Category Archives: white wine

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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Tasting Note: Paumanok Chenin Blanc 2009, Long Island

By Remy Charest | Published: March 29, 2010
Paumanok Vineyards was one of the really great places that I had the chance of discovering in Long Island, last year, when I attended Tastecamp East, a gathering of bloggers organized by Lenn Thompson of the New York Cork Report. Not only were there excellent wines to be tasted, but the Massouds, the family who [...]
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Tasting Note: 2006 Dry Riesling, Lamoreaux Landing, Finger Lakes

By Remy Charest | Published: January 17, 2010
I can’t wait to visit the Finger Lakes, next spring. After the great time – and great wines – I had in Long Island, when I took part in TasteCamp, last May, I’m eager to discover more about the Empire State’s other great wine region. The couple of wines I had from the region, over the [...]
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Tasting Note: Undercurrent Muscat-Sauvignon Blanc 2007 and other crazy wines from Creekside Estate Winery

By winecase | Published: December 6, 2009
Creekside is one interesting winery. They can make some very straightforward, accessible wines with a great quality-price ratio, as shown not only by their Estate series of wines (like that nice, pepper-strawberry driven shiraz), but also by the 60,000 some odd cases the same winemaking team makes for No. 99 Estates Winery, generally known as [...]
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Ontario’s best rieslings: a collective tasting on Spotlight Toronto (and two extra tasting notes)

By winecase | Published: November 20, 2009
It’s nice when social media pushes the idea of social forward, encouraging collective thinking and group efforts. Like this Ontario riesling project that was proposed to a small group of wine writers and professionals by Rick Van Sickle, of the St Catharines Standard, and Suresh Doss, of Spotlight Toronto. Six writers, including this guy who does [...]
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