<?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/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897521848305218340</id><updated>2012-02-14T07:10:31.712-08:00</updated><category term='iowa'/><category term='laurens'/><category term='wine'/><category term='festival'/><title type='text'>Laurens Iowa Wine Festival</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Laurens</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13701490818891998989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sl-NWbMSQOU/Ty2TqYrlv5I/AAAAAAAAABg/xqTuVyxw0rw/s220/Wine%2BFestival%2BLogo%2B-%2B2012.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897521848305218340.post-828838133714002892</id><published>2012-02-04T12:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-04T12:41:24.269-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BsNjwRCktv8/Ty2X5X8dSZI/AAAAAAAAACQ/N2uWiW0T5JU/s1600/Wine%2BFestival%2BLogo%2B-%2B2012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 352px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705383314884217234" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BsNjwRCktv8/Ty2X5X8dSZI/AAAAAAAAACQ/N2uWiW0T5JU/s400/Wine%2BFestival%2BLogo%2B-%2B2012.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4897521848305218340-828838133714002892?l=laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/feeds/828838133714002892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2012/02/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/828838133714002892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/828838133714002892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2012/02/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Laurens</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13701490818891998989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sl-NWbMSQOU/Ty2TqYrlv5I/AAAAAAAAABg/xqTuVyxw0rw/s220/Wine%2BFestival%2BLogo%2B-%2B2012.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BsNjwRCktv8/Ty2X5X8dSZI/AAAAAAAAACQ/N2uWiW0T5JU/s72-c/Wine%2BFestival%2BLogo%2B-%2B2012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897521848305218340.post-1375718480357065108</id><published>2011-09-27T09:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T13:36:44.774-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2012 Laurens Iowa Wine Festival</title><content type='html'>We had so much fun at our 2011 Laurens Iowa Wine Festival! We are now looking forward to 2012!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our 2012 Festival will be held in conjunction with Celebrate Laurens! on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Mark the date on your calendar, and refer to this blog for updates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you there!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4897521848305218340-1375718480357065108?l=laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/feeds/1375718480357065108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2011/09/2012-laurens-wine-festival.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/1375718480357065108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/1375718480357065108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2011/09/2012-laurens-wine-festival.html' title='2012 Laurens Iowa Wine Festival'/><author><name>Laurens</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13701490818891998989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sl-NWbMSQOU/Ty2TqYrlv5I/AAAAAAAAABg/xqTuVyxw0rw/s220/Wine%2BFestival%2BLogo%2B-%2B2012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897521848305218340.post-9151117210892598350</id><published>2011-07-24T16:18:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T13:38:04.574-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='festival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laurens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iowa'/><title type='text'>2011 Laurens Iowa Wine Festival</title><content type='html'>We had such a great time with the 2011 Laurens Iowa Wine Festival! It was a great day - despite the heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x8kfhrMWrwM/Tiyp7-ZnTRI/AAAAAAAAABI/-yNwk4yL-XI/s1600/100_1074.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 361px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633064081761455378" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x8kfhrMWrwM/Tiyp7-ZnTRI/AAAAAAAAABI/-yNwk4yL-XI/s400/100_1074.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZurVuTzshPU/Tiyp3fAT5fI/AAAAAAAAABA/oZAK8a7g9m4/s1600/100_1073.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 375px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633064004614350322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZurVuTzshPU/Tiyp3fAT5fI/AAAAAAAAABA/oZAK8a7g9m4/s400/100_1073.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fO9IX90MFs0/TiypywVg7-I/AAAAAAAAAA4/6NiYxilniuw/s1600/100_1072.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633063923367342050" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fO9IX90MFs0/TiypywVg7-I/AAAAAAAAAA4/6NiYxilniuw/s400/100_1072.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633063841345400706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nFD_gnl3LxM/Tiypt-x9b4I/AAAAAAAAAAw/sLkduXpwn7w/s400/100_1071.JPG" /&gt; The reviews from the participants are amazing - glad that so many were able to come sample and discover how wonderful Iowa wines truly are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633063668087793282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nwQT6BG49LI/Tiypj5WIJoI/AAAAAAAAAAo/S4ZnxMpFzHE/s400/100_1070.