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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>
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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 you [...]]]></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>
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		<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>
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		<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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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 errors is mostly [...]]]></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 here [...]]]></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.

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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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		<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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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Valley]]></category>
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		<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>Napa Cab Tasting at Chateau Montelena</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/11/napa-cab-tasting-at-chateau-montelena/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/11/napa-cab-tasting-at-chateau-montelena/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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Yesterday at Chateau Montelena, my friend, Rick Bakas, organized a tasting of current vintages of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon priced under $50. Turnout was great with about 20 people from nearly 15 wineries in attendance. It was a great opportunity to meet and network with other social marketing folks, as well as drink some great [...]]]></description>
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