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		<title>Savoring a Great Tasting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are few estates that offer really great value for a wine tasting experience.  Signorello Vineyards, which launched its Enoteca program a couple of months ago, is  one of them. The food pairings are prepared by local chef Rodger Babel and are delicious and sufficient to make a lunch or dinner of. And at $65 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=428</link>
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		<title>Wine Cocktails on View from the Bay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So why ruin good wine?&#8221; was the question Spencer Christian asked me when I went on View from the Bay earlier this week when I was on his show. You can watch the segment by clicking here. My response is that you are hardly ruining it. You are actually repurposing it and making it accessible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=400</link>
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		<title>Great Wine Deals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tough economic times may be bad for restaurants and stores but are great for consumers. There is more great wine avaialbe now then ever before, and so much of it is finally well priced. Stores that once sneered at me for seeking out wines under $10 are stacking them out on the floor. Most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=393</link>
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		<title>Savvy Wine Buying at Retail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I  had a chance to address one of my favorite topics on View from the Bay  a few weeks ago: how to find great wines at independent retailers. While I have often spoken on this topic, it was fun and interesting to go into a real shop with a wine novice&#8211;ABC reporter Nick Smith happily played [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=390</link>
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		<title>My First Book!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For someone who has turned out hundreds of magazine articles over the past 15 years, I have never written, or contributed to, a book. Well my baby just hit newsstands, opps bookstores, this week. So I only wrote a chapter, forgive me but I am still excited. The Business of Wine is composed of more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=342</link>
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		<title>Having Fun on View from the Bay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was on television yesterday and had almost as much fun as I did on Captain Kangaroo when I was a kid. However this time I got to talk about my passion: great wines at advantageous prices. The whole show was value focused yesterday, which is more than welcome in this economy. The SF-based ABC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=325</link>
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		<title>How to Purchase with Savvy at Stores</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know that most retailers will offer you a 10-percent discount on a case purchase? Some retailers only advertise this on a case purchase of a single wine, but most will&#8211;particularly in this economy&#8211;offer it on a &#8220;mixed&#8221; case. That&#8217;s what we in the business call an assortment of different wines. And it&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=308</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Drink Trends in SF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took a minute to chat with a few of our top wine and spirits personalities about what they see on the radar for next year. The difficult economic climate aside, it looks like we may see many more of the same trends. On the horizon for next year: &#8220;Large servings; ginger; absinthe; specialty bitters; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=306</link>
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		<title>Respect Your Host&#8217;s Dinner Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I did a seminar a few days ago and an earnest guest asked what he could bring for the wine-savvy hostess (or host).  I told him to feel free to bring anything he liked that he thought would please his hosts but not to expect them to serve it at dinner. Most people who plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=207</link>
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		<title>Save Miquel: how I came to embrace cork</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I just got back from the cork forest in Portugal. It made a big impression on me. And just so you have full disclosure on this: a cork company paid for me to go. I learned a lot and think they have a very strong case to make about the importance, tradition and history [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lizathewinechick.com/?p=204</link>
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