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		<title>Vinécole: A Languedoc-Roussillon wine education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Languedoc-Roussillon, extending from Nîmes and Montpellier in the east and reaching as far southwest as the Spanish border, is arguably the most exciting wine region in the world. About a quarter of all wine-producing vines in France are located here, with the topography and soil types ranging from the dry, low-lying, scrubland-on-limestone soils of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The City of Vines and Wine reveals many secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 09:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Located in the heart of the Languedoc vineyards, the Cité de la Vigne et du Vin offers a unique look at viticultural and oenology research being done by France&#8217;s INRA agronomical research institute. The magic &#8220;Four Seasons Symphony&#8221; greenhouse (above and right) allows visitors to discover the various vegetative cycle stages of grapevines. For almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching a dog a new trick while hiking in the Pyrenees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our two-and-a-half hour hike up a broad glacial valley had brought us to the limit of our energy reserves. We&#8211;myself, my wife, our three young sons, and our family dog, a four-year-old, half-Italian, half-English black Labrador named Enzo—were on our second hike, in as many days, in the Pyrenees. Our base was Luchon, a spa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A birthday salute to American Founding Father and Vintner in Chief Thomas Jefferson</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This being the birthday week of Thomas Jefferson, it’s worth recognizing one of the greatest American wine lovers of all time. Jefferson&#8217;s passion for wine began at a young age, and one of the first structures at his famous Monticello estate was a wine cellar. When he arrived in Paris in 1784 as the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;May I suggest an excellent biodynamic vineyard tour, followed by a visit to a 15th-century church, sir?&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of The Vine Route already know about my interest in wine tourism. One of my first articles on this blog was about a VinExpo conference on the subject. And I’ve just put the final touches on a southern Corsica wine tourism guide for Wink Lorch’s www.winetravelguides.com website. So I was excited, yet a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future of wine tourism is already there</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fiorina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sat down at the June 24 Vinexpo session on Wine Tourism with a certain amount of expectation as tourism is critical to wine producers facing declining sales around the world. Topics on the conference agenda included the role of wine tourism to wineries, how to market to tour operators, and how things like online [...]]]></description>
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