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		<title>Taste the Experience: Sweet Indulgence Collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Las cosas claras y el chocolate espeso. (Ideas should be clear and chocolate thick.) ~ Spanish proverb I like this Spanish proverb very much, not in small part because it makes me think of wine. I&#8217;ll explain briefly: chocolate comes from cocoa beans, which originated in the Americas. Spaniards, as the main European colonizers of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Finding Wine Events Near You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a ton of great wine events coming up at Vintner&#8217;s Circle, I thought it would be pertinent to mention a fantastic website to check out: LocalWineEvents.com. As the website&#8217;s founder Eric Orange explains in his interview with Gary Vaynerchuk, LocalWineEvents.com began as a way for places like wine shops, liquor stores, and restaurants to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sangria With a Twist: A Summer Drink, Revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of our recent release announcement on these exciting limited edition wines, I&#8217;d like to share a recipe specifically created for another style of seasonal wines available for just this summer. Our Twisted Mist wines (Strawberry Margarita and Mojito) are wine cocktails in and of themselves: once they are made, all you&#8217;ve got to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintner&#8217;s Circle Dickson City Samples a Sip of Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.vintnerscircle.com/blog/wine-lifestyle/vintners-circle-dickson-city-wine-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 20:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stan and Joanne Triplett, franchise owners of Vintner&#8217;s Circle Dickson City, participated at this year&#8217;s Sno Cove Wine Festival at Montage Mountain. The wine festival featured tastings from more than a dozen local Pennsylvania wineries, in addition to all sorts of traditional festival goodies: live entertainment, arts and crafts, specialty foods, and handcrafted goods. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Bottling (with mention of lychees)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 13:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[wine lifestyle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We bottled our first batches of wine this weekend. We made a lot of wine. Now comes the difficult part: waiting. We made two batches: a German Gewurztraminer and an apple wine, made from fresh cider from a nearby Jersey farm. Though I know good wine comes from great patience, I’m planning to break out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classic Summer Wine Cocktails</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 18:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the weather warms up, it’s time to think of ways to keep cool. Weekends mean time at the pool, stretching out on the porch, and neighborhood barbecues (and picnics and festivals and beaches, oh my!). We’ve put together a list of classic wine cocktails, all the more enjoyable for their simplicity. With a small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Father&#8217;s Day Photo Search</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 17:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wine making has been a valued family tradition for hundreds (and in some places, thousands) of years. The practice still holds strong across the world, from California to Italy to France (Zind-Humbrecht wines are a personal favorite of mine). In honor of this upcoming Father&#8217;s Day, Vintner&#8217;s Circle is looking for great, old family photos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Speak with a Sommelier</title>
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		<comments>http://www.vintnerscircle.com/blog/wine-lifestyle/how-to-speak-with-a-sommelier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general wine knowledge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having worked as a sommelier in the fine dining world for quite some time, I learned a lot from my customers. I learned common preferences and common qualms, how to recognize if someone is intimidated by the wine list, and how to deal with rather cranky tables. I learned that wine is an integral part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start Spring Off Right: Recycle!</title>
		<link>http://www.vintnerscircle.com/blog/wine-lifestyle/start-spring-off-right-recycle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vintnerscircle.com/blog/wine-lifestyle/start-spring-off-right-recycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 13:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general wine knowledge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, spring. ‘Tis the season to roll up your sleeves and start gardening – plant those petunias, prep your tomato posts, and perhaps begin on that compost pile you’ve been thinking about. A handy tip, for those who love a glass of cool wine after spending time in the hot sun: you can recycle natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Zinfandel Sponge Cake with Macerated Strawberries</title>
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		<comments>http://www.vintnerscircle.com/blog/wine-lifestyle/white-zinfandel-sponge-cake-with-macerated-strawberries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This recipe has been adapted from Gourmet’s Wine Cake with Macerated Strawberries at epicurious.com. The dessert is a simple sponge cake, made delicately fruity with the addition of White Zinfandel, and topped with warm strawberries. It’s a lovely after-dinner dessert, but is equally delicious in the morning, with coffee, or in the afternoon, with tea. [...]]]></description>
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