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Manchuela Mary Taylor Moravia Agria 2020 - Pours with a very intense, nearly black hue with a touch of magenta. Aromas of unique, fresh grape juice subtly present at the rim yet with mature dark...
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Choosing the Right Grappa - Grappa is such a marvelous after-dinner drink, it constantly puzzles me that it isn’t more popular. The continuing – and frequently encountered – slur that...1 day ago
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Patron Saint of Wine is St. Martin - It’s a sweet coincidence that today I’ve been going back and forth with Isabel Ramos, from my first trip in Évora and the Alentejo. Luís Ribeiro is anoth...1 day ago
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A White and a Red from San Leonardo in the Dolomiti - This year is the estate's 300th anniversary.2 days ago
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Rant: Don't Be A Selfish, Greedy Glutton - With the holiday season upon us, food and drink blogs are ramping up their holiday coverage. You'll soon read epic tales of sumptuous feasts, accompanied...
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Pomme and Perry Showcase: Single Varietal Ciders - We look at each cider as a story. When we are making our ciders from the year's harvest we take the apples we are given, the characters, and try to blend...
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From the archives: Remembering Dad, Dallas, JFK & a bottle of Thunderbird - Friday would have been my dad’s 98th 109th birthday. How the world has changed since he left us in 1985. I was thinking about that as I was driving past ...
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There is an overdue payment under your name. Please, settle your debts ASAP. - Hi! Sadly, there are some bad news that you are about to hear. About few months ago I have gained a full access to all devices used by you for internet b...4 days ago
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An Atlanta blues legend brought me to tears and reminded why I love being an American. - It’s not every day that a guitar solo can bring me to tears. But that’s what happened the other night in Atlanta after we finished up an epic wine dinner a...5 days ago
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Italian Sparkling Wines for the Holidays - What better way to celebrate the coming holidays or other celebration than with sparkling wine from Italy. The following are four sparkling wines I tasted ...
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Musisi Muda Cetak Rekor Baru di Platform Streaming - Musisi Muda Cetak Rekor Baru di Platform Streaming dengan kabar sukses seorang musisi muda yang berhasil mencetak rekor baru di platform streaming. Denga...1 week ago
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Denzel Washington Says He’ll Be In MCU’s Black Panther 3 - Image: Paramount / Disney Denzel Washington is joining the MCU. The veteran Hollywood star said Black Panther 3 is one of his upcoming projects, with direc...1 week ago
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的中サークル10件以上の口コミ評判と自ら登録検証した情報を無料公開中！ - 競馬予想サイト的中サークルを運営する競馬情報会社的中サークルの評判がわかる口コミ評価を掲載。更に管理人がサイトに自らサイトに登録して検証した内容も公開中！3 weeks ago
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Texas Under Vine: Check Out the Special Episode on “The Life & Times of Doc Russ Texas Wineslinger” - Scott Hall of the Texas Under Vine Podcast stopped in to see me in Houston shortly after Hurricane Beryl hit. Luckily, after being without power for thre...4 weeks ago
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Pasta with broccoli - [image: Pasta with broccoli and breadcrumbs] An almost forgotten family favourite. . . Though I have more time, I have less inclination to make my own o...
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Review: Gaia Pinot Noir Rosé - [image: Gaia Pinot Noir Rosé bottle and glass of wine] Gaia is one of the wine brands produced by Domaine Bousquet, a producer I’ve written about extensive...5 weeks ago
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Leaving Tunbridge Wells - I’m moving, to the Isle of Dogs in London’s Docklands, after a three year stay in the Kent town of Tunbridge Wells. You get to know a place quite well...1 year ago
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While We Wait for First Fruit: An Interview with our 2023 Harvest Interns - By Ian Consoli Every year, we like to sit with our newest harvest interns and introduce them to the Tablas Creek Blog audience. We typically do this about ...1 year ago
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Bear With Me - My Bear Character Wine I think I was the first on staff to get sucked into The Bear, the wildly popular, and wickedly intense series about a ...
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Ann Lemons Pollack: A Well-Seasoned Life - Never a shrinking violet, Ann moved between many different worlds during her 76 years.1 year ago
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The Brooding Bramaterras of Brusnengo - Filippo Barni - Distinctive "Brooding" Style - Almost Pommardian Flavor-Wise (Less Brawny, More Elegant) - Darker Fruits, Complex Aromatics - A Ma...
