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		<title>Late &#8217;80s Value Bordeaux Tasting</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/12/late-80s-value-bordeaux-tasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, our Mercer Island wine group got together at Bob&#8217;s house and eight of us tasted a variety of Bordeaux wines from &#8217;86, &#8217;88&#8242; and &#8217;89. The wines were all from Bob&#8217;s cellar and from various appellations in the Bordeaux region so it didn&#8217;t really concentrate on a particular appellation. These were mostly wines that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding the White Horse (with a burger in hand)</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/09/riding-the-white-horse-with-a-burger-in-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend offered a rare opportunity to taste a vertical of one of the two class A Premier Grande Cru producers from St. Émilion: Château Cheval Blanc. There were, in fact, 34 bottles from 22 vintages including a 6 liter bottle of the 1988 vintage. According to Nicole Kosta, one of the sexy sommeliers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One of the Best Pairings I&#8217;ve Tasted</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/02/one-of-the-best-pairings-ive-tasted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I went home for the weekend to visit my wife. Because this trip was planned for a while, Bob Moore, from my wine tasting club, arranged a special dinner at Lark in Seattle. Bob initially was supplying the wines, but as the guest list grew, others in the group added some bottles of [...]]]></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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		<title>Blind Tasting of GSM from Around the World</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/05/blind-tasting-of-gsm-from-around-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 04:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, we hosted a tasting of Southern Rhône style blends from everywhere. All these wines were from different vintage years, but all are currently available. The only common theme is they were primarily GSM (Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre) blends. I picked these wines specifically because Grenache was the highest percentage varietal in all of them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Maxood&#8217;s Extraordinary Birthday</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/04/dr-maxoods-extraordinary-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheri and I were honored to be invited to Steve Maxood&#8217;s Birthday celebration at Wild Ginger Restaurant last Friday night. Steve&#8217;s parties are somewhat legendary amongst my wine friends and he certainly did not disappoint. We prepared for an evening of heavy pouring by checking into the Sherton Hotel just a few blocks from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind Tasting of Cabernet Franc</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/04/cab-franc-blind-tasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve fallen behind in my blog posts because I&#8217;ve been to so many wine events in the past several weeks that I have more to write about than I have time to write. As a result, this post probably should have been done a week ago but is just now getting posted. Last Saturday, Sheri [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind Tasting of 1999 &amp; 2000 Bordeaux</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/03/1999-2000-bordeaux-blind-tasting-results/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/03/1999-2000-bordeaux-blind-tasting-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, Sheri and I went to a coworker&#8217;s house for a blind tasting of 1999 and 2000 Bordeaux. It was our first time with this group but we were happy to find out that they have a very similar format as our wine club so we felt comfortable with how they ran things. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2005 Chateau Franc Grace-Dieu Bordeaux</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/03/2005-chateau-franc-grace-dieu-bordeaux/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/03/2005-chateau-franc-grace-dieu-bordeaux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had high hopes for this inexpensive bottle of Grand Cru Bordeaux. At $17 a bottle, I was hoping I had found a real bargain and would buy a case. Boy, was I disappointed to discover that this wine really sucked. The clear garnet red color was about the only thing going for it. Even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2001 Château Branaire Bordeaux</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/02/2001-chateau-branaire-bordeaux/</link>
		<comments>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/02/2001-chateau-branaire-bordeaux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday was Valentine&#8217;s Day and we were coincidentally in Banff, Alberta for a long weekend of skiing. Instead of fighting the crowds to get a table at an overpriced restaurant in Banff, we decided to pick up a couple of tenderloins, some mushrooms, potatoes, spinach and a nice bottle or two of wine.  We [...]]]></description>
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