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		<title>Finding optimum ripeness: Part 1 Brix, TA and pH</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that harvest is over, it&#8217;s a perfect time to reflect over the past season and learn from the picked fruit and now developing wines what worked and what needs improving.  It&#8217;s also a great time to think about how the fruit changed and matured post-veraison. It seems that the fruit ripens differently every season, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=450&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Pick or Not to Pick &#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvest is a time of year of conflicting emotions and motivations. At this time of year, Ian (winemaker) and I (viticulturist) are often at odds. I’m at my peak of anxiety, waiting for the fruit to reach full ripeness and hoping that nothing untoward happens to interrupt the final growth stage of the grape. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=441&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decanter Wine Awards Dinner</title>
		<link>http://vitivallie.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/decanter-wine-awards-dinner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[London, London, London! Centre of the wine universe.  And Decanter Magazine World Wine Awards are arguably the most prestigious wine awards on the planet. As Poplar Groves&#8217; owners, we were invited to the Gala dinner to receive the gold medal for our 2008 Syrah. The honor made sweeter by being the only Canadian winery to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=433&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>and then &#8230; it was spring</title>
		<link>http://vitivallie.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/and-then-it-was-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, I find that there is one day every year when spring finally defines itself. The air seems to throb and the coiled tension in each and every plant, is spontaneously and simultaneously released. A particular combination of solar warmth and lengthening days seem to be the trigger to the spring start. But what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=418&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Continuing Perils of Cool Climate Viticulture</title>
		<link>http://vitivallie.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/the-continuing-perils-of-cool-climate-viticulture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if dealing with outright killed vines wasn&#8217;t enough, the extreme cold events that we experienced over the 2009 and 2010 winter have left a nasty, lingering hangover in the form of corky, woody growths called galls! &#160; The galls are formed by an appropriately named disease known as Crown Gall. Recently renamed as Rhizobium [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=408&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pruning &#8230; wild, racy and glamourous!</title>
		<link>http://vitivallie.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/pruning-wild-racy-and-glamourous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valeria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I wish! There’s nothing less glamorous than pruning in late winter on a miserable day in a muddy vineyard. The work is often done in crappy weather, it’s long, monotonous and not high-paying. Little public attention is focused on pruning and rarely do Poplar Grove groupies offer to come and prune. Yet done well, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=401&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The full moon, the growing vine, the swelling water</title>
		<link>http://vitivallie.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/the-full-moon-the-growing-vine-the-swelling-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valeria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 26 at 1:36 pm we reached a note-worthy event in Biodynamic Farming &#8211; the moon became full. Usually for me, the full moon is a great time to gather with loved ones and share glasses of wine while we watch the day disappear and the moon figure large in our landscape. Many a full [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=377&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Genesis of a Glass of Wine&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://vitivallie.wordpress.com/2010/07/10/the-genesis-of-a-glass-of-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valeria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, the new fruit for the 2010 vintage is being formed. The fruit developed from very tiny flowers that bloomed in mid to late June, depending on the variety and the location. I have to say now, that one of my favourite experiences in viticulture is walking through vines in bloom. While [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=348&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vineyards with Charisma &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://vitivallie.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/vineyards-with-charisma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valeria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was part of a group travelling from BC to Walla Walla to meet with Phillipe Armenier and to visit two Biodynamic vineyards, Hedges Estate Winery and Cayuse Winery.  For those of you who don&#8217;t know the fascinating gentleman Armenier, he has the answers to all things Biodynamic. For two days, he led [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=331&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Many hands &#8230; less work?</title>
		<link>http://vitivallie.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/many-hands-less-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago we decided to celebrate the purchase of the new winery site. We invited friends of Poplar Grove Winery to come out and help plant our first vines. On the long weekend in May, on a very hot day, with a crew of 25 we set about to do the first planting at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitivallie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7660249&amp;post=309&amp;subd=vitivallie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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