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	<title>Drinking Outside The Box &#187; Portugal</title>
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		<title>Spain, 4, Portugal, 1 &#8211; plus a bit about brett</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a video down below somewhere but first, let’s talk brett. Brettanomyces to give it its full name is a strain of yeast that has been around for centuries, but which began to appear on the wine radar around 20 years ago, and has really sprung to prominence in the last decade. We’ll get [...]]]></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>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sweet wines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wine Education]]></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>Quinta de Covela &#8211; what is going on?</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/01/31/quinta-de-covela-what-is-going-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/01/31/quinta-de-covela-what-is-going-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just received the following e-mail from Nuno Araujo, one of the most enterprising and inspired winemakers in the Vinho Verde region, and the most subversive of the six producers that make up Portugal&#8217;s IWA (Independent Wingrowers Association). I haven&#8217;t been a universal fan of Nuno&#8217;s wines &#8211; some were just too &#8216;international&#8217; and oaky &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Ports &#8211; Quinta do Noval and Quinta Nova</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/12/16/four-ports-quinta-do-noval-and-quinta-nova/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Port]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Reserve Porto NV (£9.95 per 500 ml Halifax Wine Company, Oakley Wine Agencies) Juicy young port, warm and welcoming, with an almost velvety texture, broad but still fragrant berry and damson flavours, and a citrus tang to the finish – you could almost drink this with steak. B(+) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal&#8217;s Douro Valley &#8211; home to some of the world&#8217;s top red wines</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/12/15/portugal-douro-valley-home-to-some-of-the-worlds-top-red-wines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/12/15/portugal-douro-valley-home-to-some-of-the-worlds-top-red-wines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Douro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Unoaked Douro 2008 (£10.99 The Wine Cellar, Oakley Wine Agencies) Joyful young wine, all about bumptious, bouncy bramble and plum flavour, with hints of black pepper and brown sugar adding further interest. Ripe but fresh with it, very tasty. S- Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Tres [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quinta do Noval, Swedes and Morris Dancing</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/09/24/quinta-do-noval-swedes-and-morris-dancing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/09/24/quinta-do-noval-swedes-and-morris-dancing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Port]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saw on Facebook that Jamie Goode is currently staying at Quinta do Noval. Hope he&#8217;s having a great time, I have fond memories of being there at roughly the same point for the 1998 vintage, which was, not to mince words, one of the crapper years in recent memory. It was in the period before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Bottle Battle</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/08/19/big-bottle-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/08/19/big-bottle-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve got aching upper arm muscles today. Was it a strenuous boxing work out on Wii Fit? A marathon Swingball session in the garden with kids? Or was it having to manhandle two wine bottles that were so heavy that they made your wrists wobble even when they were empty? They were straight out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A wonderful evening in the Portuguese town of Little Bedwyn</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/07/24/a-wonderful-evening-in-the-portuguese-town-of-little-bedwyn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2009/07/24/a-wonderful-evening-in-the-portuguese-town-of-little-bedwyn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure what I’ll be cooking tonight, but it won’t be a patch on the super Portuguese Gourmet Dinner Jill &#38; I tucked into at the one-starred Harrow in Little Bedwyn near Marlborough on Wednesday evening. Owner/chef Roger Jones is one of those people whose enthusiasm for wine has developed to the point where every [...]]]></description>
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