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		<title>Un Apéritif Almost Perfect</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My two favorite meals in France are &#8220;brunch,&#8221; which deserves a post all to itself, and the famous &#8220;apéritif.&#8221;  I know what you&#8217;re thinking, an apéritif isn&#8217;t a meal! It&#8217;s a drink! &#8230;but there&#8217;s always food that comes along with an apéritif so in my opinion it counts as a meal, or at least a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=1542&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought it was rather fitful when, just after arriving back from a wonderful 3-day hike in the Burgundy region of France, a friend brought over a bottled of wine called Cuvée Compostelle named in honor of the pilgrims who, as legend tells it, stopped to drink from the well of the château before continuing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=1526&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wine and Chocolate</title>
		<link>http://simmerandsip.com/2011/02/06/wine-and-chocolate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Valentine&#8217;s Day approaching, I decided to do a little experimenting with wine and chocolate.  After all, wine and chocolate are two of my favorite things, so I would have to be crazy to turn down such a great excuse to eat more chocolate and drink more wine.  But the other night, right as I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=1489&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Harvest Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The harvest, or vendange, as the French call it is just about here.  In the Loire Valley they&#8217;ve already started the picking the grapes, but in other regions such as Champagne, they&#8217;ll be starting within the next couple of weeks.  Unfortunately, I&#8217;m busy starting school in Paris otherwise I&#8217;d love to be out there stomping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=1160&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Club Tasting</title>
		<link>http://simmerandsip.com/2010/07/19/wine-club-tasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a week, a wine club meets in Cheverny under the direction of Christine Louet, oenologue and winemaker of Domaine du Vivier. Christine Louet is a wonderful women, and extremely knowledgeable about wine. Small and energetic, she teaches her &#8220;students&#8221; with passion and understanding.  Many people begin coming to her club barely knowing the difference [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=975&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Undergound Wine Tasting</title>
		<link>http://simmerandsip.com/2010/06/13/undergound-wine-tasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Situated deep underground, through what seems like a labyrinth of underground tunnels, is the Cave de la Grande Brosse. This cave, at the entry to the Sologne and between the Loire and Cher rivers, is surrounded by the châteaux of the Loire Valley.  The surrounding fields are green and sunny; however, be prepared, for even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=842&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cheverny Revisted: Domaine de Veilloux</title>
		<link>http://simmerandsip.com/2010/06/09/cheverny-revisted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of Cheverny, I think of Tintin and wine.  Right in the heart of cheverny is the Tintin castle, or rather the château that inspired the residence of this beloved character.  The Château de Cheverny, owned by the Hurault family for more than six generations, is magnificent and full of interesting history.  We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=818&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Science of Wine</title>
		<link>http://simmerandsip.com/2010/02/24/the-science-of-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Producing wine is an activity that requires patience and passion, but even with these traits, a winemaker might come across a problem that he or she just can&#8217;t seem to get right.  This is where the oenologue comes in.  Oenology can be considered as the science of wine, used in such a way as to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=374&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beaujolais Nouveau 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of the year again.  The streets in France are filled with signs proclaiming, “Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive!”  But I must admit that, despite all of the excitement, I’ve never before taken the Beaujolais Nouveau very seriously.  After all, I can list numerous other wines that I would rather be drinking.  This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&#038;blog=9142870&#038;post=328&#038;subd=simmerandsip&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction to African Wines</title>
		<link>http://simmerandsip.com/2009/11/16/an-introduction-to-african-wines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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