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	<title> &#187; Learn About Wine</title>
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	<description>Picks &#38; tips for people who love wine, food, travel &#38; a pleasurable life.  I hope you are enjoying a glass of wine as you peek into my world of global travel &#38; fine living. Cheers~</description>
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		<title>Wine Enthusiasts vs Wine Snobs</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2012/01/26/wine-enthusiasts-vs-wine-snobs/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2012/01/26/wine-enthusiasts-vs-wine-snobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learn About Wine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I lived in San Francisco, post-college, I dated a young sophisticated law firm partner.  He took me to all the best restaurants in the city. I was into food and cocktails and kept notes on where to go for the best martini, roasted garlic bulb, or fresh Focciaca. Wine grabbed my full attention the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bubbly from Around the World</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/12/30/bubbly-from-around-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alana's Wine Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Wine Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learn About Wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle & Entertaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chanpagne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prosecco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sparkling wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torrontes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My favorite New Year&#8217;s celebrations? Doing the unexpected with great friends. This year I had two evenings of bubbly tastings.  We tasted the newest trends in the global wine market, Rosé of Malbec and Torrontes/Chardonnay from Argentina, Moscato from California, Moscato and Prosecco from Italy and even a Yellowtail from Australia. It&#8217;s an easy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lion&#8217;s Drift Pinotage, Fine South African Wine</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/11/05/lions-drift-pinotage-fine-south-african-wine/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/11/05/lions-drift-pinotage-fine-south-african-wine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alana's Wine Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Wine Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Varietals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Jefferson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kingsbury Cottage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palate Press Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinotage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South African wine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I met Dave Jefferson, the founder of South Africa&#8217;s Silkbush Mountain Vineyards.  We enjoyed a lively conversation about trends in the global wine market in a LinkedIn forum and then met at his local office here in California. His company owns multiple investment properties including vineyards and wineries in Napa and Sonoma.  At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa Wine: How Your Support Helps Others</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/08/30/south-africa-wine-how-your-support-helps-others/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/08/30/south-africa-wine-how-your-support-helps-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Wine Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinotage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silkbush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south africa wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My good friend and neighbor, Dave Jefferson, is a long time wine industry veteran.  We&#8217;ve enjoyed many discussions about the wine business, locally and globally.  At one of our first get-togethers, he outlined several daunting issues that South African wineries face.  He also described best practices in South Africa&#8217;s wine industry, one of which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>no family trees, no dusty bottles, just quality wine</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/08/22/no-family-trees-no-dusty-bottles-just-quality-wine/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/08/22/no-family-trees-no-dusty-bottles-just-quality-wine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alana's Wine Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Wine Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Varietals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2 Buck Chuck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cono Sur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inexpensive wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have repeatedly promised never to write anything negative on my blog but I feel compelled to save budding wine drinkers. I recently tasted Charles Shaw Chardonnay and for a few more bucks, you can do better. I promise. Two Buck Chuck was created as a consumer brand, just fermented grapes in a bottle, no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aged Bonarda: The New Face of Argentina</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/06/28/aged-bonarda-the-new-face-of-argentina/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/06/28/aged-bonarda-the-new-face-of-argentina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alana's Wine Picks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonarda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collect wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April 2011, I was one of ten people invited to Argentina&#8217;s very first vertical tasting of aged Bonarda.*  It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and writing about it makes me giddy all over again.  Even though being the first and getting the scoop so-to-speak that aged Bonarda is excellent, the story that I want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving California for a Global Tour</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/06/01/leaving-california-for-a-global-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/06/01/leaving-california-for-a-global-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Wine Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assyrtiko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gruner Veltliner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malbec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pairing wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South African wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torrontes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wine refrigerator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winery Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After years of concentrating on California wines, I&#8217;m wholeheartedly drinking and learning about wines from emerging markets.  My wine refrigerator is now stocked with Chilean Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, Austrian Grüner Veltliner, Greek Assyrtiko, South African Pinotage and Argentine Malbec. The style and flavor of these international wines are fascinating.  Here&#8217;s some tips and recommendations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Glass of Wine &amp; A Trip to Santorini</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/05/11/wineandterroirmagic/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/05/11/wineandterroirmagic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alana's Wine Picks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assyrtiko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dry white wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoying wine is like quietly watching a sunset, embracing the first warm day of Spring, or cozying up to a roaring fire in a comfortable chair.  Alana Gentry Recently, Wines from Santorini sent me some Assyrtiko, a popular dry white wine from Greece.  It was a new grape to me and I didn&#8217;t know a thing about it. When I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spirit of Chile &amp; It&#8217;s Diverse Wines</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/04/26/the-spirit-of-chile-its-diverse-wines/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/04/26/the-spirit-of-chile-its-diverse-wines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alana's Wine Picks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Wine Regions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cabernet sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carmenere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colchagua Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maipo Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red wine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chile is a fascinating sliver of land. I first paid attention to Chile when a friend introduced me to Isabelle Allende and her husband years ago.  The famous Chilean writer of the House of the Spirits and other novels, was reportedly influenced by Pablo Neruda, Chile&#8217;s Nobel Prize winning poet.  Neruda died many years ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catena Zapata Winery, Argentina</title>
		<link>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/04/19/catena-zapata-winery-argentina/</link>
		<comments>http://girlwithaglass.com/blog/2011/04/19/catena-zapata-winery-argentina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Wine Regions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malbec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Catena]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few pics taken with my Nikon D50, 18mm &#8211; 200 Nikon VR lens.  This is Nicolás Catena&#8217;s winery.  He was the 2009 Decanter Magazine&#8217;s man of the year. Nicolás Catena is the Robert Mondavi of Argentina.  His story is well-known so I won&#8217;t repeat it in full.  In summary, he took it upon himself to significantly [...]]]></description>
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