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		<title>Latest News from the Vineyard</title>
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We don&#8217;t generally show horses on our blog but these are new and in a new corral that David has just built. Of course, riding through the vineyard on a tall horse is part of almost every one&#8217;s fantasy but there is also a practical purpose &#8211; we think. 
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		<title>Alder Shade Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We lost an older tree, of undetermined lineage, at the vineyard and will be planting three new Alders to replace it. Alders are fast growing and since they will be planted in the lawn area will be well watered. Excess water probably killed the older tree which originally was not part of the lawn. 
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		<title>Veraison Pinot Noir</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a little late this year but finally we have veraison in the Pinot Noir. It came rather suddenly, less than a week ago there was no sign and now it is everywhere. This means two things; one the harvest will probably start in early September and two, we need to net the vines. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lafond Vineyard Burning Creek Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre</dc:creator>
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Our Burning Creek block, 37 acres of Pinot Noir planted last year, is doing extremely well. This spring we cut the vine back to two buds, keeping it still in the growth tube. The first year the vine grows a root system, the second year the canes that will bear fruit in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hand Bottling Large Bottles at Santa Barbara Winery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre</dc:creator>
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Here Winemaker, Bruce McGuire, is hand bottling 1.5 liter bottles. First he fills the bottle with an inert gas, such as nitrogen, to protect the wine from exposure to oxygen &#8211; which accounts for the the gas cylender in the background. 
The wine used is stored in beer barrels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Tasting at Santa Barbara Winery-America&#8217;s Builder D.R. Horton-Host Chris Bacon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pierre</dc:creator>
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