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		<title>Dogwood Cellars 2006 Pinot Noir Anderson Valley</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2011/08/dogwood-cellars-2006-pinot-noir-anderson-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the time I spent in California, I discovered a lot of great wines and growing regions. One of my new favorites is the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County. The combination of mountain soils, dry climate and cool nighttime ocean air have made this the ideal spot to grow Pinot Noir with a more characteristic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sebastopol Hills 2009 Pinot Noir</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2011/04/sebastopol-hills-2009-pinot-noir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try a lot of inexpensive wines and unfortunately, I end up with a lot of wine reduction—hey, I hate to dump marginally good wine so why not boil it down. The truly bad wines, though, need to go down the drain. Even reducing it won&#8217;t help in that case. But I digress. Inexpensive wines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taste Washington 2011 Wrap Up</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2011/03/taste-washington-2011-wrap-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a difficult decision to attend Taste Washington 2011 because my heart just wasn&#8217;t into tasting wine at this particular time, much less write about it. Partly due to a little burn-out on blogging about wine and partly because the wineries I write about here in Washington rarely seem to appreciate the mentions. Granted, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Late Than Never: WBC10</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/08/better-late-than-never-wbc10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wine Blogger&#8217;s Conference 2010 The Wine Blogger&#8217;s Conference was over a month ago and I&#8217;m just now getting around to posting something. I know, lame, but in my own defense, I have over 1.5 hours of video from that weekend and I just haven&#8217;t had time to go through all of it. Heck, I&#8217;m still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Black Kite Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/06/2008-black-kite-pinot-noir-anderson-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fairly dark and extracted for a Pinot, its color belies its light delicate body. Immediately after opening straight from the cellar, I got a slight whiff of SO2, but that quickly dissipated. After about 10 minutes in the glass (and warmed up a bit), I started getting cherry cola, smokey bacon &#38; earthy aromas. Ripe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights from Taste Washington 2010</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/03/highlights-from-taste-washington-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, I attended the 2010 Taste Washington in Seattle. In addition to great wine and food, I had the opportunity to meet many people I&#8217;ve only known online, including: @nectarwine @wawinereport, @divatink @shona425 @writeforwine @chefmangna @decanterbanter @tarynmiller @yasharseattle @hardrow @winepeeps @watastingroom and, of course, @seattlewinegal. Here&#8217;s a little video of that day. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark &amp; Delicious&#8230;oh, and the wine was good too.</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/02/dark-delicious-oh-and-the-wine-was-good-too/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/02/dark-delicious-oh-and-the-wine-was-good-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outside the venue was dark, the food inside was delicious and, oh yeah, the wine was good too. Last Friday, P.S. I Love You held their 4th annual Dark &#38; Delicious event in Alameda. Now, I have nothing against Alameda, but it&#8217;s not exactly the easiest place to get around. In fairness, this comedy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2006 Simoneau Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/12/2006-simoneau-vineyards-cabernet-sauvignon/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/12/2006-simoneau-vineyards-cabernet-sauvignon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bricksofwine.com/?p=2469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I looked back at all my posts and realized that it&#8217;s been nearly six months since I&#8217;ve reviewed one specific wine on my blog. I&#8217;ve been so preoccupied that I just haven&#8217;t thought about it. That last wine was a Fairwinds Cabernet Sauvignon, so it seems appropriate that after that disappointing showing, I would review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smasne/Gård Wine Release Party</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/smasnegard-wine-release-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To meet Robert Smasne, the winemaker for Smasne, Gård and consultant for several other brands, you&#8217;d never think that he truly is a farmer at heart. He rarely smiled during our conversation. but he talked passionately about his wines, his kids and his beautiful wife, Echo, who does make him smile. (I still can&#8217;t believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fun Wine-filled Weekend</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/a-fun-wine-filled-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, enough cooking videos. Let&#8217;s get back to the wine. After all, this is a wine blog, isn&#8217;t it? Even though I didn&#8217;t plan on a lot of wine drinking this past weekend, as things turned out, I ended up getting plenty of wine and some rather good wine at that. It was relaxing just [...]]]></description>
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