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		<title>Tasting Note: Il Frappato 2007, IGT Sicilia, Ariana Occhipinti</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/28/tasting-note-il-frappato-2007-igt-sicilia-ariana-occhipinti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 19:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
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										I&#8217;ve been a fan of Arianna Occhipinti&#8217;s wines for close to two years, now, since I tasted her nero d&#8217;avola, Il Siccagno, at Terroir SF, with a couple of friends I&#8217;d met at the first Wine Bloggers&#8217; Conference (read the blog post, in French, right here). Since then, the wines have started to be imported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting note: Masi Campofiorin 2005, Rosso del Veronese IGT</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2009/04/12/tasting-note-masi-campofiorin-2005-rosso-del-veronese-igt/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2009/04/12/tasting-note-masi-campofiorin-2005-rosso-del-veronese-igt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winecase</dc:creator>
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										It&#8217;s always interesting &#8211; and often fun &#8211; to re-taste wines you enjoyed often, a while back, but had somewhat set aside and forgotten.
That&#8217;s what happened to me when a good friend of mine brought me a bottle of Masi Campofiorin, a unique wine from the Veneto, in Northern Italy. When I first started drinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Blogging Wednesday 54: How do I love Piedmont? Let me count the ways</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2009/02/18/wine-blogging-wednesday-54-how-do-i-love-piedmont-let-me-count-the-ways/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2009/02/18/wine-blogging-wednesday-54-how-do-i-love-piedmont-let-me-count-the-ways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winecase</dc:creator>
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										There are so many good things about Piedmont that I could hardly have been more excited about the 54th edition of the Wine Blogging Wednesday. David McDuff&#8217;s theme, A Passion for Piedmont, was really my kind of thing.
I love just about everything about Piedmont, in every color and style. Recently, I wrote about Moscato, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting Note: Pignolo 2003, Castello di Buttrio, Veneto</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2009/02/04/tasting-note-pignolo-2003-castello-di-buttrio-veneto/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2009/02/04/tasting-note-pignolo-2003-castello-di-buttrio-veneto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winecase</dc:creator>
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										Italy certainly is a treasure trove of unique grape varieties. Often, these varieties were almost forgotten and lost before being revived, in the last couple of decades, by some dedicated winemakers who just knew that they could provide great wines with distinctive characteristics.
Think of the Arneis of Piedmont, this tasty white grape that hardly only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting Note: Capitel Croce 2002, Veneto IGT, Anselmi</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2009/01/11/tasting-note-capitel-croce-2002-veneto-igt-anselmi/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2009/01/11/tasting-note-capitel-croce-2002-veneto-igt-anselmi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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										Roberto Anselmi is one of the great prides of the Veneto region, and especially, of the Soave appellation. So much so that he left the appellattion.
Indeed, Anselmi thought that the authorities were not hard enough on Soave producers, when it came to ensuring quality. So instead of being associated with a level of wines he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gravner in the morning, arvine at noon, Sagrantino for dinner – and some thoughts about Swiss drinking and driving laws.</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2008/12/31/gravner-in-the-morning-arvine-at-noon-sagrantino-for-dinner-%e2%80%93-and-some-thoughts-about-swiss-drinking-and-driving-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2008/12/31/gravner-in-the-morning-arvine-at-noon-sagrantino-for-dinner-%e2%80%93-and-some-thoughts-about-swiss-drinking-and-driving-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winecase</dc:creator>
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What an interesting day in wine tasting yesterday was.
It started out almost accidentally, when I stopped by the tasting room of Christophe Abbet, an excellent vigneron based in Martigny, in Switzerland, to get a couple of bottles of his wines to bring home to Quebec (including a bottle of the delightful Ambre, a slowly-matured dessert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moscato for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2008/12/24/moscato-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winecase</dc:creator>
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It’s a little late for Christmas wine recommendations, I realize. But it’s still early for New Year’s, so that’s still all right.
Especially when you suggest a wine that is as festive as it is (relatively) inexpensive, so much so that it could be pulled out for any excuse for a celebration.
The wine is moscato, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Recipe #1: Wine suggestions for Anthony&#039;s white bean sunchoke purée crostini (and another recipe)</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2008/12/21/twitter-recipe-1-wine-suggestions-for-anthonys-white-bean-sunchoke-puree-crostini-and-another-recipe/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2008/12/21/twitter-recipe-1-wine-suggestions-for-anthonys-white-bean-sunchoke-puree-crostini-and-another-recipe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winecase</dc:creator>
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										The other day, I was getting ready to cook some white beans, and wanted to take the dish in a different direction than what I usually do. So knowing that I have many friends on Twitter who are well-versed in the culinary arts of the Mediterranean, I tweeted for suggestions while the beans simmered and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death in the Vineyards</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2008/09/23/death-in-the-vineyards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winecase</dc:creator>
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										Reading the wine news, these days, it seems like the Grim Reaper is in harvest mode. Three significant figures have died in recent days: Didier Dagueneau, rebel vigneron from the Loire, Anthony Perrin, from Château Carbonnieux in Pessac-Léognan, as well as Bailey Carrodus, founder of Yarra Yerring, in Australia.
All three were credited with bringing their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine on the air: time for the barbecue</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2008/05/29/wine-on-the-air-time-for-the-barbecue/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2008/05/29/wine-on-the-air-time-for-the-barbecue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winecase</dc:creator>
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										Last week, I got an invitation from Sharman Yarnell, host of Showtime, a Saturday morning show on Montreal station CJAD, to talk about summer wines and, more specifically good wines for the barbecue. Sharman was charming and fun to work with, and I certainly hope to do it again some time. I have to say [...]]]></description>
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