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		<title>New Berkeley winery Urbano Cellars throws opening party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Frances Dinkelspiel For the last two years, Urbano Cellars has had a nomadic existence, storing its barrels of wine at other wineries and not having a place to call home. The winery, run by Fred Dick and Bob Rawson, had rented space for years at Periscope Cellars on Hollis Street in Emeryville. That operation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two-Wheeled Tasting: Exploring East Bay Wineries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Andrea Kissack Produced by KQED The first time I heard the term &#8220;East Bay Wineries&#8221; I immediately thought of Livermore Valley home to dozens of wineries including Wente and Concannon. I wasn’t aware of the nearly twenty urban wineries that dot the industrial west side of Berkeley and Oakland. As it turns out, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EBVA Hosts 6th Annual Urban Wine Xperience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, August 6th from 2-5pm at Jack London Pavillion in Oakland. &#160; LinkedTube]]></description>
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		<title>4th Annual JC Cellars Beach Party!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get your advance tickets at special online pricing today! When: Saturday, July 9th. 1-5pm. Where: JC Cellars Winery &#8211; 55 4th Street, Oakland Cost: $35 in advance, $40 at the door. $15 for Designated Drivers.  Purchase tickets Wine Club Members: $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Forget the sand and sunscreen and cruise on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland wines travel to China with Mayor Jean Quan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Cecily Burt Oakland Tribune &#8211; 05/17/2011 If China isn&#8217;t soon drinking Oakland wines, don&#8217;t blame it on Jean Quan. By all accounts, Oakland&#8217;s mayor turned into a sales dynamo during the last leg of a jam-packed trade mission to China with Port of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin, City Council President Larry Reid and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Wine Country &#8211; Hold the Country</title>
		<description><![CDATA[April 27, 2011 by Michelle Locke Filed under FCG, Wine Spotlight Glasses clink and the buzz of conversation bounces off the stainless steel tanks and French oak barrels stacked to the ceiling as Steve Shaffer pours wine for thirsty visitors. But outside the cellar doors is no stretch of sweeping green vineyard or neatly manicured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland, CA is Wine Country</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Orlin When you think of Oakland, the other city by the San Francisco Bay, you probably don&#8217;t think of it as wine country.  There aren&#8217;t any vineyards, bucolic settings or palatial wine tasting rooms.  Instead, you find a gritty, industrial vibe, one that dares to thumb its nose at traditional wine country.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Offerings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Experience the growing trend of urban East Bay wineries at upcoming April 2nd event. By April Dembosky Courtesy of Two Mile Wines/Tim O’Meara Planning a wine-tasting trip usually conjures images of rolling hills and twisted vines—not abandoned aircraft hangars. But with a growing urban wine movement rooted in the 510 area code, a wine-tasting trip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Wine Review: Four Ways to Find Local Wine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jennifer Kaplan Jennifer Kaplan is author of Greening Your Small Business, site director of Ecopreneurist and founder of VineCrowd.com. If you happen to live near Sonoma County, California or Walla Walla Valley, Washington, finding awesome local wine really isn’t a problem.  But, what if you don’t happen to live in a world-class wine region? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Escape: Wine Tastings on Two Wheels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Piedmont Patch  By Rena Ragimova Before you head north to wine country, grab your bike, join a tour and get a taste for what the East Bay scene has to offer. Spring is here, and if you’re a self-respecting oenophile you may already be having thoughts of day-trips to Napa and Sonoma. If you like to [...]]]></description>
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