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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 63: World Whisky Awards 2012 - SA has a winner!]]></title>
<category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>Tasting</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=70</link>
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				<![CDATA[Every year Whisky Magazine (UK) assembles a panel of international whisky personalities and invites whisky producers to submit samples of their offerings for intense scrutiny. The results of the 2012 competition have just been released and South Africa has scooped one of the top honours ...]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 62: Bunnahabhain Whisky Tasting]]></title>
<category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>Tasting</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=69</link>
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				<![CDATA[Bunnahabhain Whisky Tasting<br />
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Date: 28 March 2012<br />
Venue: Caffe Villagio, Sable Square, Cape Town<br />]]>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 61: International Wine and Spirits Competition 2011]]></title>
<category>Brandy</category><category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=68</link>
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				<![CDATA[The International Wine and Spirits Competition announced it's results for spirits and northern hemisphere wines last week. We've had a quick look and were very pleased so see that a number of the top performers are available in South Africa.]]>
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				<pubDate>Sat,  6 Aug 2011 01:48:23 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 60: Great Whisky Bars of the World]]></title>
<category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>South Africa</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=67</link>
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				<![CDATA[Whisky Magazine (the international one) has just published its annual 'Great Whisky Bars of the World' booklet - a useful directory of the whisky bars in your own home town and an essential accompaniment for any whisky lover travelling outside of their normal stomping grounds...]]>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 59: SA no stranger to the Big Five]]></title>
<category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>South Africa</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=66</link>
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				<![CDATA[South Africa has featured among the top 10 Scotch whisky importing countries in the world for a number of years now. In 2010 we moved up a couple of positions to number 5! ...]]>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 58: San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2011]]></title>
<category>Brandy</category><category>Cognac</category><category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>Tasting</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=65</link>
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				<![CDATA[The San Francisco World Spirits Competition is one of the top 4 international tasting competitions of interest to lovers of fine spirits. The results for the 2011 event were announced last week. Here are some the highlights, focussing on products that you might find on the shelves in SA ..]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri,  1 Apr 2011 05:21:25 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 57: World Whisky Awards 2011]]></title>
<category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>Tasting</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=64</link>
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				<![CDATA[Whisky Magazine has just announced the winners of their World Whiskies 2011 awards. Coming out on top again are a number of Japanese whiskies. Considering that the Japanese initially learned whisky-making from the Scots, the Scots now probably know how England feel when Australia beat them at cricket. We digress ...]]>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:01:19 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 56: Bascule Bar - spoilt for choice]]></title>
<category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=63</link>
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				<![CDATA[Bascule Bar at the Cape Grace on the waters edge in Cape Town harbour - hard to think of anywhere better to wind down with a tot or two of whisky on a Friday afternoon ...]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:18:45 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 55: Not the real McCoy?]]></title>
<category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=62</link>
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				<![CDATA[You don't need us to tell you that whisky is a popular and precious commodity! And just like music, watches and art, the world of whisky is fertile ground for counterfeiters and con-men ...]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri,  3 Dec 2010 09:52:17 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friday Liquor Fact 54: Short and sweet]]></title>
<category>Friday Liquor Fact</category><category>Whisky</category>		<link>http://www.aficionados.co.za/blog/?id=60</link>
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				<![CDATA[Nikka Pure Malt Black is a Japanese vatted malt consisting mainly of whisky from the Yoichi distillery. It offers a sublime balance between rich peat and sweet honey flavours and is presented in a cute 500ml bottle just 18cm tall ...]]>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:50:30 GMT</pubDate>
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