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		<title>The Newest and Greatest Little Wine Shop in NE Portland</title>
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		<title>Red wine, White Wine and Bubbles&#8230;An Introduction to the Willamette Valley of Oregon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having been here in Oregon now for about four and a half months, starting with a quick introduction via the Wine Bloggers&#8217; Conference held in Portland in September and culminating with the harvest season, I have had a chance to learn a bit about the wonderful valley that I now live in. While it is not [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacreddrop.com&#038;blog=23022921&#038;post=696&#038;subd=sacreddrop&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why deleafing/thinning is important for Pinot Noir in Oregon</title>
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		<title>Harvest may be over but the Stomping has just begun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, Willamette Valley Vineyard (WVV) hosts a grape stomp which is a qualifying competition for the World Grape Stomping competition in Santa Rosa. Wende Bennette of WVV explains the ins and outs of this competition. I hope you enjoy the video as much as we enjoyed our time there. Special thanks to WVV for sharing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacreddrop.com&#038;blog=23022921&#038;post=686&#038;subd=sacreddrop&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Washington #Merlot being processed at Hawks View</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick video of the Washington Merlot we processed on Monday, October 1st at Hawks View Cellars. We processed 22,000 lbs or 11 tons of grapes this day. What you see here are the grapes coming in, which have been hand picked. We then hand process them by removing any leaves or bad grapes- such [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sacreddrop.com&#038;blog=23022921&#038;post=672&#038;subd=sacreddrop&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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