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		<title>The Feast 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Blanckensee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have just a few days left before the biggest event of the year &#8211; our Annual Movable Feast.  This year&#8217;s theme: The Rat Pack and a throwback to Vegas.  The front of the Chateau will come alive with costumes, music and decor &#8211; in all the glorious, if not a bit tacky, splendor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Blanckensee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, after a couple months off (and no, I wasn&#8217;t &#8220;off&#8221;), I&#8217;m now back on the blog.    Over the last few months, we overhauled some of our computer systems, and now that the work is complete,  I&#8217;m able to blog again. Truth be told, I wasn&#8217;t sure I&#8217;d continue because I was not sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montelena Moments: Brennan and Lindsey Sheedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently received a very kind email from Brennan and Lindsey Sheedy about their memorable first experience with Chateau Montelena wines.  Bitten by the wine bug during the planning of their wedding, here&#8217;s their story&#8230; THE WINE THAT STARTED IT ALL – FOR US! by Brennan and Lindsey Sheedy This past November, Lindsey and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Spring Releases!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with the warmer weather and longer days, we bring more good news to our wine-loving friends.  This Spring, we&#8217;re pleased to release three new wines for your sipping pleasure: our 2008 Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, our 2009 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and our 2009 Montelena Estate Zinfandel.  To coincide with celebration season, barbecues and cook-outs or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Seahorse Smoking a Cigar?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our vineyard crew is busy pruning the vines, so I visited with Bo in the Estate Vineyard to witness some of the trimming process, an annual task that takes weeks to complete. Important cutting decisions are made along the way. In one case, it involved literally sawing off a large branch on an older (1973) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Years Resolutions; Better Late than Never</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Blanckensee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m off to a dubious start already on my New Year&#8217;s resolutions. 1st Resolution: Be on time with my commitments.  Ok, so my first blog of 2012 is a week and a day late.  Not good. 2nd Resolution: Go to the gym at least 3 times a week.   I&#8217;ve been once since Jan 1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Replant of an Historic Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The oldest block of Cabernet Sauvignon in the Estate Vineyard has been pulled for replant.  Block 1A, situated in mostly sedimentary soil &#8211; in fact, the only area in the Estate Vineyard where sedimentary soil occurs  &#8211; was planted in 1973, just after Jim Barrett acquired the property.  For those of us who see the vineyard on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are on Thursday, December 29th and less than 48 hours to the New Year.  This last year has been an exciting one, to say the least!  We&#8217;ve finished renovations and a seismic retrofit on our cellar, finished up our most interesting vintage to date, brought the food truck movement to the ole Chateau, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology: Blessing or Curse?</title>
		<link>http://montelena.com/news/winerynews/technology-blessing-or-curse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Blanckensee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, for my last blog of 2011, I&#8217;m gonna rant a little (ok, I guess a lot). I&#8217;m not gonna chat about wine &#8211; sorry, if you&#8217;re looking for words of wisdom for what to drink on New Years, you should have that figured out already. What I&#8217;ve reflected on lately is the curse of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Impulse Buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Blanckensee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you on my Christmas shopping list, a word to the wise: resist my constant requests to give me your Christmas wish list.  If you give me your list, you&#8217;ll get something predictable.  But if you don&#8217;t, you&#8217;ll stress me out and I&#8217;ll keep thinking about an ideal gift, wait until the last [...]]]></description>
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