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		<title>Highlights from Taste Washington 2010</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/03/highlights-from-taste-washington-2010/</link>
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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 much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[This person] indicated they did not know you</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2010/01/this-person-indicated-they-did-not-know-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a member of LinkedIn since 2007. Today, I had a first-time experience. Someone I invited to connect with me turned down that invitation indicating that they did not know me. At first, I was a little puzzled because I saw the name and didn&#8217;t immediately remember who this person was. But when I [...]]]></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>Auction of Washingtion Wines &#8211; Barrel Auction &amp; Picnic</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/auction-of-washingtion-wines-barrel-auction-picnic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my visit to JM Cellars last week, Teri Citterman and I attended the Auction of Washington Wines Barrel Auction and Picnic. As the title suggested, 15 Washington vintners where donating barrels (cases) of wine to benefit Uncompensated Care at Seattle Children&#8217;s Hospital and the Washington Wine Education Foundation. Food provided by Andaluca and Tulalip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Visit to JM Cellars</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/08/a-visit-to-jm-cellars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning, while having coffee with Teri Citterman (@Citterman), who writes for Wine Press Northwest and Northwest Best Places Travel Books, she mentioned her appointment later that day with John Bigelow of JM Cellars. When she asked me if I wanted to meet her there, I thought, why not? So I managed to invite myself [...]]]></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>O•S Winery Dinner at Le Gourmand</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/07/o%e2%80%a2s-winery-dinner-at-le-gourmand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My good friend, James King, organized a wonderful winemaker dinner with Bill Owen from OS Winery (formerly Owen-Sullivan) at Le Gourmand in Ballard. Bill brought a nice selection of his wines and I finally got to taste his exquisite Petite Verdot that won a Double Gold at the Seattle Wine Awards.



(Left) Le Gourmand isn&#8217;t a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Seattle Wine Awards</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/06/2009-seattle-wine-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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Just arrived at the Rainier Club in Seattle and getting settled in to blog live. I&#8217;ll update this post as I taste and make my way around. So far, I&#8217;m waiting to receive assignments for the wineries I&#8217;m supposed to be covering. In the meantime, here are a couple of photos of the blogger room [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2002 Fairwinds Cabernet Sauvignon</title>
		<link>http://bricksofwine.com/2009/06/2002-fairwinds-cabernet-sauvignon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Hwang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I have noticed when I go to wineries is that I tend to buy wines based on a positive experience I have at the winery. Unfortunately, that often means I buy wines that aren&#8217;t really that good. I guess I feel some obligation to buy something when the winemaker spends time [...]]]></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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