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		<title>A Word from Bill &#8211; May 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May and June will be a good time for our membership to take a look at the diversity of events that are representative of our mandate. In these two months, we will have a single varietal tasting (Riesling), a Vintages Pre-Release (VPR) featuring German and Pinot Noir wines, a special evening with Paul Speck from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintages Pre-Release Tasting—Southern Rhone, South Africa— Have your Say!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Vendange Institute 440 Albert Street, Suite C108 The release scheduled for the end of June is featuring wine from Southern Rhone and South Africa. Rhone wines with blends of Syrah and Grenache are great matches for the BBQ fare of summer. Come join us to pick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Henry of Pelham</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Vendange Institute 440 Albert Street, Suite C108 The Guild is pleased to welcome Paul Speck, President and co-owner of Henry of Pelham for this special evening. Henry of Pelham on the Short Hills Bench in Niagara has some of the prime grape growing lands and focuses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual General Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Algonquin College 1385 Woodroffe Avenue Hospitality Amphitheatre Room H102 (across from Wine Lab) The Guild&#8217;s Annual General Meeting is part business and part social event. A (very) brief summary of the year&#8217;s activity and financial status will be followed by an election to fill Board of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintages Pre-Release Tasting—Pinot Noir—Have your Say!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 00:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 7:00 PM Vendange Institute, 440 Albert Street For Pinot fans that did not get enough at this month’s Burgundy tasting or were unable to attend, the last Vintages release of May is listed as Pinot Noir. In addition to Pinot Noir, the release also features German-style wines. So long as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riesling Round-up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 00:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 7:00 PM Vendange Institute, 440 Albert Street Many wine lovers would concur with celebrated wine expert Jancis Robinson, Master of Wine, who wrote, “I think that Riesling is indisputably the greatest wine grape in the world” (Jancis Robinson website, “Riesling”, Sept. 3, 2008). Robinson praises Riesling for being so good at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintages Pre-Release</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, April 25, 2013 Reported by Colleen Hyslop The Vintages Pre-Release (VPR) tasting for the LCBO release of Saturday, April 27, 2013 was well attended. Twenty-three eager folks crowded into the Vendange Institute on the evening of April 25, 2013. The event was intended to focus on Veneto and Appassimento wines as well as some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour de Bourgogne</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, April 11, 2013 Reported by Malcolm Rose It was a full house for the premium Burgundy tasting held at the Vendage Institute on April 11, 2013. Led by Board members Allan Martineau and Malcolm Rose, the evening started off with a short slide presentation of photos taken by Allan and Malcolm during their past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Véronique Rivest &#8216;Best Sommelier of the World’ Fundraiser</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 7:00 PM Restaurant International, Algonquin College Congratulations to Véronique Rivest, who finished 2nd overall in ‘The Best Sommelier of the World’ competition—the top female participant and first ever to finish in top three! Taste one wine blinded to you and Veronique – learn skills from a champion! Attend a unique, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taylor’s Port</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, March 18, 2013 Reported by Larry Woods I was thrilled when I learned that Mr. Jorge Ramos of the iconic Taylor&#8217;s Port House would be travelling from Portugal to Eastern Canada and would come to Ottawa to run a Port tasting for the Guild. I met Jorge (pronounced as “George”) in Portugal last October [...]]]></description>
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