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		<title>How to Drink Wine Like a Pro &#8211; Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love fun videos and blogs that put a little bit of humor into educating consumers on wine. 
Check out this video &#8216;Head of the Glass &#8211; Easy Does it: How to Drink Wine Like a Pro&#8217;
Wine tasting is broken down into four simple steps: Color, Aromatics, Taste, and Finish (&#8220;Does it linger or drop off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottling 2009 Wines: Phase 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of months we have been busy tweaking and enhancing our label design on the majority of our wines (see previous post on &#8216;Label Art&#8217; to see the end result).  Now Bruce, Cameron, and Dan (our Operations Manager) are tying together all of the loose ends to prep for our first stage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lafondwinery.com/wineweblog/bottling/bottling-2009-wines-phase-1/</link>
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		<title>Quake Damages Chile&#8217;s Wine Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Waking up to headlines about earthquakes in the far reaches of the globe (Haiti, Chile, and now Turkey) seems to be becoming an frightening trend.  Seeing the numerical quake magnitude is a far reach from registering what those who are experiencing the disaster are going through.  They seem so far away, yet they could happen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lafondwinery.com/wineweblog/articles-on-wine-and-vineyards/quake-damages-chiles-wine-business/</link>
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		<title>Pinot Noir first Bud 3/02/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pinot Noir is relatively late this year, and we don&#8217;t begrudge it &#8211; late budding reduces the danger of frost damage slightly. The reason for the lateness is plenty of rain accompanied with cold. This is the first real bud that we have seen. 
The bud has been there since last summer, hidden in the vine, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lafondwinery.com/wineweblog/wine-news/pinot-noir-first-bud-30210/</link>
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		<title>2010 Vintners Festival, April 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year (actually twice each year &#8211; spring and fall) all of the wineries in Santa Barbara County get together and pour their wines at the Vintners&#8217; Festival in Lompoc.  The Santa Barbara County Vintners&#8217; Association organizes the Vintners&#8217; and Harvest Festivals year after year, and they are a great opportunity to taste wines across [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lafondwinery.com/wineweblog/wine-news/2010-vintners-festival-april-17/</link>
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		<title>Stolpman and Super Tuscans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spritland Bistro&#8217;s monthly Wine &#38; Dine dinner featured Pete Stolpman from Stolpman Vineyards last night, who attended to speak and sip on Super Tuscan wines.
Spritland Bistro (230 E. Victoria St.) is an intimate local restaurant that holds monthly (sometimes bi-monthly) BYOB wine dinners of a specified variety or region.  Super Tuscans were up last night [...]]]></description>
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