Tag Archives: Quebec

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, [...]

Posted in Canada, Canadian wine, United States, wine and food, wine blog, wine trade | Also tagged 13th Street Winery, British Columbia, dry wines, EnRoute, Et Ceteras White, icewine, Meritage, Niagara, Nova Scotia, Okanagan, Ontario, Palate Press, Ravine vineyard, Southbrook Vineyards, Triomphe Merlot | Leave a comment

California Wine all tastes the same? Says who?

By winecase | Published: November 6, 2008

Well, finally back to blogging. After an intense weekend at the Wine Bloggers Conference, followed by four full days of running around Sonoma and Napa – and Fairfield, and Berkeley and San Francisco – and then returning to a new position at the newspaper in Quebec City, and mulling over about twenty different potential post [...]

Posted in California, United States, red wine, white wine, winemaking | Also tagged Allan Meadows, Appellation St. Helena, cabernet sauvignon, Dry Creek Valley, Eric Asimov, Flora Springs, Matt Kramer, Napa, New York Times, New Zealand, Pat Garvey, pinot noir, Preston of Dry Creek, Quivira, Rued Vineyards, Russian River, SAQ, sauvignon blanc, Sideways effect, Sonoma Coast, Truett Hurst, Twisted Oak, Unti Vineyards, WBC, Wine Bloggers Conference, zinfandel | 4 Comments

Wine and the electoral process

By winecase | Published: September 27, 2008

In times of political campaigns, politics can seep into just about any part of life. It may even get into your wine. For at least one Chilean wine producer, as I found out on Twitter, thanks to wine educator Bruce Cass, the ricochet from recent political events is rather stupefying. The name of the wine? Palin [...]

Posted in Canada, Chile, United States, humour, wine, wine trade | Also tagged Alvaro Espinosa, Andrew J. Stover, Barack Obama, British Columbia, Bruce Cass, Convivium Brands, GeoWines, interprovincial wine shipping, Lipstick on a Pig wines, Mapuche, Oya DC, Palin Syrah, Race to the Wine House, Sarah Palin, The Globe and Mail, Vintage Papi | 5 Comments

Ripasso di… Niagara?

By winecase | Published: March 6, 2008

Well, it certainly isn’t the rolling hills, the gondolas in historic canals or the Renaissance castles, but it seems there is something in common between the Veneto region of northern Italy and the Niagara region of southern Ontario. That something is a process called appasimento, dating all the way back to Roman times. Used to [...]

Posted in Niagara, Ontario, winemaking | Also tagged Andre Lipinski, appasimento, Cave Spring, Len Crispino, Veneto, Vineland, Vines magazine | Leave a comment

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