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		<title>Looking Back &#8211; Coast to Coast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s it &#8211; it is all over.  I have successfully completed my MBA from the Smurfit Graduate School of Business in Dublin, Ireland.  The one-year full time program has flown by and for many of my classmates and me, the future is still uncertain. 
Starting out, things were a little rough and they continued to get worse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=257&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/looking-back/</link>
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		<title>Wine Transportation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the year I have used various tactics to &#8217;smuggle&#8217; bottles of Californian wine back to Dublin.  You see, I have a huge problem of not having access to my favorite Californian wines that were so readily available to me in the States.  The wine shops across Ireland have heaps of good wine from Old [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=255&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/wine-transportation/</link>
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		<title>Burren Yoga Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following my trip to Connemara and Galway City, I headed down to Cappaghmore for a Bikram Yoga retreat.  I haven&#8217;t practiced much Hot Room Yoga; I usually do Vinyasa Flow/Ashtanga yoga, so I wasn&#8217;t sure how I was going to be in +100 degree temps.  When the cab driver pulled up to the location, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=248&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/burren-yoga-experience/</link>
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		<title>Western Ireland: Coonemara, Galway and The Burren</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I had a break from classes last week. I set out for Western Ireland to experience the beauty of the West I had only seen pictures of.  Luckily, my friend Kieran was heading out West for business and gave me a guided car ride from Dublin to Connemara and then on to Galway City.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=239&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/western-ireland-coonemara-galway-and-the-burren/</link>
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		<title>With A Splash Of Cranberry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday marked the last &#8216;real&#8217; exam of my MBA program.  I still have some things to tidy up with my company-sponsored project and a few last electives that will go through the middle of June, but with this exam out of the way, it&#8217;s the home stretch for me now.  I decided to ride [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=238&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/with-a-splash-of-cranberry/</link>
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		<title>Tasmanian Pinot Noir &#8211; An Irish Recommendation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I have been traveling around southern Ireland with my classmate, Jenny, to interview store owners as a part of our final project for the MBA.  For our project, we are analyzing the current state of a 52-store franchise business of off-license stores across Ireland.  Our recommendation, which is due on May 17th, will provide the headquarter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=232&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/tasmanian-pinot-noir-an-irish-recommendation/</link>
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		<title>Duke Rugby World Cup Tournament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every April, Duke University&#8217;s MBA class (Fuqua) hosts an annual Rugby Tournament that brings schools to Durham, NC from all over the world.  The women play touch rugby (non-contact or somewhat like flag-football for my American friends) and the men play full contact rugby with shortened halfs.  Beyond that, I don&#8217;t know much more of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=219&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/duke-rugby-world-cup-tournament/</link>
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		<title>Unconventional Signage</title>
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I digress from the typical blog topics to share some unconventional signage in the bathrooms around Queenstown.  The first is the sign for the ladies room at the Kawarau Bridge Bungy Jump site.  Don&#8217;t worry, I just went to watch the bungy jumpers.  Heaven forbid I get up the nerve to do such a thing.  But skydiving, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=213&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/unconventional-signage/</link>
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		<title>Full Circle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I returned back to Dublin Saturday evening after flying for over 20 hours from Auckland to LA to London and then finally back to Dublin.  I began my trip around the world on March 9th and in 21 days made a full circle back to Dublin.  Here&#8217;s the details:


March 8:            Dublin to London, London to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=206&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/full-circle/</link>
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		<title>At The Sweet Spot &#8211; New Zealand Wine Travel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To quote an article in today&#8217;s Economist, &#8220;At the Sweet Spot&#8221;, I was able to witness first hand the wine industry explosion happening throughout New Zealand.  The article talks about how the New Zealand wine industry is experiencing a boom: it just exceeded the wool exports in value and is the country&#8217;s 12th most valuable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishwinecourse.wordpress.com&blog=1563122&post=204&subd=irishwinecourse&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://irishwinecourse.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/at-the-sweet-spot-new-zealand-wine-travel/</link>
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