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		<title>Moscato, Rap Superstar in a Highball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Moscato? Sweet wine for sugar daddies if rapper Drake is to be believed. In Do It Now he raps: "Lobster and shrimp and a glass of moscato, for the girl who's a student and her friend whose a model." Hey! Serving alcohol to minors is illegal people even if it's a relatively low-alcohol [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/moscato-rap-superstar-high-ball/</link>
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		<title>Naked Wine Part Deux: The Oak Barrel Strikes Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Sometimes the "Dark Side" of wine is as threatening as a shrimp-sized Darth Vader. Is the oak barrel really the villain it's made out to be? Or is naked wine just another slick, new marketing tactic? For a balanced point of view, here's part of an article "Taking a Closer Look at Wine's Conventional Wisdom" [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/naked-wine-part-deux-oak-barrel-strikes/</link>
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		<title>Anthony Weiner and the Wine Industry Get Naked</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Whether it's personal or business marketing, it appears you need to get naked to get any attention these days. Sexting, sexy wine labels and sexy names all point to the growing need to bare it all to close the deal no matter what your selling. Sex sells, even in (or especially in) the wine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/anthony-weiner-wine-industry-naked/</link>
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		<title>Mom Will Feel Like a Princess with Kate Middleton’s Sauvignon Blanc</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mom may be a commoner, but she can at least drink like a princess for Mother's Day without it costing Dad and family a king's ransom. The night before her wedding to Prince William, Kate Middleton (now the Duchess of Cambridge) dined with close friends and family at the Goring Hotel in London’s Belgravia district. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/mom-feel-princess-kate-middletons-sauvignon-blanc/</link>
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		<title>Modern Wine Cellar is Expanding!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Modern Wine Cellar has a new Wine Refrigerator Reviews section. There will be indepth wine cooler reviews of individual models organized by brand, size, price and type. Wine refrigerators will be rated on things like "price per bottle", "wine protection", and "reliability." The first review is on the Haier HVW18BSS, check it out. This is a post from: The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/modern-wine-cellar-expanding/</link>
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		<title>Valentine’s Day – If Only They Made Chocolate Wine</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Cause if someone made chocolate wine you wouldn't have to bother pairing it for Valentine's Day! The problem with both chocolate and wine is there are so many different kinds and so many unique and complex flavorings. How can you possibly anticipate what that box of chocolate truffles from CVS will taste like when paired [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/valentines-day-chocolate-wine/</link>
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		<title>What’s a Prosecco? Italian Sparkling Wine vs. French Champagne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new word for the New Year, just don't call it cheap Champagne. But, whether you know what Prosecco is or not, chances are very good you'll have some New Year's Eve. Prosecco is generally a dry Italian sparkling wine made from the grape variety Glera which is grown in the Veneto region of Italy. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/prosecco-italian-sparkling-wine-french-champagne/</link>
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		<title>Top Five Wine Gifts for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1) The Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator: Tired of decanting wine and waiting for an hour for your wine to be just right? Well, the Vinturi Wine Aerator is quickly supplanting the old decanter and wine funnel routine. Not only does it take less time to "open up" your wines, now you can decant as needed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/top-five-wine-gifts-2010/</link>
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		<title>A Slightly Sweet Thanksgiving: Madeira and Lambrusco Wine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bottle of Madeira was probably poured at some of the earliest Thanksgiving celebrations. Madeira is produced on a beautiful volcanic island of the same name which is 360 miles west of Morocco and 700 miles south of Portugal, which governs it. The history of Madeira’s wine is nearly as old as that of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/slightly-sweet-thanksgiving-madeira-lambrusco-wine/</link>
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		<title>Wine in the Desert: Blood Into Wine in Arizona and Patagonia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know the Bible story of Jesus turning water into wine, but in the desert, water is the one thing you don't have and must pay an arm and a leg to get if you ever hope to produce wine. Winemaking in the desert may very well require turning "Blood Into Wine" ( as suggested by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/wine-desert-blood-wine-arizona-patagonia/</link>
