Category Archives: wine

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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Can blind tasting help you see things clearly?

By Remy Charest | Published: May 4, 2011
Oh, Twitter. The things you make me do. Last Saturday, I caught a tweet by Cory Cartwright which said – a little provocatively, I’m sure: “Blind tastings, dumb? or just a waste of time?”. Despite many reactions by a lot of serious people, Cory never followed up on that tweet, and since he’s put his blog [...]
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Forget March Madness, join Marc Madness

By Remy Charest | Published: March 22, 2011
In some ways, it’s one of the silliest things I’ve seen in the world of wine writing, and at the same time (and largely for the same reason), it’s also one of the most brilliant and exciting things I’ve seen. Vaguely inspired by the NCAA’s March Madness, two really cool Canadian wine guys, Jonathan Wilson and [...]
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Open That Bottle Night: finally, going with the 1994 Casa Ferreirinha Reserva

By Remy Charest | Published: February 26, 2011
I spent all week fretting about what I was going to pull from the cellar for Open That Bottle Night, the annual event created by former Wall Street Journal wine columnists Dottie and John, who are hosting the event tonight, live on Palate Press. Which is a central point of OTBN: stop wondering if it’s [...]
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Key partners announced for TasteCamp North, taking place in Niagara in May.

By Remy Charest | Published: January 13, 2011
Over the last few months, Rick Van Sickle, Suresh Doss and myself have been working hard with Lenn Thompson and others to organize TasteCamp North, the third edition of TasteCamp and the first one to take place outside the United States. We can’t wait to get a great group of bloggers up in the Niagara [...]
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