<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066750722190672862.post138617324848549676..comments</id><updated>2008-09-26T20:46:35.799+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Bella Wines: Vin de Merde</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bellawines.blogspot.com/feeds/138617324848549676/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/138617324848549676/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bellawines.blogspot.com/2008/09/vin-de-merde.html'/><author><name>HamishWM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01246252863336180563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066750722190672862.post-4822774100248661023</id><published>2008-09-26T20:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T20:46:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, classless and naff.  Well put! I agree with y...</title><content type='html'>Yes, classless and naff.  Well put! &lt;BR/&gt;I agree with you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/138617324848549676/comments/default/4822774100248661023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/138617324848549676/comments/default/4822774100248661023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bellawines.blogspot.com/2008/09/vin-de-merde.html?showComment=1222458360000#c4822774100248661023' title=''/><author><name>Loulou</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18245742506531002363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12907926929245495480'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://bellawines.blogspot.com/2008/09/vin-de-merde.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066750722190672862.post-138617324848549676' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/posts/default/138617324848549676' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066750722190672862.post-8570550861112022413</id><published>2008-09-26T14:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T14:09:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi. Thanks for your comments. I agree with your co...</title><content type='html'>Hi. Thanks for your comments. I agree with your comments about bad decision making at the marketing level. It is an insult to the other growers in the South of France who generally are raising the quality standards significantly. &lt;BR/&gt;Cheers&lt;BR/&gt;Hamish</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/138617324848549676/comments/default/8570550861112022413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/138617324848549676/comments/default/8570550861112022413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bellawines.blogspot.com/2008/09/vin-de-merde.html?showComment=1222434540000#c8570550861112022413' title=''/><author><name>HamishWM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01246252863336180563</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01109495082478662357'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://bellawines.blogspot.com/2008/09/vin-de-merde.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066750722190672862.post-138617324848549676' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/posts/default/138617324848549676' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066750722190672862.post-2071554983915550650</id><published>2008-09-26T13:28:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T13:28:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>You're not a fuddy duddy at all...I have a sense o...</title><content type='html'>You're not a fuddy duddy at all...I have a sense of humor too, but this is just textbook bad decision-making at the marketing level.  I get the producer's point, though what a terrible way to convey it.  Some of the labels coming out of California in the last three years or so feature everything from idiotic critters to insults to semi-pornography.  Again, some work, some, and I mean most, simply do not.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;All this aside, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to make some lovely wine shopping recommendations.  I moved to London last week and am still sorting out all sorts of things, the big one being employment at the moment.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I look forward to keeping up with your blog and checking out some of your recommendations in town. Many thanks again!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/138617324848549676/comments/default/2071554983915550650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/138617324848549676/comments/default/2071554983915550650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bellawines.blogspot.com/2008/09/vin-de-merde.html?showComment=1222432080000#c2071554983915550650' title=''/><author><name>Enotheque</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11979494750828507207</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://bellawines.blogspot.com/2008/09/vin-de-merde.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066750722190672862.post-138617324848549676' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2066750722190672862/posts/default/138617324848549676' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>