Tag Archives: wine

TasteCamp Virginia Update: Linden, Fabbioli and Tranquility Added to Agenda

By Remy Charest | Published: April 16, 2012
So, when is TasteCamp 2012, again? What do you mean, two weeks? Wow. Time sure flies by when you’re organizing a visit to a wine region. But the important thing is that the agenda for TasteCamp is essentially complete, except for a couple of knick-knacks and details, and that we’re very happy with the experience that participants [...]
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Canadians Love Wine More

By winecase | Published: June 10, 2008
While beer remains the alcoholic drink of choice of Canadians, wine has been gaining consistently over the last ten years, according to the latest figures from Statistic Canada. Between 1997 and 2007, the market share for beer has gone down from 52% to 47%, while wine increased its share from 21% to 28% (spirits went [...]
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This wine tastes like a million bucks

By winecase | Published: January 15, 2008
If you have any doubts that blind tasting is essential to formulating a relatively objective judgment about a wine, you just have to read this article sent out on the wires by Agence France-Presse. It summarizes a study conducted at the California Institute of Technology, which demonstrates quite clearly that our knowledge about the (supposed) [...]
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Tony Aspler, OC, WWA

By winecase | Published: January 3, 2008
It’s funny how we learn about such things. Tony Aspler, very probably English Canada’s most respected wine writer and certainly the top authority on Canadian wine, was made a member of the Order of Canada last week… something I found out from a news item on the Decanter web site. Feels a little weird to [...]
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