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Jacky Blot – one the Loire’s greatest vignerons – died on Monday - (This post was originally published on Les 5 du Vin on 16th May 2023) *Jacky in the Taille aux Loups cellars in Husseau – all the wines were fermented i...1 year ago
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Douro Valley Wine Tours - There are many reasons to fall in love with the Douro Valley, but its unspoiled beauty and vertiginous terraced vineyards are by far at the top of the list.1 year ago
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Travel to Tuscan wineries this spring - Have you ever wanted to tour Tuscan wineries, visit cultural sites, all while staying in 4-star hotels? Well, who hasn’t right? But this spring, you can ...1 year ago
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Bordeaux’ Best No Match for This Napa Valley Cabernet! - Ok, listen up. This is a story about a Yountville winery producing some of the very best Cabernets in Napa Valley. Blankiet Estate Cabs are not well known,...1 year ago
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ThePackagingPro – Custom Packaging Services You Can Trust! - When it comes to producing custom packaging services, you want to work with someone you can trust. Whether you’re creating the packaging yourself or outs...2 years ago
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Celebrate Your Love with Sparkling Wine from Limoux! (redux) - This post was originally published on January 30, 2016. Tim and Phyllis have since sold French Country Wines and sadly, the new owners do not carry this lo...2 years ago
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The Case for Cooking With Frozen Mixed Vegetables - The medley of corn, carrots and peas is more than just a convenient freezer staple. It’s an essential piece of American culinary history.2 years ago
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How To Buy Champagne for New Year’s - We’re about to ring in the New Year — and the best way to do it is with bubbles. But which bottle of bubbles to choose? First, if you aren’t already awar...2 years ago
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EXCITING! FJORD VINEYARDS OPENS NEW TASTINGROOM AND LINEUP! (NY) - Last week, I attended the opening of Fjord Vineyards tasting room and tasted some of their most recent vintages. Flanked by Storm King Mountain to the w...
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Corner 103 North Coast Sparkling Rosé: Delicious Pink Bubbles on #PinkSociety - Hello Friends, I recently had the pleasure of joining a very fun virtual chat hosted by the rosé-loving bunch at The Pink Society (Twitter hashtag #Pink...
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Video: Talking Biodynamics and Troon Vineyard Wines with Amy Gross on Wine4.me - It was a pleasure to spend time with Amy talking about our wines, Biodynamics and Oregon’s Applegate Valley!3 years ago
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T Caputo - typepad https://bit.ly/3bDkwzt T Caputo Today on Amazon, you can grow six pods at once with the Harvest 360 for just $75, upgrade to the Harvest 360 Elite ...4 years ago
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Teknik Dasar Menang di Situs Poker Idnplay Berkualitas yang Ampuh - Ketika daftar di situs poker idnplay yang asli tentu anda tahu apa yang harus dilakukan untuk mendapatkan keuntungan besar berupa hadiah kemenangan. Hal ...4 years ago
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A Tom Eddy Cabernet Sauvignon Vertical Tasting—June 2019 - By Charles Olken Just recently, Steve Eliot and I ventured up to the Tom Eddy hillside winery north of Calistoga to taste a vertical lineup of his Cabe...5 years ago
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Twitterchimps - Have you ever been at the zoo when the resident chimpanzees become excited? It’s an amazing cacophony of hooting, screaming, chest-beating, and teeth-barin...5 years ago
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Ockenden Manor - As part of my recent trip to Bolney Estate, we were invited to stay over night at Ockenden Manor. Ockenden Manor is a short 10 minute drive from Bolney a...5 years ago
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Follow Me: She's Not Done! - *For more musings from Wine Country, visit my new blog, Passementaries. **It's a lifestyle blog **Explore the world of an "older woman" as she stays busy ...6 years ago
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Exclusive Interview – Christie’s Wine Director and new MW, Tim Triptree talks about fine & rare wines - Promoted earlier this year as International Director, Specialist in the Wine Department, Tim Triptree is in charge of Christie’s activities across Contin...6 years ago
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Liberty's Kitchen - Come Grow With us... - IFBC 2018 Excursion to Liberty"s Kitchen with Dennis Bagneris, CEO No one can doubt that New Orleans is the city of delicious dishes, With the melange o...
