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		<title>Taste Washington 2011 Wrap Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a difficult decision to attend Taste Washington 2011 because my heart just wasn&#8217;t into tasting wine at this particular time, much less write about it. Partly due to a little burn-out on blogging about wine and partly because the wineries I write about here in Washington rarely seem to appreciate the mentions. Granted, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights from Taste Washington 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, I attended the 2010 Taste Washington in Seattle. In addition to great wine and food, I had the opportunity to meet many people I&#8217;ve only known online, including: @nectarwine @wawinereport, @divatink @shona425 @writeforwine @chefmangna @decanterbanter @tarynmiller @yasharseattle @hardrow @winepeeps @watastingroom and, of course, @seattlewinegal. Here&#8217;s a little video of that day. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smasne/Gård Wine Release Party</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/smasnegard-wine-release-party/</link>
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		<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 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>Herbfarm Annual Member&#8217;s Dinner</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/07/herbfarm-annual-members-dinner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the work required for other exciting events going on, I have fallen behind with my normal blogging. I decided I needed to go back and finish some posts that I started. Our Herbfarm Member&#8217;s Dinner this past June is one of these posts. Our wine club friends, Bob and Rita, are Herbfarm members [...]]]></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>XSV Spring Release Event</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/05/xsv-spring-release-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 22:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday, Sheri and I went to the XS Vintner&#8217;s 2009 Spring Release Event to taste their 2004 wines. Yes, 2004. While most wineries in Washington are releasing their 2006 or 2007 vintage, XSV feels that the extra time in the barrels and in the bottles makes for a better wine and I&#8217;d have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isenhower Cellars Wines</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/04/isenhower-cellars-wines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was actually a very busy day for Sheri and me. We started off the day with a scare that our storage unit may have been one of those burned up or smoke damaged by a big fire last Thursday at our storage place in Edmonds. Luckily all our camping equipment and all my winemaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J. Bookwalter Subplot No. 23 Release</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/04/j-bookwalter-subplot-no-23-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the few winery clubs I belong to is John Bookwalter&#8217;s Book Club. I like the wines that John produces and they&#8217;ve really improved over the years, but mostly I think John is just a truly nice guy who happens to be a winemaker. I wouldn&#8217;t expect him to remember Sheri and me from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taste Washington 2009 &#8211; Hits &amp; Misses</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/04/taste-washington-2009-hits-misses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last large tasting event I attended was the San Diego Food and Wine Festival back in November, so I was looking forward to the Taste. What really made it tough was the weather this past Sunday. It was so nice outside for the first time this Spring that all I really wanted to do [...]]]></description>
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