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	<title>WINE FOR NEWBIES</title>
	
	<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com</link>
	<description>A blog for people like you, who love wine but don't understand the nuances of wine drinking.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Forget The One Apple A Day! Drink Wine…It Is Delicious And Healthy!</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/06/01/forget-the-one-apple-a-day-drink-wineit-is-delicious-and-healthy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an article published on Food and Wine (October 2007), wine is also good for your health, besides being the most delicious beverage in the world (the &#8220;most delicious&#8221; part is my observation, not Food and Wine&#8217;s)!

The full article, including the study source, can be read directly at the Food and Wine site.
Although we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want To Win Some Cool Prizes? Play Our Quiz!</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/22/want-to-win-some-cool-prizes-play-our-quiz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/22/want-to-win-some-cool-prizes-play-our-quiz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 01:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Although this is not the first quiz I run on Wine for Newbies, this is the first time (of many more to come) that you will be rewarded for playing along.
Here is how this is going to work:
I will list 5 questions and you will have to find the answers by browsing the site! That’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting Notes: Peel Estate Verdelho 2005</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/22/tasting-notes-peel-estate-verdelho-2005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 02:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Tasting Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I hope to be able to start providing some tasting notes on a more regular basis. The tasting notes will be coming from wines I tried myself or wines recommended and tasted by friends or other sources.
Please do add your own comments if you have tried the wine before.

Peel Estate Verdelho 2005
Verdelho is a white [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing The Right Wine Glass (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/17/choosing-the-right-wine-glass-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/17/choosing-the-right-wine-glass-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 01:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[By Collaborators]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dagan Koffler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Lisson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yay! I am happy to introduce video to this humble wine blog! Welcome to the 21st century! Thank you! Thank you!
I believe it is quite self-explanatory that this blog, Wine for Newbies, has a goal to talk to you about wine from a very basic, easy to read and understand, perspective. So, I was quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning About Wine By Playing Games - Answers To Last Week’s Quiz</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/17/learning-about-wine-by-playing-games-answer-to-last-weeks-quizz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/17/learning-about-wine-by-playing-games-answer-to-last-weeks-quizz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 01:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I introduced a game called Wine Smarts, which provides a way to learn about wine by playing a game. It is a fun way to kick your knowledge up a notch.
So, without much ado, here are the answers to last week&#8217;s questions:
-  Vocabulary
Q: True or False - A corked wine is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Steps to Improving Your Wine Tasting Skills</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/15/four-steps-to-improving-your-wine-tasting-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/15/four-steps-to-improving-your-wine-tasting-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 15:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post written by Kathleen Lisson. Make sure to visit Kathleen&#8217;s blog!
Step One: Train Yourself to Taste Wine
Gary Vaynerchuk is making the rounds of late night TV with bowls full of dirt and tobacco, but you really don’t have to go that far to discover the aromas and flavors in the your favorite wine’s tasting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grape Flavor Drives Wine Style</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/13/grape-flavor-drives-wine-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/13/grape-flavor-drives-wine-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 20:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cool climate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marnie old]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marnie old and old wines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ripeness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[warm climate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of our guest post written by Marnie Old. Visit Marnie’s website www.marnieold.com for more of her delightful writing!
Differences in climate, and hence ripeness, account for so much of the style variation found between wine styles, that we can make some useful, if sweeping, generalizations.  For example, white wines and sparkling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate &amp; Ripeness - Figuring Out Where That Wine Came From</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/12/climate-ripeness-figuring-out-where-that-wine-came-from/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/12/climate-ripeness-figuring-out-where-that-wine-came-from/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marnie old]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[ripeness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/12/climate-ripeness-figuring-out-where-that-wine-came-from/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a two-part guest post written by Marnie Old. Visit Marnie&#8217;s website www.marnieold.com for more of her delightful writing!
Wine professionals can predict much about how a wine will taste, just by knowing where it’s from.  And, so can you.  It’s not rocket science – more like Sesame Street.  Absorbing a few simple ideas can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Second Best Way To Learn About Wine (and a quiz)</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/10/the-second-best-way-to-learn-about-wine-and-a-quizz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/05/10/the-second-best-way-to-learn-about-wine-and-a-quizz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 20:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[games]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[wine smart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You probably know what the first best way is, right?! By tasting it, of course! I know I am quoting myself (over and over again), but although it does help to read about wine, and what other people are writing about it, the only way you will really learn how to grasp all the nuances [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A “Chablis” Grape?? Big Faux-Pas!</title>
		<link>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/04/24/a-chablis-grape-big-faux-pas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winefornewbies.com/2008/04/24/a-chablis-grape-big-faux-pas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Beaujolais]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blanchot]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bougros]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Chablis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chalonnaise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chateau Grenouille]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Domaine De La Maladiere]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Domaine Laroche]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Francois Raveneau]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[grand cru]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grenouilles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guy Robin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jean Dauvissat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Les Clos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Les Preuses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Long-Depaquit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Louis Michel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mâconnais]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[R. Vocoret]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rene et Vincent Dauvissat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Valmur]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vaudesir]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I received a comment saying Chablis is not a grape, but a region in France! Of course it is! The only problem is that for the life of me I cannot find where I wrote that Chablis is a grape! The commentator did not say where, neither I can locate the reference.
In any case, let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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