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Kicking it in NY - Here I am, still alive, and back from a long blog hiatus. If you’ve been here a long time, you know I started Wannabe Wino roughly 12 years ago. I’ve ebbed...6 years ago
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Gustus Vitae Pantry Starter Kit (12) - If you buy enough of these then you can build a small pantry addition to your house. *Woot's Surefire Recipe for The World's Dreamiest Eggs Ever Made: * ...6 years ago
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New from Dopff & Irion - I always appreciate getting a chance to taste Alsatian wines, given their varietal purity and structure. These are Old World wines in the best sense, b...
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10 Italian Wines to try in 2012 - You're reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk *10 Italian Wines to try in 2012* The worst thing about Ch...
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And All Good Things Must Come to an End - It has been a great 10 years, 2005 to 2015, discovering, sampling, tasting, adoring, delighting...8 years ago
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Fielding Hills: Consistently Producing Great Wines - Fielding Hills Winery is one of the top wineries in Washington State. Owner/winemaker Mike Wade and his wife Karen are longtime apple and cherry growers ...8 years ago
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The return - Almost 10 years since I first started the foodandwineblog. It’s amazing how fast time flies by. A lot has changed, though many things remain the same. My p...8 years ago
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Episode 1,001 - Five years later and on the 10 year anniversary of the first episode of Wine Library TV, Gary Vaynerchuk is back! On this comeback episode of…8 years ago
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A New Chapter: New Location, New Look, New Attitude, New Posts - After over a decade here at Wine-Girl.net, we’re moving. After Labor Day 2015, all new posts – of which there will be many – will be happening over on our ...9 years ago
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Dinner at Goldsmith's in Memphis, July 1, 1914 - While nosing around on some sites about Memphis history, I found a particular curiosity well-suited to this here blog. Historic-memphis.com had a series o...
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The King is Dead! All Hail Caesar! - Majestic Wine has acquired Naked Wines today for around £70 million. On the surface it is a straightforward but interesting business deal giving each a new...9 years ago
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25 Years Ago, Ceusescu Was Rightfully Killed (Yes!) - Today, I joyfully celebrate the killing of the Ceausescu regime in Romania. I am overjoyed that Communism is dead and a super crazy symbol of Communism is ...9 years ago
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Mythopia, An Experimental Swiss Vineyard - Several years ago, when researching the relation between the composition of various vineyard soils and terroir expression, I happened upon the concept of b...10 years ago
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Winery Spotlight: Chateau Latour-Martillac - The JJ Buckley wine staff recently had a chance to learn a bit more about Chateau Latour-Martillac, one of the top estates in the Pessac-Leognan appellatio...10 years ago
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It's Hard to Say Goodbye - This has not been easy. Back in February, I guess, I realized that I would stop writing this blog. And I've been meaning to write a goodbye post, but it tu...
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The White Club: A sordid tale - The White Club, a Swiss-based fine wine “club” with whom I had some dealings, has recently been exposed as a scam. On Monday 12th May, Peter Hellman of the...10 years ago
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So Long, Farewell, Alvederzane, Good Night... - "Today is the day. I can't deny it anymore, I simply can't..."10 years ago
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80 Years Since Prohibition and We are Still Not Free To Drink - 80 years after the repeal of Prohibition, we may be able to legally drink, but we are not free to choose what we drink. We still live in Prohibition's high...10 years ago
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The List of 30 - Recently I was asked this question by someone. What are the 30 products that you can't live without. Or the 30 products you would want to sell if you had ...10 years ago
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We're Moving (again...) - Yes, we're moving this blog again. Last time, it wasn't so pretty, many tears were shed, there was mass hysteria, and many unholy things happened. Thi...
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Shopping back in time - Step back in time when you visit Rioja, not just by selecting a wine that might have been made before … Continue reading →11 years ago
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The Hidden History of the Harvey Wallbanger - First of all, I should say that I never intended to uncover the history of the Harvey Wallbanger. The journey by which I became obsessed with discovering ...
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2011 Flying Heart Cellars Red Wine - $5 - Not sure what I was thinking when I picked up this Ed Hardy-esque labeled red blend, but it is down right awful. Overly sweet and completely unbalanced. T...
