Tag Archives: Niagara

Post-TasteCamp North interviews: Richard Auffrey, the Passionate Foodie

By Remy Charest | Published: May 26, 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 Long Island (2009) and the Finger Lakes (2010), I asked bloggers [...]
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A case of Canadian wine on Palate Press – and thoughts on the Canadian Wine brand

By Remy Charest | Published: December 19, 2009
Busy week on the blogging front for me, as I contributed a sizeable article on Canadian wines for Palate Press, and started The Food Case, the companion food blog to The Wine Case. And that’s not counting the amount of tinkering involved from moving The Wine Case to its new winecase.ca address. Energy-consuming, for sure, [...]
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EnRoute in the vineyards of Canada

By winecase | Published: August 5, 2009
Since last spring, I had been impatiently waiting for the publication of an article on Canadian wines in EnRoute, Air Canada’s on-board magazine. I had reason enough to be impatient, since I started working on that project all the way back in January. The article showcases six Canadian winemakers (plus five tasting notes of wines from [...]
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Tasting note : three wines from Ontario (Niagara and Prince Edward County)

By winecase | Published: July 9, 2009
Every time I go on vacation in Ontario, I quickly head to the LCBO to get my hands on some local wines. Since I started writing about wine, about 12 years ago – a column on Canadian wines and spirits for a magazine -, I’ve always been interested in finding out more about the wines [...]
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Tasting Note: Two viogniers from the North

By winecase | Published: March 30, 2009
If you’ve had wines made from the viognier grape, there is a very good chance that they came from warm, if not hot climates, and exploded with aromas and flavors of tropical fruit, over a rich, luscious mouthfeel. Acidity, crispness, freshness? Not so much. Yet there is another way to make viognier. A more northerly way, [...]
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