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		<title>Awesome In-Floor Cellar Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this amazing cellar design. http://dornob.com/wonderful-wine-cellars-for-any-room-in-your-house/ Posted in Equipment and Accoutrements, Storage Conditions Tagged: cellar, collections, design, racking, storage, wine, wine cellar, wine racks<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=363&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My First Official Wineld Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the new line of spring releases for A Donkey And Goat, including the first wine I named (!!) &#8211; The Prospector (a 95% Mourvedre, 5% Syrah) &#8211; on the spring release page. Posted in News Tagged: A Donkey And Goat, mourvedre, naming wine, Syrah, The Prospector, wine, wine name<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=360&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring New Wine &#8211; That&#8217;s Smart Money!</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/02/27/exploring-new-wine-thats-smart-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As previously mentioned, check out the Vin Collections coverage in Smart Money &#8211; http://www.smartmoney.com/spending/travel/6-wine-regions-worth-visiting/. All I can really say is what I said on Twitter already &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m honored to just be living in the same universe as @garyvee [Gary Vaynerchuk and Wine Library TV]&#8230;being included in the same article is almost too much to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=354&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Press News and Event Notes</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/02/23/press-news-and-event-notes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exciting Press News - It has yet to be published (so fingers crossed) but I am thrilled to announce that Vin Collections is at least slated to be quoted in Smart Money Magazine. Even more exciting is that it will hopefully be alongside the indomitable Gary Vaynerchuk. Special thanks to Kate Klonick for helping to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=334&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing Bouncing Bottles</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/02/09/amazing-bouncing-bottles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a guy, and I tend to break things. Back in my serious ski-racing days I even penned an article devoted entirely to these follies. When dealing with wine however, I am particularly cognizant of the fragile nature of the item. I can safely say that (insert sound of me knocking on wood here) when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=322&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wine Competition Judge Reliability</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/27/wine-competition-judge-reliability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Journal of Wine Economics, here is an interesting article on wine competition judge reliability from last fall. A special thanks to my good friend Joran for passing this study along. Comments and thoughts? Posted in Philosphy and Ramblings Tagged: articles, Journal of Wine Economics, judging, statistics, value, wine, wine competition, wine economics<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=306&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 5</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/19/bottle-battles-round-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Vin Collections Videos, entitled &#8220;Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 5&#8243; we successfully improvised a set of port tongs. The key is to get the wire extremely (red) hot and the towel very cold (it actually had ice wrapped inside it). Again, safety equipment is recommended. Port tongs are typically used to open [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=288&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 4</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/19/bottle-battles-round-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this installment of &#8220;Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 4&#8243; Jesse returns to successfully saber the champagne bottle (only three days after receiving five stitches after Round 2 (Jesse vs. The Champagne)). This will hence-forth be known as the &#8220;Vin-dication Video.&#8221; Notice how he is a bit gun-shy on his first strike and then looks at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=281&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 3</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/19/bottle-battles-round-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his triumphant return, Jesse enacts revenge on &#8220;The Tree&#8221; and vindicate himself in &#8220;Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 3.&#8221; This time he has an increased amount of safety equipment. We discovered that the key here is to use a bottle with a compressed / compound cork (natural cork pieces which have been reconstituted together). You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=275&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Keys To The Cellar</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/13/book-review-keys-to-the-cellar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this review, I cover Keys To The Cellar  &#8211; Strategies and Secrets of Wine Collecting, by Peter Meltzer (John Wiley &#38; Sons, Inc., 2006), which is designed as a comprehensive tutorial on collecting wine. Mr. Meltzer is a solid writer with an excellent wine industry pedigree. He is a collector himself and is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=265&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Syndication and Alternate Viewing</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/12/syndication-and-alternate-viewing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t already signed up for the Vin Collections RSS feed, please do. Also, you can now view integrated Vin Collecitons sydication (RSS/YouTube/Twitter) on FriendFeed, or check out sydicated content on either Technorati or HubPages. Posted in News, Twitter Tagged: FriendFeed, HubPages, RSS, Technorati, YouTube<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=261&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 2</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/11/bottle-battles-round-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My brother Jesse returns in the much anticipated &#8220;Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 2&#8243; aka The Sabrage Instructional Video. Again, It does not turn out well. Follow-up note: Jesse is fine. He received five stitches and returned to successfully saber a bottle in &#8220;Bottle Battles &#8211; Round 4&#8243; Posted in Equipment and Accoutrements, News, video, Wine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=249&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Wine Shop Customer Service Contest</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/08/the-wine-shop-customer-service-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vin Collections announces The Wine Shop Customer Service Contest! If you want some background on how this contest evolved, please see the previous post &#8211; &#8220;Customer Service I Can Believe In&#8221; or click here. The Idea - To find the wine shops with the best (and worst) customer service, and to try and discover some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=238&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Service I Can Believe In</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the recession going on, you&#8217;d think that most stores would be trying their hardest to attract and retain customers. Unfortunately, I&#8217;ve gotten enough not-so-great customer service at wine shops recently, that I&#8217;m beginning to wonder whether their own self-preservation is really top-of-mind. Here&#8217;s the problem. I keep getting ignored.At times I&#8217;ve wondered whether this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vincollections.com&amp;blog=5743286&amp;post=229&amp;subd=vincollections&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vin Collections on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://vincollections.com/2009/01/07/vin-collections-on-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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