Category Archives: United States

Post-TasteCamp North interviews: Adam Japko of Wine Zag

By Remy Charest | Published: May 23, 2011
TasteCamp North, held on both sides of the Niagara river on May 13-15, was a lot of fun and very instructive for the thirty-some wine bloggers and writers present. Pursuing a tradition started by Lenn Thompson for the first two TasteCamps, held in his home turf of New York State, I’ve decided to ask bloggers [...]
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Post-TasteCamp North interviews: Jonathan Wilson of Labeled.ca

By Remy Charest | Published: May 22, 2011
TasteCamp North, held on both sides of the Niagara river on May 13-15, was a lot of fun and very instructive for the thirty-some wine bloggers and writers present. Pursuing a tradition started by Lenn Thompson for the first two TasteCamps, held in his home turf of New York State, I’ve decided to ask bloggers [...]
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Ready for TasteCamp North: What’s So Great About Niagara, Anyway?

By Remy Charest | Published: May 10, 2011
Friday, May 13, will mark the beginning of TasteCamp North, a three-day exploration of Niagara wine country, on both sides of the Canada-USA border. 40 wine lovers from as far as Colorado, Indiana and Nova Scotia will start tasting, spitting, evaluating, tweeting and blogging about the wines, the region and the people who turn local [...]
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Tasting Note: White Birch Brewing Belgian Style Pale Ale

By Remy Charest | Published: March 18, 2011
So, what do you get when you head to a cheese shop in South Boston, to get what you need for the evening’s pasta? Why, you get New Hampshire beer, of course. More specifically, during my last trip to see friends in Boston, we went to South End Formaggio, a fantastic cheese and meat shop – [...]
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Grape harvest begins in Ontario and New York

By Remy Charest | Published: August 25, 2010
It’s official. The 2010 harvest has begun. Today, August 25, crews at Tawse Winery in the Niagara region have gone into the vineyards to pick grapes for sparkling wine. In Long Island, as reported by the New York Cork Report, harvest started even earlier, with pinot grapes picked for sparkling on Monday at Macari Vineyards. The news
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