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		<title>And this is how they do it&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/05/and-this-is-how-they-do-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andries Blake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boutes Cooperage &#8211; Our contact: Marketing Manager Julien Segura Beychac et Caillau, France. Today Andries, William and myself visited a family owned cooperage, Boutes, close to Bordeaux. The company (just like ours) has their roots in tradition and heritage and their story starting in 1880.  The company assembles some 30 000 casks per year. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvest 2012 and why I loved it&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/04/harvest-2012-and-why-i-loved-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I am writing this, we are pressing one of our last three tanks of Cabernet Sauvignon in the cellar. It’s almost over: Harvest 2012. In Wellington we have now started a blessing of the harvest ceremony which coincides with our annual harvest festival. I love the idea, but I thought I wanted to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making wine friends in China&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/03/making-wine-friends-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi guys &#8211; I just got Antonia Bosman`s email on the computer. I thought it was just too special not to share. If you know Antonia, you would get the excitement around the new surroundings and experiences. She is doing a stellar job taking Bosman wines to new places and making new wine friends. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It`s not inside, its on top&#8230;.But in some cases not.</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/03/its-not-inside-its-on-top-but-in-some-cases-not/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/03/its-not-inside-its-on-top-but-in-some-cases-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harvest 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Upper-Heme-en-Aarde Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anthocyanins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENTAV]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the De Bos farm, where we have our clonal garden, (used for our Lelienfontein Vine nursery) will always be a wealth of things we will be itching to show you. A vinous treasure trove so to speak. We took our camera with on our last grape visit, and we were not dissapointed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Half way for Harvest 2012</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/03/half-way-for-harvest-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/03/half-way-for-harvest-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have just passed the half-way mark for harvest 2012. Actually getting worried it will all be over too soon. So here just a quick recap op the last few weeks. Enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>Fairtrade for the future</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/03/fairtrade-for-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of Fairtrade Fortnight another clip. This time from Anrico Solomons who is an apprentice in the Bosman Family Vineyards cellar. I asked him what Fairtrade means to him and then his vision for the future. Thanks Anrico for your courage to do this clip in your second language. You did well!!]]></description>
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		<title>A Winemaker`s perspective on Fairtrade</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/03/a-winemakers-perspective-on-fairtrade/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/03/a-winemakers-perspective-on-fairtrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With our customers celebrating Fairtrade fortnight in the UK, I thought it could be insightful to hear from a winemaker`s perspective what Fairtrade means in my working environment on a day to day basis. I joined Bosman Family Vineyards in 2006 by this time the Bosman family have been farming in an ethical way for generations. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we there yet?</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/02/are-we-there-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harvest 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wine Making]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a parent this question might have you cringing behind the steering wheel. Especially if you live in South Africa and you are on a road trip of note. I do ask the same question to Mariaan though – every morning. So I have sympathy with her situation with me! Mariaan does a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noble rot &#8211; Harvest vineyard pic of the week&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/02/noble-rot-harvest-vineyard-pic-of-the-week/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/02/noble-rot-harvest-vineyard-pic-of-the-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harvest 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upper-Heme-en-Aarde Valley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dolce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Primitivo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweet wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vineyards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noble rot is the benevolent form of a grey fungus, Botrytis cinerea, affecting wine grapes. Infestation by Botrytis requires moist conditions, and if the weather stays wet, the malevolent form, &#8220;grey rot&#8221; or “suur vrot” can destroy your grapes. Grapes become infected with Botrytis when they are ripe or almost ripe. If they are then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you love Pinotage #2?</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/02/do-you-love-pinotage-2/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/02/do-you-love-pinotage-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harvest 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinotage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wine Making]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The previous post showed Heinie talk about the season. This post then my report on deciding to pick our Pinotage. We will be sorting the grapes this morning after it has been cooled off in cold storage overnight. And so the journey begins&#8230;]]></description>
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