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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>Healdsburg Food &amp; Wine Club Video</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/06/healdsburg-food-wine-club-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Monday, I attended another Healdsburg Food &#38; Wine Club dinner hosted by Dan Lucia of DL Catering. If you live in the area and you&#8217;ve never been to one of these events, you really need to get yourself up here to the Tayman Park Golf Course. The venue is right next door to [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tasting Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anderson Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mendocino County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>

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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>Challenge Your Wine Senses</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/03/challenge-your-wine-senses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, my wife, Sheri (@sherimoto), and I went to Calistoga, CA and participated in a truly fun and unique experience in wine country. Our friend, Marcy Gordon (@marcygordon), a fellow blogger, invited us to join her and a group of wine bloggers at Wine Sensory Experience. As their website states, Wine Sensory Experience helps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8th Annual Passion for Pinot Noir Summit Wrap-up</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/03/8th-annual-passion-for-pinot-noir-summit-wrap-up/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/03/8th-annual-passion-for-pinot-noir-summit-wrap-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although this was the 8th Pinot Summit, this was my first (yes, I was a Summit virgin) both as a participant and a judge. There are few wine varietals with such a passionate and serious following and the process for selecting the top wine is a long and arduous journey that Barbara Drady does with [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Wine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alameda]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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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>Ridge Lytton Springs TTL</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/01/ridge-lytton-springs-ttl/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/01/ridge-lytton-springs-ttl/#comments</comments>
		<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>Season&#8217;s Greetings from Napa Valley</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/12/seasons-greetings-from-napa-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/12/seasons-greetings-from-napa-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I drove up along route 29 through Napa Valley and saw all the beautiful lights along the way. I just had to share this little compilation of holiday lights. Happy Holidays.]]></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>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/12/blogger-blend-off-at-conn-creek-winery/#comments</comments>
		<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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