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		<title>Cheese Please</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every Thursday evening the Pierre Lafond Bistro offers a Grilled Cheese menu featuring a selection of gourmet cheeses.  Las night Chris Fossek posted up in the corner of the restaurant and provided hours of entertainment as he skillfully played Flamenco guitar.  These new additions to the Bistro enhance the ambience and make it a perfect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Pink</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mass market American &#8220;blush&#8221; wines that were popular in the 1970s are a far cry from the dry and refreshing Rosés being produced today in California, Spain, Italy, and southwest France.  These pink wines are not to be confused with the cloying sweetness of grocery store boxed wines.  The resurgence of dry style Rosés in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Wine Release Santa Barbara Winery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa Barbara Winery 2007 Santa Rita Riesling 7.3
The nobel grape Riesling is enjoying a well earned resurgence of popularity in America as increasing numbers of writers and chefs become enamored with the wine&#8217;s flavors and suitability for pairing with a wide range of foods.
As we recall, Riesling was really one of the first grapes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storing Wine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is upon us, and as it approaches, my excitement for the beach and barbeques is accompanied by a concern for my wine collection - most of which I keep in a wine rack in my closet.  If you have a similar collection at home, keep in mind that proper cellaring conditions not only help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Release Santa Barbarta Winery Pinot Gris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winemaker Bruce McGuire has made another first for 43 year old Santa Barbara Winery, Pinot Gris. This grape is grown throughout the world, with Northern Italy perhaps getting the most recognition in recent times.
A fairly hearty variety, Pinot Gris is ideally grown in a climate just cool enough to develop the acidity needed to provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting Chardonnay Lafond Vineyard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we started planting our new Chardonnay block &#8211; a little over 10 acres. We are using 5 different clones &#8212; some of these clones are already in some of our older blocks, and a few that are new to us, but have been tested in other vineyards in the Santa Rita Hills.
First the ground is softened by drip irrigation, although [...]]]></description>
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