Author Archives: Remy Charest

Tasting Note: 2009 Chasselas-pinot blanc-pinot gris, Quail’s Gate, Okanagan VQA

By Remy Charest | Published: July 12, 2010
As vacation time finally hits, I hope I’ll be able to catch up on my posts from all the trips I took this spring in various wine countries. There is much to be told about the Finger Lakes, Cahors, Oregon, Washington and the Okanagan. In the meantime, here’s a little note on a wine I was [...]
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Live wine blogging from Walla Walla, take two: the red wines

By Remy Charest | Published: June 26, 2010
Today, the Wine Bloggers Conference was more focused on the terroir of Walla Walla: the geology, the producers, the varieties, the soils, the climate, the combination of things that are giving shape to this wine region. The well-organized winery visits, with three distinct stops for each group of bloggers, were very successful and allowed a [...]
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Live white wine blogging from Walla Walla, Washington

By Remy Charest | Published: June 25, 2010
The American Wine Bloggers Conference has just begun on a strong note: good tacos from the Walla Walla taco trucks, good tastings, meeting with fellow bloggers (many who I only knew online), an interesting keynote speech from Steve Heimoff, the Wine Blog Awards, and good breakout sessions on blogging, in various fashions. Twitter is on [...]
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Off to the vineyards of the West – and the Wine Bloggers’ Conference

By Remy Charest | Published: June 23, 2010
So here I am, awake extremely early, Pacific Time, as I adjust to the time difference from home. After an evening discussing the finer points of natural winemaking and British Columbia wine production with Anthony Nicalo of Farmstead Wines (among his many endeavours), and having some fine, crisp Vancouver Island bubbly (Venturi Schulze 2007 Brut [...]
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Artevino 2010 Wine Awards: some of the best wines in Prince Edward County

By Remy Charest | Published: May 31, 2010
Last month, I had the chance of joining a distinguished group of Canadian wine experts at Huff Estates, as we judged over 75 wines from Prince Edward County, for the 2010 edition of the Artevino awards. I had been invited by David Lawrason, who headed the jury, to join Michael Pinkus, Billy Munnelly, Tony Aspler, Konrad [...]
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