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		<title>Cupcake Wine: Sex &amp; the City, Wine Pairings and Harry Potter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it just me, or are cupcakes (or more precisely cupcake sellers) everywhere? Cupcakes are suddenly everybody's favorite dessert and every baker wannabe is trying to sell them. And if a budding entrepreneur is not selling them directly, they're trying to brand a product with the name to take advantage of the uptrend. It all started with Sex [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/cupcake-wine-sex-city-wine-pairings-harry-potter/</link>
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		<title>Watkins Glen and Chateau Ste Michelle Party in the Summer Heat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  It's HOT! In fact, climatologists predict that 2010 will be the hottest year on record worldwide, due in large part to El Nino, the tropical climate pattern that warms the Pacific every five to seven years. But, that didn't stop the folks at the Finger Lakes Wine Festival this weekend in Watkins Glen, NY. In fact the Finger Lakes are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/watkins-glen-chateau-ste-michelle-party-summer-heat/</link>
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		<title>The Wine Cellars at Corsham &#8211; A Literal Liquid Gold Mine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget about wine cellar equipment for their McMansions, the super rich have an underground wine vault 100ft under the Wiltshire countryside in Southern England. Formerly Eastlays mine, a source of honey-colored Bath stone, it is now Octavian Vaults's Corsham Cellars, the place where the rich and famous hoard their most precious bottles of Petrus, Lafite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/the-wine-cellars-at-corsham-a-literal-liquid-gold-mine/</link>
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		<title>Winter Games 2010: Snow, Sabrage and Salmanazars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On top of the immensity of the Olympic Winter Games, it appears the Canadians are planning an after party of equally biblical proportions. Thanks to Andre Saint-Jacques, owner of the Bearfoot Bistro and its extravagant underground wine cellar of more than 20,000 bottles (a perennial winner of the Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence), the Champagne [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/winter-games-2010-sabrage-salmanazar/</link>
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		<title>Empress Josephine&#8217;s Wine Cellar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bordeaux wine lovers may credit the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris and Emperor Napoleon III's "Official Classification" with putting Bordeaux wine on the map. But, it turns out that his grandmother the Empress Josephine, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte may have ignited French passion for the wine. Prior to Josephine raising the status of Bordeaux [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/empress-josephines-wine-cellar/</link>
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		<title>To Boldly Go Where No English Winemaker has Gone Before</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At least since the Middle Ages. Due to warmer temperatures, a few British wineries have revived a red winemaking tradition which died around 600 years ago. Wine critcs' opinions about the wine have been mixed, but some seem convinced that the finest red wines may in the future come from north of the English channel if this warming trend continues. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/to-boldly-go-where-no-english-winemaker-has-gone-before/</link>
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		<title>Chateau Lafite-Rothschild is a Mountain of Gold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don't know if they still do, but at one time the Chinese called America Gum Shan, the mountain of gold, a symbol of opportunity and the chance to get rich. Today, the Chinese have found another symbol of opportunity whose very name beckons the ambitious. In French Lafite means small hill, in Chinese it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/chateau-lafite-rothschild-is-a-mountain-of-gold/</link>
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		<title>Sauterne&#8217;s Test Tube Baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chateau D'Arche, a Grand Cru Classe producer of Sauternes (dessert or sweet wine of Bordeaux) has started bottling its La Perle d'Arche wine in 100ml test-tube shaped bottles aimed at young drinkers in nightclubs. On the whole this seems to be a good idea since Sauternes is not well known outside the wine community, not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/sauternes-test-tube-baby-2/</link>
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		<title>The American Idolization of Wine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The public is going to choose wines for top London restaurant L'Anima using Twitter. I hope they like Yellowtail or anything else with a critter label. Maybe Fat Bastard:    Even worse:  This is a post from: The Wine Cellar Blog]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/the-american-idolization-of-wine/</link>
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		<title>Are Wine Snobs Right About Plastic?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As more and more wineries go green, they are increasingly turning to plastic (PET) to bottle their wine. Boisset, the second-largest producer of Beaujolais Nouveau is a recent convert. But many premium winemakers refuse to jump on the Carbon Neutrality bandwagon even though they are often the worst offenders when it comes to using big, heavy glass bottles that require [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/are-wine-snobs-right-about-plastic/</link>
