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		<title>Homemade vs. Commercial Wine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 01:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[updated 06/16/2025 A while back an online acquaintance lamented that he could find dozens of lower priced wines that are better than his best. I made a (hopefully) polite reply, which boils down to&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>When to Drink a Wine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 19:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[updated 08/27/2024 The headline for this post refers to how long a wine should be aged, not what time of day is appropriate. In August 2019 NorCal, a respected WineMakingTalk member, started a thread&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wine Label Creation Process 03</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[updated 08 September 2023 September 2023 I documented my label creation for a projected 2023 wine, a Cabernet Franc heavy blend with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in this post. This post regards a Cabernet&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wine Label Creation Process 02</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[updated 05 September 2023 September 2023 This post is a follow-on to the first Wine Label Creation Process post, which illustrates a different view into my creation process. Sometimes I get an idea and zero&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wine Label Creation Process 01</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[updated 09 August 2023 August 2023 We are ramping up to bottle the Merlot/Grenache and Merlot/Tempranillo, so I checked the sample labels. We haven&#8217;t made a decision yet on which to use, but I&#8217;m&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wine Ratings and Prices</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 01:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A common question on WineMakingTalk is, &#8220;If I make XXX, how does that compare to a $$$ wine?&#8221; What is the Yardstick? This is an impossible question to answer, as the price of the&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Clearing Wine Without Geysers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last night I made two mistakes, one of which could have had tragic consequences. Last night I racked 2 wines &#8212; a Chocolate / Raspberry Port whose SG is 0.998 and appears done, and&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>2021 Finer Wine Kits &#8211; Rapid Ferments</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[last updated 24 February 2022 November 2021 The rapid ferments of the Finer Wines Kits (FWK) I&#8217;ve recently started surprised me. Prior to this, I&#8217;ve had 2 batches out of well over 100 ferment&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Successful Red Blends</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Updated 29 October 2024 On Wine Making Talk, a common question regards what wines to use in making blends, and in what proportions. Granted, each batch of wine is different so there&#8217;s no guaranteed&#46;&#46;&#46;]]></description>
		
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