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Ever dreamed of owning our own vineyard? Watch this! (from a fellow #ewbc participant)

It will either fill you with wonder and renewed desire ... or make you realise what things might be really like on the other side of the winery fence

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>Just Wine</a></span></li> <li> <i class="icon-tag-2"></i> <a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/tag/chenin-blanc/" rel="tag">chenin blanc</a>, <a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/tag/naked-wines/" rel="tag">naked wines</a>, <a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/tag/tasting-note/" rel="tag">tasting note</a>, <a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/tag/wine/" rel="tag">wine</a> </li> <li><span class="post_permalink"><i class="icon-link"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/choosing-chenin-blanc-for-some-variety/" title="Permalink Choosing Chenin Blanc for some variety">Permalink</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="span9 leftline"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/choosing-chenin-blanc-for-some-variety/" title="Permalink Choosing Chenin Blanc for some variety">Choosing Chenin Blanc for some variety</a></h2> </header>  <div class="post_content"> <div class="excerpt"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://69.167.133.245/~thirstfo/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMAG0629.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Imag0629" height="887" src="http://69.167.133.245/~thirstfo/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMAG0629.jpg.scaled.1000-169x300.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> <p></p><div>"If you could only pick one grape to drink the rest of your life, what would you choose?" </div><p /><div>Not a fair question, but... </div> <a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/choosing-chenin-blanc-for-some-variety/" class="btn22 btn-1 btn-1c">Read more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div></div>  </article><article id="post-39" class="post__holder post-39 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-food-restaurant cat-120-id"> <div class="post-formats"><i class="icon-doc-text-1 icon-2x"></i></div> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span3">  <div class="meta-space"> <div class="post_date"><span>26</span>Aug 2011</div> <div class="post_meta"> <ul> <li><i class="icon-comment-2"></i> <span class="comments-link">0</span></li> <li><span class="post_category"><i class="icon-doc-2"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/category/food-restaurant/" >Food & Restaurants</a></span></li> <li> <i class="icon-tag-2"></i> No tags </li> <li><span class="post_permalink"><i class="icon-link"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/a-sniff-of-pecorino-but-no-cheese-in-sight/" title="Permalink A sniff of Pecorino, but no cheese in sight">Permalink</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="span9 leftline"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/a-sniff-of-pecorino-but-no-cheese-in-sight/" title="Permalink A sniff of Pecorino, but no cheese in sight">A sniff of Pecorino, but no cheese in sight</a></h2> </header>  <div class="post_content"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Hands up if you thought Pecorino was only the name of a cheese?</p> <p /> <div>(*puts hand up*)</div> <p /> <div>I only very recently discovered I was wrong. Until that moment, the name <a href="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Dictionary/P/Pecorino-cheese-5914.aspx" target="_blank">Pecorino</a>... </div> <a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/a-sniff-of-pecorino-but-no-cheese-in-sight/" class="btn22 btn-1 btn-1c">Read more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div></div>  </article><article id="post-40" class="post__holder post-40 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-food-restaurant cat-120-id"> <div class="post-formats"><i class="icon-doc-text-1 icon-2x"></i></div> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span3">  <div class="meta-space"> <div class="post_date"><span>24</span>Aug 2011</div> <div class="post_meta"> <ul> <li><i class="icon-comment-2"></i> <span class="comments-link">0</span></li> <li><span class="post_category"><i class="icon-doc-2"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/category/food-restaurant/" >Food & Restaurants</a></span></li> <li> <i class="icon-tag-2"></i> No tags </li> <li><span class="post_permalink"><i class="icon-link"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/walking-with-chefs-and-learning-from-chocolate/" title="Permalink Walking with Chefs and Learning from Chocolate">Permalink</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="span9 leftline"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/walking-with-chefs-and-learning-from-chocolate/" title="Permalink Walking with Chefs and Learning from Chocolate">Walking with Chefs and Learning from Chocolate</a></h2> </header>  <div class="post_content"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>It seems I have underestimated chocolate. I learned a lesson about wine from a 'chocolatier' (if I may call Paul A Young that, it seems a rather limiting term for a... </div> <a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/walking-with-chefs-and-learning-from-chocolate/" class="btn22 btn-1 btn-1c">Read more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div></div>  </article><article id="post-41" class="post__holder post-41 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-just-wine cat-434-id"> <div class="post-formats"><i class="icon-doc-text-1 icon-2x"></i></div> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span3">  <div class="meta-space"> <div class="post_date"><span>18</span>Aug 2011</div> <div class="post_meta"> <ul> <li><i class="icon-comment-2"></i> <span class="comments-link">0</span></li> <li><span class="post_category"><i class="icon-doc-2"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/category/just-wine/" >Just Wine</a></span></li> <li> <i class="icon-tag-2"></i> No tags </li> <li><span class="post_permalink"><i class="icon-link"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/apparently-today-is-pinot-noir-day/" title="Permalink Apparently today is Pinot Noir Day">Permalink</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="span9 leftline"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/apparently-today-is-pinot-noir-day/" title="Permalink Apparently today is Pinot Noir Day">Apparently today is Pinot Noir Day</a></h2> </header>  <div class="post_content"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>... except of course, we can't call it that. That's too boring for Pinot Noir since the main promoters of this are in Australia, New Zealand and the US West Coast... </div> <a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/apparently-today-is-pinot-noir-day/" class="btn22 btn-1 btn-1c">Read more</a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div></div>  </article><article id="post-42" class="post__holder post-42 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-culture cat-121-id"> <div class="post-formats"><i class="icon-doc-text-1 icon-2x"></i></div> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span3">  <div class="meta-space"> <div class="post_date"><span>16</span>Aug 2011</div> <div class="post_meta"> <ul> <li><i class="icon-comment-2"></i> <span class="comments-link">0</span></li> <li><span class="post_category"><i class="icon-doc-2"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/category/culture/" >Popular Culture</a></span></li> <li> <i class="icon-tag-2"></i> No tags </li> <li><span class="post_permalink"><i class="icon-link"></i><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/if-like-me-you-have-a-thirst-it-helps-to-have-friends-around-wine/" title="Permalink If, like me, you have a thirst, it helps to have friends Around Wine">Permalink</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="span9 leftline"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="http://thirstforwine.co.uk/if-like-me-you-have-a-thirst-it-helps-to-have-friends-around-wine/" title="Permalink If, like me, you have a thirst, it helps to have friends Around Wine">If, like me, you have a thirst, it helps to have friends Around Wine</a></h2> </header>  <div class="post_content"> <div class="excerpt"> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://69.167.133.245/~thirstfo/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMAG0500.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"><img alt="Imag0500" height="887" src="http://69.167.133.245/~thirstfo/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMAG0500.jpg.scaled.1000-169x300.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p> </p> <p>I spent a very enjoyable hour yesterday in the company of Daniel (aka <a href="http://twitter.com/winerackd">@winerackd</a>) at his wine shop with a difference. 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