Category Archives: United States

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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Tastecamp Day 3: Leading the Way with Pinot

By Remy Charest | Published: May 10, 2010
If you want to know if a wine region has potential, look to the best. There can always be stragglers and careless winemakers, but looking at what the top vignerons can do will really let you know the possibilities. Looking at the top wines we tasted over the weekend at Tastecamp, it’s clear that the Finger [...]
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Tastecamp, day 2: Quick notes from Seneca Lake

By Remy Charest | Published: May 9, 2010
The second day of the second edition of Tastecamp yielded even more great rieslings – including the best I’ve tasted so far – and more interesting reds, including pinots and bordeaux varieties. My most interesting tastings included single vineyard bottlings from Red Newt and Lamoreaux Landing wineries, a great pinot from Damiani Cellars and especially, [...]
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TasteCamp day 1: Great riesling – and some surprising reds

By Remy Charest | Published: May 8, 2010
That there would be a fair bit of riesling – and good riesling – to be had in the Finger Lakes region, in New York, was hardly a surprise. But I have to say that, even with a warning of sorts by Evan Dawson, one of the organizers of Tastecamp, I was surprised with the [...]
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Return to Tastecamp: off to the Finger Lakes

By Remy Charest | Published: May 6, 2010
In the next three days, I’ll probably be tasting more riesling than I’ve ever tasted in my life. That’s because riesling is the number one grape in the Finger Lakes, host to the second edition of Tastecamp, a meeting of bloggers organized by Lenn Thompson of the blog formerly known as Lenndevours, and now more precisely [...]
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