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 154px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633062754394670530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nfgqpblKVmM/TiyoutkthcI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/BCxr_40NsoE/s400/100_1066.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 381px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633063280587853666" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9vH0lHM1KO0/TiypNVy8T2I/AAAAAAAAAAg/RgVzbfLAGRA/s400/100_1069.JPG" /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633062951122879634" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FPK-PAMTm-I/Tiyo6KcXxJI/AAAAAAAAAAY/s_UwLwqYmB0/s400/100_1068.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A HUGE thank you to the committee - and looking to our next Laurens Iowa Wine Festival! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;OUR 2012 LAURENS IOWA WINE FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2012. DON'T MISS IT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4897521848305218340-9151117210892598350?l=laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/feeds/9151117210892598350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2011/07/2011-laurens-iowa-wine-festival.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/9151117210892598350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/9151117210892598350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2011/07/2011-laurens-iowa-wine-festival.html' title='2011 Laurens Iowa Wine Festival'/><author><name>Laurens</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13701490818891998989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sl-NWbMSQOU/Ty2TqYrlv5I/AAAAAAAAABg/xqTuVyxw0rw/s220/Wine%2BFestival%2BLogo%2B-%2B2012.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x8kfhrMWrwM/Tiyp7-ZnTRI/AAAAAAAAABI/-yNwk4yL-XI/s72-c/100_1074.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897521848305218340.post-2346826335821222091</id><published>2011-06-09T07:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-09T07:16:00.470-07:00</updated><title type='text'>All Wineries Are Confirmed!</title><content type='html'>With the great teamwork of the the Laurens Wine Festival Committee and the Sister City Commission - we are pleased to announce that we have filled all eight spots for the wine festival! Why only eight? This assures each winery great sales in Laurens!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please click on the 2011 Winery tab up above to see all the wineries involved!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you Saturday, July 23rd!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4897521848305218340-2346826335821222091?l=laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/feeds/2346826335821222091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2011/06/all-wineries-are-confirmed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/2346826335821222091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/2346826335821222091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2011/06/all-wineries-are-confirmed.html' title='All Wineries Are Confirmed!'/><author><name>Laurens</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13701490818891998989</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sl-NWbMSQOU/Ty2TqYrlv5I/AAAAAAAAABg/xqTuVyxw0rw/s220/Wine%2BFestival%2BLogo%2B-%2B2012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4897521848305218340.post-4639201184339082747</id><published>2011-04-30T19:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T08:15:01.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2011 LAURENS IOWA WINE FESTIVAL</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xl3X09ZI9s8/TbzK1Y0iiPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/evguYd_YuW0/s1600/Wine+Fest+Logo+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="357" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xl3X09ZI9s8/TbzK1Y0iiPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/evguYd_YuW0/s400/Wine+Fest+Logo+2011.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The 2011 Laurens Iowa Wine Festival will be held on Saturday, July 23rd on Main Street between Third and Second Street.&amp;nbsp; Hours for the festival&amp;nbsp;are 11 to 5.&amp;nbsp; This is held in conjunction with the CELEBRATE LAURENS! town celebration.&amp;nbsp; Details can be found at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laurensiachamber.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;LAURENS CHAMBER WEBSITE (CLICK HERE)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;There is no charge for wineries to attend - please click on the "Information" tab for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;There is a $10 charge for attendees at the festival...it is a fundraiser for Laurens' Sister City Commission.&amp;nbsp; You can find more details under the "FANS" Tab.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4897521848305218340-4639201184339082747?l=laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/feeds/4639201184339082747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2011/04/2011-laurens-iowa-wine-festival.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/4639201184339082747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4897521848305218340/posts/default/4639201184339082747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laurensiowawinefestival.blogspot.com/2011/04/2011-laurens-iowa-wine-festival.html' title='2011 LAURENS IOWA WINE FESTIVAL'/><author><name>Laurens Iowa Wine Festival</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xl3X09ZI9s8/TbzK1Y0iiPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/evguYd_YuW0/s72-c/Wine+Fest+Logo+2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
