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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>10 DOs and DON&#8217;Ts for Your Next Meetup</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/08/10-dos-and-donts-for-your-next-meetup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been to quite a few meetups lately. They are fun affairs and most have been great opportunities to meet new people, see old friends and promote my brands. From my experience at these events, I&#8217;ve come up with a list of 10 things someone hosting one of these events should and shouldn&#8217;t do. See [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Your Wine Senses</title>
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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>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>Cooking Lesson: Lattice Top Peach Pie</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/video-cooking-lesson-lattice-top-peach-pie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I made a couple of pies for a little get together at my brother-in-law&#8217;s house. Since I always seem to get compliments and questions regarding the lattice top crust on my peach pie, I thought I&#8217;d show you how it&#8217;s made. In the video, I&#8217;m assuming you&#8217;re either familiar with making pie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking Lesson: Vegetable Tian</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/video-cooking-lesson-vegetable-tian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bought a new video camera and needed to experiment with it. Yesterday, I made Vegetable Tian for lunch and in the process I thought it would be fun to record the process and post the video on my blog. After all, I did promise Shellie that I would get her the recipe for something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting on board the social media train</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/06/getting-on-board-the-social-media-train/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier, I wrote about why wineries should use social media. Now I want to discuss how you get started. If you aren&#8217;t already onboard the social media train, well, you better climb on and find a seat, otherwise, by the time you come to your senses, you&#8217;ll be left behind. So what do you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why wineries should embrace social media</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/06/why-wineries-should-embrace-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that right here in Microsoft&#8217;s backyard, most wineries know very little about social media. Sure, there are a few who have embraced the latest technology, but even those who have worked at big technology companies and left with fat stock portfolios to start a winery are often not social media savvy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Passion (for wine, that is)</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/04/the-passion-for-wine-that-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I read Tom Wark&#8217;s Fermentation post on the 20 Things Every Wine Lover Should Do. His list should be required reading for anyone even remotely interested in wine. After reading it, I started thinking of my own personal list and that got me thinking about why I&#8217;m such a wine lover and sometimes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend in Napa</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/03/weekend-in-napa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following me on Twitter, I&#8217;m sure you know by now that I just returned from a 4-day weekend in Napa Valley. This is probably my 6th time to this popular wine region and each time I go, I learn a lot and my wine purchases have increased in both quantity and price. [...]]]></description>
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