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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>A Visit to Jordan Vineyard &amp; Winery</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/04/a-visit-to-jordan-vineyard-winery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, fellow wine bloggers and I were invited out to Jordan for lunch and a tour of their facility. We met John Jordan, CEO, and gained some insight about the winery, their wines and the extraordinary customer experience they provide. Our visit began on the patio with appetizers and a 2008 Jordan Chardonnay. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ridge Lytton Springs TTL</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/01/ridge-lytton-springs-ttl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This evening, Ridge Lytton Springs hosted a Twitter Taste Live event at their tasting room in Geyserville, CA. There was a great turn-out with lots of remote participation. Here&#8217;s a little video of the event. Hope to see everyone at the next one. Some more video from the event taken with my iPhone are posted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogger Blend-off at Conn Creek Winery</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/12/blogger-blend-off-at-conn-creek-winery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you pay $95 for a bottle of wine? How about if that bottle of wine was one which you custom blended for your own tastes? Yesterday, I participated in a very unique experience in Napa Valley. Thea Dwelle (@winebratsf) organized a dozen wine bloggers, including myself, @FrankLovesWine, @DanicaSattui, @DrncPno, @BrixChick_Liza, @marcygordon, @spiritandwine, @DreamWildly, and [...]]]></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>
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		<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>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>Smasne/Gård Wine Release Party</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/smasnegard-wine-release-party/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/smasnegard-wine-release-party/#comments</comments>
		<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 Visit to JM Cellars</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/a-visit-to-jm-cellars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning, while having coffee with Teri Citterman (@Citterman), who writes for Wine Press Northwest and Northwest Best Places Travel Books, she mentioned her appointment later that day with John Bigelow of JM Cellars. When she asked me if I wanted to meet her there, I thought, why not? So I managed to invite myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2002 Fairwinds Cabernet Sauvignon</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/06/2002-fairwinds-cabernet-sauvignon/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/06/2002-fairwinds-cabernet-sauvignon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I have noticed when I go to wineries is that I tend to buy wines based on a positive experience I have at the winery. Unfortunately, that often means I buy wines that aren&#8217;t really that good. I guess I feel some obligation to buy something when the winemaker spends time [...]]]></description>
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