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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&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&amp;blog=9142870&amp;post=1542&amp;subd=simmerandsip&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wine and Chocolate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<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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		<title>Cheverny Revisted: Domaine de Veilloux</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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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&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&amp;blog=9142870&amp;post=374&amp;subd=simmerandsip&amp;ref=&amp;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&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&amp;blog=9142870&amp;post=328&amp;subd=simmerandsip&amp;ref=&amp;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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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, I decided to venture into a world of wine that I know very little about: African wine.  While I was familiar with South African wines, I had&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simmerandsip.com&amp;blog=9142870&amp;post=305&amp;subd=simmerandsip&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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