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		<title>Of thinking outside the box&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/02/of-thinking-outside-the-box/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting news last week was a lot of writing about natural wines and cases in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa where wines have had problems getting through export panels (here in South Africa called the Wine and Spirits Board). Read Jamie Goode’s perspective on his blog here. These wine were usually made in new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIA – Chenin blanc is awesome!</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/02/cia-chenin-blanc-is-awesome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing takes up way too much time, so here is this morning in some pictures, and a clip. Early morning pressing is just the most vibrant process of the day. I get to taste the juice, get my head around what I want to do with it. You really do get a feel for it! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taste, see and hear no evil&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/02/taste-see-and-hear-no-evil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harvest 2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have had one awesome week in harvesting grapes. As mentioned in the previous post, we started off with a cooler, overcast, week. I think this was what the vineyards were waiting for to show its true colours and flavours. The Chenin blanc came in extremely pretty. See Jan Bosman sampling these grapes on his morning walk with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvest update End of January</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/01/harvest-update-end-of-january/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/01/harvest-update-end-of-january/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adama White Blend]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking back in my notes for 2011, by today &#8211; last year, we had taken in our Chardonnay vineyards and the first bit of Chenin blanc for our Adama White blend. This year I have only taken in one barrel worth of old bushvine Chenin without irrigation, which in the heat wave two weeks ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It`s a celebration!</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/01/its-a-celebration/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/01/its-a-celebration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Wikipedia, in human context, a family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. Here at Bosman Family Vineyards it’s all about family. Eight generations worth! Hermanus Bosman arrived in South Africa in 1707 as a sieketrooster (consoler of the sick). Fast forward a few decades and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing, testing, 123&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/01/testing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a great breather from the warmer weather we have been experiencing the last few days. We were very interested to see what the heat`s influence was on our grape`s analysis so this morning we started sampling and testing! In the photo below, we are testing our Chenin Blanc from a vineyard called Driehoek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you taste it? It is here &#8211; Harvest 2012</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/01/can-you-taste-it-it-is-here-harvest-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2012/01/can-you-taste-it-it-is-here-harvest-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A harvest is made not only in the weeks before picking but starts in the preceding winter. We had a very good winter season, except for the below average rain precipitation. Good, even bud break followed and flowering this year was in cool, sometimes cloudy conditions. We were fortunate that there were no storms and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erfenis 2010 Proud ABSA Cape Blend Winner</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2011/11/erfenis-2010-proud-absa-cape-blend-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2011/11/erfenis-2010-proud-absa-cape-blend-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/?p=188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bosman Family Vineyards, walked away with the top honours at this year&#8217;s inaugural Perold ABSA Cape Blend competition. Absa and the Pinotage Association announced the Absa Perold Cape Blend Competition, aimed at creating a signature style for the composition of true Cape Blends. Key to the competition is the requirement that the blended wine should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA&#8217;S TOP 100 WINES</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2011/04/one-of-south-africas-top-100-wines/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2011/04/one-of-south-africas-top-100-wines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/?p=177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bosman Family Vineyards have been successful in achieving Top 100 status during the recent Top 100 South African Wines Challenge. What makes this achievement special for us is that both the wines that we entered and judged by the international panel lead by Tim Atkin (MW), were placed on the coveted Top 100 South African wines list. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proud moment&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2011/03/proud-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/2011/03/proud-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corlea Fourie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adama White Blend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adama White Blend 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Eedes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Tanzer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bosmanwines.co.za/blog/?p=167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen D. Tanzer is editor and publisher of the critically acclaimed bimonthly International Wine Cellar, an independent journal read by wine professionals and other wine lovers in all 50 states and 34 countries, and the first American wine periodical to be translated into French and Japanese. Tanzer is the author of The WineAccess Buyer&#8217;s Guide [...]]]></description>
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