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		<title>Come Join Olsen for a Thanksgiving Weekend Open House!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come Celebrate the Holidays with Olsen Family Vineyards in the Lovely Willamette Valley!

Over the river and through the woods to Olsen Family Vineyards! Please join Olsen in our Tasting Pavilion for a Thanksgiving Open House on Friday, November 28th, Saturday November 29th and Sunday November 30th from 11am to 5pm daily.
Featured wines include tastings of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Harvest Report from Dean</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week Dean Underwood, our vineyard manager here at Olsen has his final report on the harvest. It&#8217;s a great read for anyone interested in the rewards and challenges of running a winery from year to year. If anything, the old saying holds true, even in our advanced scientific era, &#8220;you can&#8217;t control mother nature.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s a Toast to Democracy!</title>
		<link>http://viridianwineblog.com/2008/11/heres-a-toast-to-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olsen would like to raise a glass to this Election 2008. Don&#8217;t Forget to Vote.]]></description>
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		<title>More Wine Pairing Resources and a New Recipe!</title>
		<link>http://viridianwineblog.com/2008/10/more-wine-pairing-resources-and-a-new-recipe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone,
You&#8217;ll remember last time I provided you with some of my favorite books about pairing wines with food. Well, this week I wanted to share some of my favorite wine pairing websites. I think these are really useful in better understanding wine and food pairings, but also a lot of them offer free recipes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 23rd Harvest Report From Dean Underwood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we heard from Bill Kremer, Olsen Family Vineyard&#8217;s wine maker. This week, Dean Underwood, our vineyard manager weighs in. In addition, check out Olsen&#8217;s new &#8220;harvesting machine.&#8221; We are testing this new machine this year, and will ask Dean to give us all the details. Personally, I think it looks like something out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 14th Harvest Report from Bill Kremer</title>
		<link>http://viridianwineblog.com/2008/10/october-14th-harvest-report-from-bill-kremer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Kremer, Olsen Family Vineyard&#8217;s expert wine maker gives us his take on the harvest so far:
The harvest began on October 1, 2008 with both Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir harvesting. The PG came from the NW section of our vineyards ZigZag and East section of Entropy block 3, both were 146 clones. The PN [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Lett, Oregon Wine Pioneer 1939-2008</title>
		<link>http://viridianwineblog.com/2008/10/david-lett-oregon-wine-pioneer-1939-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olsen Family Vineyards would like to take a moment of pause to acknowledge the passing of Oregon wine industry pioneer David Lett, from Eyrie Vineyards.
David Lett, along with his wife Diana, came to the Willamette Valley in the mid 1960s. Settling in the beautiful Dundee area, the Lett&#8217;s set an early standard for quality Pinot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning More about Pairing Wine with Food</title>
		<link>http://viridianwineblog.com/2008/10/learning-more-about-pairing-wine-with-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, there are two things you need to know about the folks at Viridian Wine. 1. We love food! We love to cook it, dine out and talk about it. Number 2. We love entertaining, even if it is a simple meal of cheese and crackers around a campfire or a large casual company picnic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Harvest Time in the Valley</title>
		<link>http://viridianwineblog.com/2008/10/its-harvest-time-in-the-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://viridianwineblog.com/2008/10/its-harvest-time-in-the-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s fall in the valley and, it&#8217;s harvest time.  The grapes are plump on the vine and ready to pick.  Join the Olsen Family and friends as we catalogue the harvest from the picking, to the crush, to the bottling and beyond.  The grape harvest is one of the most exciting times of the year for us, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come Visit Viridian!</title>
		<link>http://viridianwineblog.com/2008/09/come-visit-viridian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olsen Team</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a reminder that the Olsen Family Vineyards Tasting Pavilion is open every weekend from now through November. The tasting pavilion is a great way to see where the Olsen action is, learn more about our wines, take a peek at our beautiful land and enjoy a nice leaisurely weekend drive down the country roads [...]]]></description>
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