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		<title>California Pinot Noirs come of age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another great article by Eric Asimov, this time on the transformation of (some of) pinot noir winemaking in California.  Below is his summary list of Cali pinots that are produced in a lighter, perhaps even more &#8216;Burgundian&#8217; style, than some of their other pinot peers: ANTHILL FARMS Sonoma/Mendocino; lovely, fresh and floral. ARCADIAN South Central [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nygrapes.com/?p=205</link>
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		<title>iPhone Wine App Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a fairly comprehensive review of the current (good) wine applications for the iPhone: http://www.macworld.com/article/139106/2009/03/wineapps.html Reviews include: Drync Wine 2.0 Velvet Vine Wine Companion 1.1.1 Wine Enthusiast Guide 1.2 Wine Pad 2.3.0.0 Wine Snob 2.2.1. Hello Vino was not mentioned in this particular round-up but it is worth a look as well.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nygrapes.com/?p=201</link>
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		<title>NY Grapes: Thunder from Down Under &gt; Wine Dinner Redux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[21 descended on our home last night for a meal and some wine&#8230;OK, a lot of wine and an excellent meal.  Here are the wines from the night: Whites 2004 Cape Mentelle Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, Margaret River 2008 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand 2006 Streicker Ironstone Block Old Vine Chardonnay, Margaret River 2007 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nygrapes.com/?p=196</link>
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		<title>The Ancient Greeks Appreciated Moderated Wine Consumption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I now need to dust off my ancient Greek texts, in particular, The Odyssey, where wine is a constant presence in the work.  This, and other facts about ancient Greek life and its relationship to wine, is explored in the following article by Alexander Nazaryan.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nygrapes.com/?p=193</link>
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		<title>2 clever articles on wine snobbery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One from the Freakonomics blog on being able (or unable) to distinguish a fine bottle of wine from an unfine bottle when tasted without knowing which came from what at Harvard in the Society of Fellows, and the other generally humorous and sarcastically written way to fool wine snobs into thinking that you walk among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine tasting data point of the day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Portfolio, 3 identical wines poured from the same bottle to groups of judges &#8211; how did the judges judge?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nygrapes.com/?p=189</link>
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		<title>Constellation opens world&#8217;s largest winery solar energy system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why we love the sun &#8211; it makes the grapes grow and will power half the energy needs of Constellation&#8217;s facility in Gonzales, CA.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nygrapes.com/?p=186</link>
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		<title>Argentinian Malbec gets a second glance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really excited by the Malbec wines make from Argentina.  So too is the WSJ, and there is a fairly in-depth account of the producers and explosive growth of this delicious import from this past weekend&#8217;s Journal: Malbec Beckons &#8211; Heed the Call]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nygrapes.com/?p=184</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t swirl old Burgundies / pinots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If they&#8217;re more than 25 years old, given that the pinot noir grape is so fragile, aggressive swirling can cause the old wine to collapse and taste like a whopping nothing, a terrible way to end a no doubt expensive bottle of juice.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nygrapes.com/?p=181</link>
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		<title>Urban wineries sprout new vines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Be sure to catch Friday&#8217;s article from the NYTimes on the growth of urban wineries.  With land prices for vineyards in Napa and other places into the stratosphere, some passionate wine enthusiasts are taking matters into their own hands and opening urban wineries.  Bridge Urban Winery is a new one that I hadn&#8217;t heard of [...]]]></description>
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