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		<title>Building a Wine Tasting Toolkit</title>
		<link>http://consideringwine.com/2013/03/31/building-a-wine-tasting-toolkit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I look around my very messy office at the papers I have printed out recently about wine; the theme is the same. Tasting wine. Wine tasting is something that I know will take a lot of deliberate practice to master. Yet the academic in me wants to put it all on notecards and be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=164&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Research: Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon</title>
		<link>http://consideringwine.com/2013/03/25/wine-research-chilean-cabernet-sauvignon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I bought the introductory case of the Wall Street Journal Wine Club (www.wsjwine.com). My goal on this case was to carefully consider each wine with contemplative tastings using worksheets and fancy wine jargon. This goal would leave anyone paralyzed by over-ambitious expectations. Last week, my husband helped me finally start the research [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=159&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Savor Dallas; Wine, Food, and Swag</title>
		<link>http://consideringwine.com/2013/03/19/savor-dallas-wine-food-and-swag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday I was surprised to find a direct message from the Texas Wine and Trail (www.texaswineandtrail.com) letting me know that I won two tickets to Savor Dallas the following weekend (www.savordallas.com). Although the message indicated that it wasn’t spam or a hoax, one is still skeptical in this day and age. However, it was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=152&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tannat: What&#8217;s that?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 06:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would say that while I am no master-level expert, I do know my way around a bottle of wine and know quite a bit about it. If I haven’t tasted a certain wine, I at least will have heard of it. For the most part. Last month, we were in Las Vegas and my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=149&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vin de Carafe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two couple friends of ours were lucky enough to go to Europe this year. They came back discussing the food and wine they enjoyed. Each couple remarked that they started the trip with ordering bottles off the wine list before discovering that the house wine sold in most these restaurants was better quality and less [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=145&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tacos &amp; Tempranillo</title>
		<link>http://consideringwine.com/2013/02/10/tacos-tempranillo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the wonderfully surprising pairing of grilled cheese and Zinfandel (http://consideringwine.com/2012/11/), I was inspired to find other unusual pairings. We had recently taken a tour down the Texas Wine Trail and were in possession of some amazing Texas wines. It made sense to pair a Texas wine with a Texas food. Tempranillo is probably my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=139&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://consideringwine.com/2013/01/27/wine-philanthropy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[philanthrophy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many images of wine throughout history. And I suppose, how an individual considers the consumption of wine can affect the historical or literal vision of it. Do you see Dionysus lounging on a chaise, overweight, drunk, and basking in opulence and gluttony? Or do you remember the story of Jesus turning water into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=135&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Newly Certified Wine Geek</title>
		<link>http://consideringwine.com/2013/01/17/a-newly-certified-wine-geek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Fall I had the opportunity to receive my Level I Wine Certification. A birthday gift from my amazing and supportive husband. It was a weekend class presented by the International Wine Guild as the first step toward becoming a professional wine-o; the colloquial term for a wine professional. The amount of information that was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=131&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Most Unexpected Pairing: Grilled Cheese and Zinfandel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to venture off the beaten path to find what truly delights you. Last Saturday, my husband and I were all set for date night, which always means steaks, nice wine, and a movie. But on this particular night we were both coming off of exhausting weeks. Pair that with cold weather and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=125&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Viognier: Worth the Challenge?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Johns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though Texas is really starting to come into its own in wine growing and making. Wineries are making wines that work well in our climate and are pursuing personality over mainstream appeal. This is especially evident in Texas Viognier. I’m reading a lot of articles and opinions about how Viognier is becoming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consideringwine.com&#038;blog=26235130&#038;post=118&#038;subd=consideringwine&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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