Vineyards &#38; Winery. He&#8217;s on a nationwide book tour promoting and signing his new bestselling book, Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crushing it! (at Girard)</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/10/crushing-it-at-girard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going to see Gary V. this past weekend and listening to him speak made me really get up off my butt and get some content up. I have too much raw footage not to be putting something up regularly. Last week Girard Winery received some fruit from Atlas Peak and I thought it would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gary Vanerychuk coming to a city near you.</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/10/gary-vanerychuk-coming-to-a-city-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/10/gary-vanerychuk-coming-to-a-city-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Vanerychuk, the star of Wine Library TV, is on tour promoting his new book, Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion. If you don&#8217;t know who Gary is, then you should visit his book website and read about how he has turned the wine world upside down with [...]]]></description>
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