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	<title>Drinking Outside The Box &#187; Syrah/Shiraz</title>
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		<title>Six New Zealand Syrahs</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/07/23/six-new-zealand-syrahs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawkes Bay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crossroads Syrah 2008, Hawkes Bay (£13.50 Mentzendorff) Has a fragrant, peppery roasted aroma, along with fresh blackcurrant, plum and raspberry fruit, but could use a little more body to live up to that fragrance. B Vidal Gimblett Gravels Syrah 2008, Hawkes Bay (£10.99 Waitrose, Halifax Wine Co, Trina’s Wines, www.nzhouseofwine.co.uk) Not quite as fragrant and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quite lovely Languedoc reds from an advertising legend</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/06/16/quite-lovely-languedoc-reds-from-an-advertising-legend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carignan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertising maven John Hegarty &#8211; sorry &#8211; SIR John Hegarty needs no introduction for those in his field of influence. And the good news is that his field of influence is spreading ever wider- he&#8217;s due to do a presentation to the Institute of Masters of Wine about how wine should lose its mystery but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Australian Shirazes + a Margaret River blend</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/06/10/three-australian-shirazes-a-margaret-river-blend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/06/10/three-australian-shirazes-a-margaret-river-blend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barossa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[McLaren Vale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[McHenry Hohnen Cabernet/Merlot 2008, Margaret River (£9.99 Majestic) Surprisingly forward, rounded wine, showing just the right amount of leafy mint and eucalyptus character alongside juicy plummy fruit, hints of leather and tobacco and smooth ripe tannins. B+ Averys Pioneer Barossa Shiraz 2007 &#8211; made by Yalumba (£8.99 Averys) A lovely bear-hug of a wine, ripe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naked Wines Reds Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/05/14/naked-wines-reds-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/05/14/naked-wines-reds-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 08:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pinot Noir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 of my look at a selection of wines from Naked Wines &#8211; Part 1 is here. (any topic you&#8217;d like to see me covering in forthcoming videos? Do leave a comment below) Monowai Pinot Noir 2006, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (£10.99 www.nakedwines.com) The berry fruit’s a little stewed, but overall this is plush, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Southern French wines from James Nicholson</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/05/11/six-southern-french-wines-from-james-nicholson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/05/11/six-southern-french-wines-from-james-nicholson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 08:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carignan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All these are from a tasting I was supposed to be doing for James Nicholson in Northern Ireland in early May 2010 – it was postponed due to volcanic ash travel problems but is due to be rescheduled very soon&#8230; (and it&#8217;s also a video I did in my office bunker, having been banished by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shiraz and Viognier from Australia + reds from Rioja and the Douro</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/03/08/shiraz-and-viognier-from-australia-reds-from-rioja-and-the-douro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Douro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No particular theme, just four wines that needed tasting&#8230;. Tahbilk Viognier 2009, Nagambie Lakes, Central Victoria, Australia (£9.99 The Wine Society, Jeroboams, City Beverage, Stanton Wine Company, Morecambe Bay Wine Company, www.everywine.co.uk, Goodrich Wines, Posh Plonk, Rodney Densem, Cambridge Wine Merchants) Quite heady, almost creamy peach kernel aromas, but then palate is quite crisp, almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Portugal &#8211; a trio of reds from Tejo and the Algarve</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/03/07/more-portugal-a-trio-of-reds-from-tejo-and-the-algarve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/03/07/more-portugal-a-trio-of-reds-from-tejo-and-the-algarve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algarve]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Onda Nova Syrah 2007, Algarve (£9.99 www.mollybrownswinelist.co.uk) A full-flavoured, fleshy youngster that speaks of a warm climate with its plummy dark chocolate flavours, but which never goes overripe and remains fresh. Nice meaty finish and potential to develop further. B+ Quinta da Lagoalva de Cima Tinto 2008, VR Tejo (£8.40 Clark Foyster) Smooth, easy drinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal &#8211; white, pink and sweet</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/03/04/portugal-white-pink-and-sweet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/03/04/portugal-white-pink-and-sweet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gewurztraminer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Riesling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of wines from a well-known (in the UK at least) singer&#8217;s estate in the Algarve plus a rather unusual sweet wine from the Ribatejo &#8211; or Tejo, as we should now be calling it. Onda Nova Verdelho 2008, Algarve (£9.99 www.mollybrownswinelist.co.uk ) Clean, fresh, tight peach, citrus peel and gritty pearskin character with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four drafts of the warm south &#8211; a quartet from the Languedoc</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/01/29/four-drafts-of-the-warm-south-a-quartet-from-the-languedoc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/01/29/four-drafts-of-the-warm-south-a-quartet-from-the-languedoc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Languedoc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[La Cuvée Mythique Blanc des Vignerons de la Mediterranée 2008, Vin de Pays d’Oc, France (£7.99 The Co-op – down to £3.99 10th Feb – 1st Mar) (Would love to give a  link to the two Cuvée Mythique wines, but in classic French fashion, there&#8217;s no obvious web site&#8230;) Nice combination of aromatic complexity, fleshy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Aussie reds + a Brunello wannabe</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/01/27/more-aussie-reds-a-brunello-wannabe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/01/27/more-aussie-reds-a-brunello-wannabe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barossa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia Day + 1, so a few hangers-on from the haggis adventure, plus a moody but not all that magnificent Italian&#8230; Jacobs Creek Grenache Shiraz 2008, South Eastern Australia (£5.99 Tesco, Asda, Ocado) Quite light, almost refreshing, sweet raspberry aroma and flavour, slightly jammy, but then the more earthy gravitas of Shiraz comes through. Good, [...]]]></description>
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