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		<title>Pruning in April!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just before leaving to Paris for the presentation of Les Vins S.A.I.N.S. (see previous post), I discovered a plot of 70+ year old vines which was not pruned, above our ungrafted Chiusa Spagnolo vineyard. Checking who the owner might be, I discovered it was family of one of my workers! It didn’t take long to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New association Les vins S.A.I.N.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The inauguration of the new association Les Vins S.A.I.N.S. has been celebrated last saturday, April 21st in Montreuil/Paris with a presentation of the group of producers followed by a tasting of the wines to press and public. Les Vins S.A.I.N.S. stands for Les Vins Sans Intrant Ni Sulphites, or The Wines without products nor sulfites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trade shows and wine tastings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last three years, I always return from a wine tasting or trade show feeling completely numb with the idea of not attending these events anymore. Besides me getting older and having a difficulty with noise and chaos, I cannot see the beneficial effect of these tasting to increase or expand the culture of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding mildew problems this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year we suffered a loss of approximately 20% of crop as well as the dying of some 100 old vines overall, due to an initial mildew attack in all vineyards in the Northern valley of Etna as well as powdery mildew in July in the 2 most ventilated plots, Monte Colla and Barbabecchi soprano. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vineyard maintenance at Monte Colla</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cornelissen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to keep a vineyard productive and the vines cured, one needs to also do maintenance which adds up on top of the annual work. Today we finished putting in new poles in the oldest section of the Monte Colla vineyard. This additional work as well as the planting of the new or missing [...]]]></description>
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