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		<title>Are You A Wine Dummy? There&#8217;s An App For That!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a book too, but apps for your iPhone are cooler, assuming you have an iPhone. Apps like Wine 101 by FuzzyBeta claim to educate the uninitiated and remove the stress of wine selection. At the cost of $3, (of course not including the cost of the iPhone and service) Wine 101 provides a list of names [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/are-you-a-wine-dummy-theres-an-app-for-that/</link>
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		<title>Drink to Healthcare Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is considering raising taxes on wine, beer and liquor and imposing a new levy on soda and other naturally sweetened drinks to help pay for overhauling health care. Committee members believe the so-called “lifestyle tax proposals” would help pay the $1.5 trillion tab over the next decade to revamp the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/drink-to-healthcare-reform/</link>
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		<title>What Do Women Want? Wine With Taste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first comprehensive survey of women's attitudes toward wine has overturned several preconceived notions. Over 4,000 women in the UK, France, Japan, Germany and the US responded to a survey commissioned by Vinexpo, revealing a preference for red wine and skepticism for marketing campaigns that target them specifically (e.g. White Lie and Slender Wines). Among [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/what-do-women-want-wine-with-taste/</link>
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		<title>5 Random Facts About Wine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The longest recorded Champagne cork flight was 177 feet and 9 inches, 4 feet from level ground at Woodbury Vineyards in New York state, on June 5, 1988. 2. Marilyn Monroe was said to have once taken a bath in 350 bottles of Champagne. Vintage not confirmed. 3. The largest cork tree in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/5-random-facts-about-wine/</link>
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		<title>Ricasoli&#8217;s Recipe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to an obituary published yesterday by the Corriere Fiorentino, Bettino Ricasoli, 87, the great-great-grandson of “Iron Baron” Bettino Ricasoli and steward of one of the leading families of Chianti Classico, has died. Although he never published a “formula” or “recipe” for Chianti (as many erroneously claim), Bettino Ricasoli (1809-1880) reshaped the history of Chianti [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/ricasolis-recipe/</link>
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		<title>Wine 2008: Black Blue and Green All Over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The wine industry was battered and bruised in 2008, the astronomical prices for top-level wines plunged, and as if in an act of repentance more winemakers went green. For example, Boisset, the second-largest producer of Beaujolais Nouveau, bottled its entire 2008 harvest in lightweight plastic bottles. Biodynamic and organic wines increased. Yet many still doubt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/wine-2008-black-blue-and-green-all-over/</link>
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		<title>Winemaking Facility Offers Wine Buyers &#8220;Bailout&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A San Francisco cooperative is selling futures in a new wine called "Bailout," inspired by the economic crisis. Crushpad, a custom crush facility, will sell the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon at $39 per bottle. But there's a twist, for every 100-point drop in the Dow Jones from the date of purchase to the projected bottling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/winemaking-facility-offers-wine-buyers-bailout/</link>
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		<title>Red, Red, Wine&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent research indicates that different types of music stimulate different parts of the brain, and prime us to taste wines in a corresponding way. For example, powerful rock music like Jimi Hendrix or The Rolling Stones is a good accompaniment to a Cabernet Sauvignon, while opera buffs might prefer a 2006 Syrah. "This is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/red-red-wine/</link>
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		<title>The Presidential Palate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When People magazine reported seeing an unopened bottle of Kendall-Jackson chardonnay in the Obamas' kitchen, the California winery fired off a couple of cases to No. 44. Just another gift? Hardly. Winning over the presidential palate is a big deal for the wine industry, leaving vintners and vinophiles curious about what's on tap for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/the-presidential-palate/</link>
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		<title>The Palin Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who woulda thunk it? That a small organic wine from Chile would cause such an uproar. Palin Syrah, now in its second release, and named for the ball used to play Chilean field hockey is losing sales, at least in San Francisco. The reason? The similarity of its name to Sarah Palin, the now famous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.modern-wine-cellar.com/blog/the-palin-debate/</link>
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