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	<title>Drinking Outside The Box</title>
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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>
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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 a little [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algarve]]></category>
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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 red – too [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riesling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sweet wines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syrah/Shiraz]]></category>
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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 a touch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two-tiered DACs &#8211; what are they, and should we give a stuff?</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/03/03/two-tiered-dacs-what-are-they-and-should-we-give-a-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/03/03/two-tiered-dacs-what-are-they-and-should-we-give-a-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gruner Veltliner]]></category>

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Just had an eager press release &#8211; text is below, more (in German) on the website here &#8211; about how the Austrians have brought in a new category of wine, Weinviertel DAC Reserve. The announcement that a region that hardly anyone has heard of now has both normal and reserve levels of DAC (equivalent to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four wines from Cabardès &#8211; where?</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/03/03/1929/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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All these are from The Mixed Case

Château Jouclary Cabardès Cuvée Tradition 2006 (£6.99)
Quite lively, spicy blackcurrant flavours tinged with a touch of iron, but then let down by something ever so slightly stale and cardboardy (still there a couple of days later), also a slightly metallic hint to the finish. Still good, and improves with time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A sweet Greek trio</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/26/a-sweet-greek-trio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muscat]]></category>
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Samos Co-op Vin Doux 2007 (£4.99 per half Cooden Cellars, Theatre of Wine, Adnams)
Light lemon/orange scented, grapey delight, with the classic edge of barley sugar, rich but gentle, with a sprightly finish, and just the right amount of spirity bite. B+
Samos Co-op Anthemis 2003 (£11.50 The Wine Society – Waitrose also has halves in presentation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Greek wines from the islands of Paros &amp; Santorini</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/25/four-greek-wines-from-the-islands-of-paros-santorini/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/25/four-greek-wines-from-the-islands-of-paros-santorini/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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Hatzidakis Santorini 2008 (£9.49-£13.50 Waitrose, Tanners, Adnams, Theatre of Wine, Green &#38; Blue, Cooden Cellars)
Tangy, pleasing style that combines richness with crispness, lots of fresh fruit &#8211; green apple, lime, lemon – and a taut citrussy finish. B+
Moraitis Sillogi White 2007, Paros (£9.95 Laytons)
Similar citrus crispness, but richer, lacks the zip and minerally zest, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chilean Pinot Noir Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/24/chilean-pinot-noir-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/24/chilean-pinot-noir-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
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Undurraga TH Pinot Noir 2008, Leyda (£10.99 Eagles Wines, Dorje’s Wine Club)
A good combination of decadent strawberries (both fresh and tinned) with a fresh, quite grippy structure of acidity and tannin. It’s ripe but never OTT, and there’s an earthy, vegetal note to the finish. S-
Undurraga TH Pinot Noir 2008, West Casablanca (£11.24 M&#38;S Wines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chilean Pinot Noir Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/23/chilean-pinot-noir-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/23/chilean-pinot-noir-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
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Just tasted my way through a selection of Chilean Pinots for a piece I&#8217;m doing for Square Meal. Here&#8217;s the verdict on the first four&#8230;

Emiliana Reserva Pinot Noir 2008, Casablanca (£7.99 Amps, Noel Young)
A wine that scores by not trying too hard to impress. Instead it concentrates on sporting joyful red fruit – red cherries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whistlestop Bordeaux Part 2/2</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/20/whistlestop-bordeaux-part-22/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/2010/02/20/whistlestop-bordeaux-part-22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bordeaux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabernet Sauvignon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cru Bourgeois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merlot]]></category>
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The remaining trio from the clarets that had been hogging the wine rack&#8230;

Château Preuillac Médoc 2004 (£14 Soho Wine Supply)
Nose is a combination of ripe, even overripe fruit with a smoky edge that tends towards the fishy (think smoked mackerel). There’s quite nice ripe blackcurrant, plum and berry, but then the dry finish speaks of [...]]]></description>
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