Tag Archives: Lenn Thompson

Wine Blogging Wednesday 70: tempranillo blanco and other Spanish wonders

By Remy Charest | Published: February 16, 2011
I cheated a bit for this, the resurrection of Wine Blogging Wednesday, led by Catavino, on a request from WBW founder Lenn Thompson. As a relatively regular participant in WBW, and even host of a pretty successful edition, I’m happy to jump back in and rejoin this custom that was, for a while, honored more [...]
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Marking the calendar for TasteCamp North (May 2011, Niagara)

By Remy Charest | Published: November 15, 2010
I’ve rarely had so many things scheduled so far ahead. I have things penciled into my calendar until late 2011, easily. A funny feeling for a freelancer who has mostly seen his schedule evolve on a month to month basis. It’s good to be planning, however, especially for events like TasteCamp North, taking place in 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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TasteCamp East: adventures in Long Island wines

By winecase | Published: May 1, 2009
Well, here I am at The Greenporter Hotel in Greenport, NY, on the Eastern end of Long Island, for a meeting of wine bloggers called TasteCamp East. The event is organized by Lenn Thompson, one of the top wine bloggers and an expert on the wines of New York and, more specifically, Long Island, where he [...]
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Wine Blogging Wednesday 55: North vs South – a bipolar roundup

By winecase | Published: March 25, 2009
It’s always fascinating to see the many ways people can interpret a proposition. So what did the participants in the 55th Wine Blogging Wednesday make of this idea of confronting North vs South? From Michigan Riesling to Tasmania Pinot Noir, from Spanish Garnacha to Tennessee Chambourcin, there sure were a lot of possible pairings (and threesomes, [...]
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