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		<title>Tasting Note: 2009 Chasselas-pinot blanc-pinot gris, Quail&#8217;s Gate, Okanagan VQA</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/07/12/tasting-note-2009-chasselas-pinot-blanc-pinot-gris-quails-gate-okanagan-vqa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As vacation time finally hits, I hope I&#8217;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&#8217;s a little note on a wine I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live wine blogging from Walla Walla, take two: the red wines</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/06/26/live-wine-blogging-from-walla-walla-take-two-the-red-wines/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/06/26/live-wine-blogging-from-walla-walla-take-two-the-red-wines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dark Lady of the Labyrinth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doolhof Wine Estate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dry Creek vineyards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Leigh Cellars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maryhill Winery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monthaven Winery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live white wine blogging from Walla Walla, Washington</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/06/25/live-white-wine-blogging-from-walla-walla-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/06/25/live-white-wine-blogging-from-walla-walla-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Centine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cornerstone Cellars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duck Pond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jordan Vineyards & Winery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off to the vineyards of the West &#8211; and the Wine Bloggers&#8217; Conference</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/06/23/off-to-the-vineyards-of-the-west-and-the-wine-bloggers-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/06/23/off-to-the-vineyards-of-the-west-and-the-wine-bloggers-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abacela Winery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmstead Wines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Bête]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Venturi Schulze]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artevino 2010 Wine Awards: some of the best wines in Prince Edward County</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/31/artevino-2010-wine-awards-some-of-the-best-wines-in-prince-edward-county/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/31/artevino-2010-wine-awards-some-of-the-best-wines-in-prince-edward-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chardonnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pinot noir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasting Note: Il Frappato 2007, IGT Sicilia, Ariana Occhipinti</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/28/tasting-note-il-frappato-2007-igt-sicilia-ariana-occhipinti/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/28/tasting-note-il-frappato-2007-igt-sicilia-ariana-occhipinti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 19:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a fan of Arianna Occhipinti&#8217;s wines for close to two years, now, since I tasted her nero d&#8217;avola, Il Siccagno, at Terroir SF, with a couple of friends I&#8217;d met at the first Wine Bloggers&#8217; Conference (read the blog post, in French, right here). Since then, the wines have started to be imported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further thoughts about that whole Lagrézette challenge thing…</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/25/further-thoughts-about-that-whole-lagrezette-challenge-thing%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/25/further-thoughts-about-that-whole-lagrezette-challenge-thing%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 23:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cédric Blanc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rémy Charest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, in conjunction with my participation in Malbec Days, I took part as planned in a blind tasting of eight malbec wines organized by Château Lagrézette, Cahors’ best known wine producer, internationally. The whole event, as I wrote before on this blog and on PalatePress, was a “rematch”, following my review of Le Pigeonnier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures Abroad: Malbec Days in Cahors, and Ontario Chardonnay in London</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/19/adventures-abroad-malbec-days-in-cahors-and-ontario-chardonnay-in-london/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/19/adventures-abroad-malbec-days-in-cahors-and-ontario-chardonnay-in-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the next four days, I&#8217;m going to be all malbec, all the time.
I&#8217;m just about to get on the plane that will take me across the Atlantic, as I head out to Cahors, in Southwest France, for the International Malbec Days and a particular tasting challenge at Château Lagrézette. The former provided the opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tastecamp Day 3: Leading the Way with Pinot</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/10/tastecamp-day-3-leading-the-way-with-pinot/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/10/tastecamp-day-3-leading-the-way-with-pinot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s clear that the Finger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tastecamp, day 2: Quick notes from Seneca Lake</title>
		<link>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/09/tastecamp-day-2-quick-notes-from-seneca-lake/</link>
		<comments>http://winecase.ca/2010/05/09/tastecamp-day-2-quick-notes-from-seneca-lake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Remy Charest</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Damiani]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second day of the second edition of Tastecamp yielded even more great rieslings &#8211; including the best I&#8217;ve tasted so far &#8211; 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, [...]]]></description>
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