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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Alsace Grand Cru Riesling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cave de Hunawihr Riesling Grand Cru Rosacker 2009 (£17.99 Liberty Wines) Vibrant young wine, with tangy tangerine, pear and ripe apple flavours backed up by stony mineral and floral notes, rich but dry, long and tasty. S(-) Domaine Albert Mann Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg 2009 (£23.65 Caves de Pyrene) Bold and quite fleshy style, combines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Pinot Noir from France &amp; New Zealand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burgundy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Louis Jadot Côte de Nuits Villages ‘Le Vaucrain’ 2008, Burgundy, France (£18.75 Hailsham Cellars, Leamington Wine Company, Luvians, Nailsworth Wine &#38; Spirits, Village Wines, Thomas Peatling, Booze Bargains, Globe Wines, Le Parc Delicatessen) Smells as if it’s going to be lighter than many Jadot reds, with a fragrant rose petal edge to the gentle red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Five Champagnes &#8211; three NVs + two 2004s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Champagne]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Champagne Canard-Duchêne Charles VII Grande Cuvée Le Victorieux NV (£35 Majestic) An odd mix of honeyed biscuity maturity with rather tart green apple immaturity, not hugely classy, but honest and quite tasty B Champagne Moët &#38; Chandon Brut Imperial NV (£28.99 widely available) Rather heavy, earthy style, does have some citrus, pear and apple flavours, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Spanish Reds from Valdepenas &amp; Somontano</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grenache]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anciano Aged 3 Years Crianza 2007, Valdepeñas (£5.98 Asda) Starts off well with welcoming characters of slightly baked berry fruit, dusty vanilla and chocolate, but is let down by a slightly hard finish. B- Anciano Aged 7 Years Gran Reserva 2003, Valdepeñas (£8.99 Waitrose) Corked &#8211; shame, as some reviews have been very positive. Viñas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Four Riojas + a Ribera del Duero</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viña Pomal Rioja Crianza 2008 (£9.99 Majestic, Yourfavouritewines.com, Rhythmandbooze.co.uk, Aughton Wines, Delifonseca, Den Boer Wines, Eton Vintners, Hercules Wine Warehouse, INXS Kicked, Sheridan Cooper’s, Taurus Wines, Noel Young, The Vineyard) Has some of the classic vanilla and orange peel of Rioja, but the baked berry flavours and notes of liquorice speak of overripe fruit, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Assorted whites from France, Spain, Portugal &amp; Italy</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-assorted-whites-from-france-spain-portugal-italy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catalunya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sicily]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Les Crouzes Colombard 2010, Comté Tolosan, South West France (£5.39 Co-operative) Reasonable crunchy ripe pear with an earthy zing, but there’s also a lemon edge that shrieks just a little too loudly. C(+) Sacha Lichine La Poule Blanche 2010, Vin de France (N/A in the UK) Rather vague style, quite plump and peachy with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Shiraz from Australia, New Zealand &amp; Argentina + a Durif</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-shiraz-from-australia-new-zealand-argentina-a-durif/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-shiraz-from-australia-new-zealand-argentina-a-durif/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clare Valley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Villa Maria Cellar Selection Syrah 2008, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (£13.99 Oddbins, Wine Rack, nzhouseofwine.co.uk) Fragrant and elegant to start with, showing touches of pepper (white &#38; black), berry and plum, but then a slightly thoddy vanilla edge intrudes, and there’s just this feeling of incompleteness, as if it would have benefited by something a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Sancerre &amp; Pouilly-Fumé 2008 &amp; 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-sancerre-pouilly-fume-2008-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-sancerre-pouilly-fume-2008-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Loire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will be posting another couple of videos featuring the 2010 vintage soon, but in the meantime, here are some slightly older wines&#8230; Domaine Masson-Blondelet Pouilly-Fumé 2009 (£14.99 Waitrose) Has lost a little freshness, but still has some tangy taut lemon, lemongrass and herb flavour, a touch of flint and a rounded sappy finish. B(+) Tesco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Reds from Beiras (Dao &amp; Bairrada)</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-reds-from-beiras-dao-bairrada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-reds-from-beiras-dao-bairrada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beiras]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ribeiro Santo Dão 2009 (£10.60 Bottle Apostle) Juicy young wine, fresh but firm, full flavoured but never too big, with plummy berry and tomato flavours, smoky bacon oak and an earthy, savoury finish – gets more serious with time. S(-) Sogrape Callabriga Dão 2008 (£12.95 Berry Brothers &#38; Rudd) Sprightly young wine, with spicy white [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Tasting Video: Cava Part 2 &#8211; Red, White &amp; Pink</title>
		<link>http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-cava-part-2-red-white-pink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cava]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Codorníu Reina Maria Cristina Cava Blanc de Noirs 2008 (£14.99 Majestic) Made mostly from Pinot Noir, this manages to pack in bumptious fruit flavours – apple, citrus, raspberry – but retain the Cava freshness and earthiness. Rich (although not too rich) rather than elegant, but a darned good drink. S- ** La Rosita Traditional Method [...]]]></description>
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