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		<title>Do Americans know what Pinot Nero is?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I attended a fantastic tasting of the Wines of Lombardy &#8212; a region in the north of Italy west of Venice. I haven&#8217;t been to Lago di Garda (Italy&#8217;s largest lake), but Lake Como is, for my money, the most beautiful place on Earth. And I visited it long before George Clooney took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cahors: My first love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Way back in 2004 or so, when I was first getting into wine, I fell in love with Cahors. I wish I could remember which wine did it, but I wasn&#8217;t taking notes at that point &#8212; all I remember is that it was earthy and rustic and utterly enchanting. Ever since that moment, I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Willamette Valley Vineyards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I am a prodigious drinker, I have to admit that I have neglected Oregon and Washington wines &#8212; mainly because they can be hard to find. I don&#8217;t often get a chance to taste them, and many are above the $20 price point at which I usually cut myself off (hey, there&#8217;s a recession [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://crushworthywines.com/?p=141</link>
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		<title>Mystery Syrah!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here in the D.C. area, we&#8217;re all busy preparing for the impending arrival of Snowpocalypse 2: Electric Boogaloo. Even though I grew up in Colorado and recognize deep down that snow is not the end of the world, I was running low on wine and cheese (you know, the usual staples), so I joined the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Airlines&#8217; new wine offerings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, sorry for the long silence – I moved across the country and started a new job, and it sort of took over my life for a while. But things have (finally) settled down again, so let&#8217;s talk wine!
I&#8217;ve been a loyal United Airlines customer for over a decade, and for years – years, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://crushworthywines.com/?p=135</link>
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		<title>Ahhhh, Albariño</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Albariño holds a special place in my heart. It&#8217;s a white wine with character. I get all excited when I see it on a restaurant wine list, because even a mediocre Albariño tends to easily outclass much of the competition (Sauvignon Blanc et al) – or at lest gives it a run for its money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My favorite Rhones of the West</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rhone varietals have a sizable foothold in California, thanks in part to the efforts of the Rhone Rangers and wineries such as Twisted Oak, Cline Cellars and Bonny Doon. For some reason I&#8217;ve found myself drinking a lot of white Rhone-style California wines lately, so here&#8217;s a roundup of the ones that have stood out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://crushworthywines.com/?p=126</link>
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		<title>Great reds go green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hall Napa Valley makes fantastic Cabernet, as anyone who&#8217;s ever tasted it can tell you. They&#8217;re hardly the first Napa Valley winery to go organic &#8212; it seems like everybody&#8217;s jumping on that bandwagon lately. But they are the first winery in California to achieve gold LEED certification. Ed Curry, VP of consumer operations and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://crushworthywines.com/?p=110</link>
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		<title>SF Natural Wine Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to natural winemaking, I&#8217;m pretty much in the dark. I think organic practices are great, don&#8217;t get me wrong, but it&#8217;s not a make-or-break selling point for me right now &#8212; I generally won&#8217;t choose a wine just because it&#8217;s organic. And the biodynamic movement (which seems to be organic plus a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://crushworthywines.com/?p=102</link>
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		<title>Nerd tasting lineup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shameful confession: Every August, I meet a few dozen of my closest friends for a weekend of geekery at a sci-fi convention. Some people actually participate in the convention, but we also have our own track of seminars on topics of interest to us. Last year I led a wine tasting for the first time. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://crushworthywines.com/?p=97</link>
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