I have been familiar with Ballentine Vineyards since we started our wine business, but didn’t really have much knowledge on the operation. My familiarity comes from the fact that our winemaker, Sean Larkin, works out of this winery and makes our Tiedemann Signature Series Red Wine there. Also, the winemaker at Ballentine, Bruce Devlin, has […]
Balentine Vineyards, Betty Ballentine, Napa Valley, Van Ballentine
As I remember, I first encountered Kerrin Laz, Wine Director at food and wine purveyor Dean & Deluca, shortly after her arrival at the D&D operation in Napa. This was seven or eight years ago. Kerrin is an East Coast gal. She went to college at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and […]
California wines, Dean & Deluca, Kerrin Laz, Napa Valley
It seems like hardly a week goes by that we aren’t asked to make a donation to a charitable event of some kind. Naturally I would like to help all of the organizations we can, as we believe in giving back to the community. Unfortunately it isn’t economically feasible for us to do so…there are […]
Culinary Arts, Ivy Tech Culinary Program, Tiedemann Wines
After last week’s post on Tom Welsh’s first day tasting Burgundy Wines in Beaune, France, I need to correct a couple of things. My apologies to our friend Wally for misspelling his last name. I had Reston and the correct spelling is Ruston. Sorry about that, Wally. The second item is that Tom is actually […]
APVSA, Beaune France, French Burgundies, Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne 2014, Tom Welsh
I met this interesting guy named Tom Welsh. About 8 or 9 months ago, Wally Reston, the senior mixologist at McCarthy’s restaurant here in Elkhart, came to me one evening, while Mrs. Tiedemann and I were having dinner at McCarthy’s. Wally said that he had a friend named Tom Welsh who had heard of our […]
APVSA, Beaune France, French Burgundies, Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne 2014, Tom Welsh
Sunday As I have mentioned in the past, I fly American Airlines and when I go to Napa, I take their Sunday morning flight, No. 2356 that leaves Chicago O’Hare at 10:30 a.m. and arrives in San Francisco at 1:30 p.m. It is a long flight at 4 hours and 35 minutes. However, taking that […]
Ballentine Vineyards, Cade's Estate Winery, Dena & Deluca, Eric Kent Wines, Glenwood Cellars, Kelly Fleming Winery, Larkin Wines, Napa Valley, Somerstone Wine, Steven Kent Wines, Tapp Label, Three Clicks Wines, ToutSuite, Vinoce