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Pahrump Valley Winery One Of Vegas' Unexpected Perks - When people think of Las Vegas, they think of gambling and poker tournaments. At present, tens of thousands of players from around the world are currently ...12 years ago
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Wine That Stands Up to Pesto - It's officially summer. Unofficially, it's basil season. Right now, I am overwhelmed with the stuff. Pictured to the left is one of my behemoth basil plan...
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Have you ever experienced the Tunnel Effect in Champagne? (François Secondé) - Today's wine picture is no longer here! This blog has moved. You can now find it here: BKWine Photography Blog *Please update your RSS feed, book marks, s...12 years ago
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Joel, Amanda and Gangy - The other night, as i was taking my dog Gus out, there were Joel and Amanda standing, as they often do, in the middle of the street. There was no traffic, ...12 years ago
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2008 Herdade do Peso Alentejo "Colheita" - Colheita, when referring to port, indicates a port from a single vintage, but it is not a "Vintage Port". So what does this mean when referring to a dry re...
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WBW 74: Value Sparkling Wine - Sparkling wine is thought of by most American’s as a luxury to be consumed on special occasions like weddings, graduations and New Year’s eve parties. An...12 years ago
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Zidarich for a chilly day - This post takes us to Slovenia, by way of Greenwich Village. A winter weekend lunch in a now chilled Manhattan, wind finding its icicle way up cuffs and s...
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We'll Be Right Back - I've been reluctant to write this post (apparently), but you've been asking, and I appreciate how many of you actually like this blog. An appreciation whic...12 years ago
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Good Grape Goes on Hiatus - *“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”* said a very wise John Lennon and that’s exactly what has happened with me. My life ...12 years ago
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From Slavery to BEE - The publication on May 1 of a new non-glossy, non-braai book called Grape – stories of the vineyards in SA by DA member of parliament Wilmot James, Chancel...13 years ago
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Notes from a Sunday - In case anyone has been wondering, no, I haven't stopped drinking and enjoying wine. Since the beginning of the New Year, journeys in Friuli aside, I've ju...
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Excerpt: Wine Retail in 2010: Hopeful Reactions from Across the U.S. - *by Rob Bralow*, Wine Post Editor This is an excerpt from an article I wrote, published on Palate Press on February 2, 2011. From across the U.S. you ca...13 years ago
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No hang time issues this year - No one will remember this harvest for the great weather, or the fantastic harvest conditions.Frankly, I don't know anyone in the wine industry who'll miss ...
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My Blog has moved to WineTravelMedia - Hello if you've just discovered this blog or feed it into your news readers - thank you for finding it! I'd be so happy if you would check out and bookmark...
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Courting a New Wine Shop - I’m the last guy to champion my local retailers. Why, you ask? Because they stink…well, that’s not fair- they’re dirty and unimaginative and overpriced and...14 years ago
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Rutini Wines Trumpeter Malbec 2007 - Who: Rutini Wines What: Malbec Where: Argentina, Mendoza When: 2007 How Much: $12.99 (media sample) I held this a little longer than usual for a wine at thi...14 years ago
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PasoWine tasting - Whoa. My fisrt big commercial tasting event as part of "the industry" and I have to say I was unimpressed on many levels. Firstly, a lot of the wine sucke...14 years ago
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Sicilian Value - So tonight, I randomly grabbed off our wine rack a 2005 Colosi red wine from Sicily. I bought it a while back from LA Wine Co for $7. 100% Nero d'Avola gr...
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From relative obscurity to total oblivion - Hello friends, followers, and random observers. As you may have guessed, the time has finally come to publicly announce the end of Smells Like Grape. It's ...14 years ago
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Entering a construction zone: winecase.ca - Earlier this year, I announced proudly that The Wine Case was going to move from its wordpress.com incarnation to its own domain and location: winecase.ca....14 years ago
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A Pregnant Palate Pause Leads one to Conclude that Wine Ratings are Useless to the Average Consumer - As you may have noticed, I've taken a pregnant pause from tasting wine for a very good reason. In that period my husband and I got to meet the most wonderf...15 years ago
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I can't believe it's not Stelvin! - There are those who cling to the 'romance' and 'tradition' of popping the cork prior to imbibing. Then there are those who think such 'romance' and 'tradit...16 years ago
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Five myths about winemakers debunked - Winemakers are an enigma to us mere mortals who drink their product and wonder at the romance and genius that has gone into each drop. Knowing a winemaker ...17 years ago
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