Author Archives: Remy Charest

What to do when you get a bad bottle of wine

By Remy Charest | Published: January 12, 2013
I’m not a very happy camper, right now. It’s the middle of the night, and I’m not sleeping. All that because of a bad bottle of wine I got at a restaurant. It’s not a question of how I’m digesting the wine, but rather of how I’m digesting what happened after I sent it back. The scene [...]
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Generation Seven 2012 Nouveau: A Wine Review and Further Thoughts on Nouveau Wines

By Remy Charest | Published: December 2, 2012
I’m a little late to the party, with this, but I really liked the Generation Seven Nouveau, a young, 2012 gamay produced by the Bosc family, the folks at Château des Charmes. It was released on November 15, the Thursday on which Beaujolais Nouveau is also unleashed on the wine-drinking world. Why produce a Nouveau when [...]
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Bill C-311 and wine shipping across Canada: what it does (and doesn’t do)

By Remy Charest | Published: June 7, 2012
Yesterday evening, the House of Commons unanimously voted in favor of Bill C-311, a private member’s bill presented to the house by Dan Albas, Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Coquihalla, a riding located at the heart of British Columbia’s wine country. The bill, which seeks to make it legal for individuals to “import” wines from one [...]
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TasteCamp 2012 in Virginia: First Impressions

By Remy Charest | Published: May 5, 2012
It was almost ironic, for TasteCamp participants who had also visited Virginia for the Wine Bloggers Conference, last year. The weather for the first tasting of this three-day tour of North Virginia wine country was reminiscent of the much-discussed heat of last July, with temperatures reaching into the 90s. 90 degrees is better than 100, however, [...]
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TasteCamp Virginia Update: Linden, Fabbioli and Tranquility Added to Agenda

By Remy Charest | Published: April 16, 2012
So, when is TasteCamp 2012, again? What do you mean, two weeks? Wow. Time sure flies by when you’re organizing a visit to a wine region. But the important thing is that the agenda for TasteCamp is essentially complete, except for a couple of knick-knacks and details, and that we’re very happy with the experience that participants [...]
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