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		<title>Latest Tastings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m obviously not doing that hot a job at posting on a regular basis.  I hope to turn that around now that we&#8217;re into the new year. Over the holidays I had some very nice wines, not all of which I took tasting notes on.  It wasn&#8217;t that convenient at table with family.  We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=51&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Catching up and looking ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[wine education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve obviously been away for a while.  I didn&#8217;t quite realize I hadn&#8217;t posted since the FWS Conference in October.  Seeing that, however, prompted me to get in an update. At the conference, I had taken the French Wine Scholar exam.  As it turned out, I didn&#8217;t pass.  I got my result in late [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=42&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>French Wine Society Conference Recap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday through Wednesday, 4-7 October, I attended the second annual French Wine Society conference, including the pre-conference session on Sunday.  I had a blast.  I enjoyed it so much, in fact, that when everything wrapped up on Wednesday I was rather depressed.  I haven&#8217;t truly enjoyed something that much in a long time &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=39&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Return to Madiran</title>
		<link>http://explorewine.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/return-to-madiran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by my Southern France class, I decided to stay in the SW this weekend for my tasting adventures and try another Madiran.  This time I had a 2003 LaPlace, Autour du Fruit &#8211; a blend of Tannat and Cabernet (both, I think). Different from the earlier Madiran I tried, this wine was clearer in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=34&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The South of France in 2 hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday night I returned to the French Wine Academy series, with a class on Southern France.  We &#8216;travelled&#8217; from Provence through Languedoc/Roussillon to the Southwest in the space of 1.5 to 2 hours.  I was glad to be back in a class again, and it was a lot of fun.  There were fewer people than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=32&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A visit to the Pyrénées</title>
		<link>http://explorewine.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/a-visit-to-the-pyrenees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I opened up a red from the South West of France, in the Pyrénées sub region.  It was a Madiran AOC; 2005 from Domaine du Moulié.  I&#8217;m not sure of the exact blend in this wine, but in the AOC, the blend must contain from 40-60% Tannat, which is one of the four [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=30&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A glass full of roses</title>
		<link>http://explorewine.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/a-glass-full-of-roses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s about the best way I can describe the Gewurztraminer we had last weekend.  It was my first, so I wasn&#8217;t quite sure what to expect.  I was wowed. The wine was a 2007 Alsace AOC from Jean Albrecht; Gewurztraminer Vieilles Vignes. The appearance was clear, pale, and golden.  The nose clean, and pronounced.  This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=28&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tastings # 5 and # 6: 2007 Muscadet Sevres et Maine, and 2006 Bandol</title>
		<link>http://explorewine.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/tastings-5-and-6-2007-muscadet-sevres-et-maine-and-2006-bandol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought this weekend we&#8217;d taste both a white and a red, for a bit of a change of pace.  Friday night I opened a 2007 Muscadet Sevres et Maine from Domaine de la Quilla, which was aged Sur Lie.  For this weekend I also decided to try and be a bit more structured and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=25&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tastings # 3 and # 4: 2007 Moulin à Vent; 2006 Côtes de Provence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following my first two tastings which were by myself over the course of a Fri. and Sat. night, the next two were done with my partner, who is back for an extended stay.  Last weekend was an all-red affair, starting with a 2007 Moulin à Vent AOC on Friday night. This Beaujolais was produced by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=23&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting Note: Pigmentum, VDP Cotes de Gascogne, Georges Vigouroux</title>
		<link>http://explorewine.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/tasting-note-pigmentum-vdp-cotes-de-gascogne-georges-vigouroux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Loire, I went to the Southwest of France; specifically to the Côtes de Gascogne.  My choice was a white Vin de Pays called Pigmentum, which is a combination of Ugni Blanc and Colombard. I&#8217;ll say right off that this was not my favorite, and I&#8217;m curious to try something else from this region [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=explorewine.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9137166&amp;post=20&amp;subd=explorewine&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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