This is the first edition of “Wines From My Cellar & Others.” Each month I will report on some of the wines I have tasted in this column. My cellar is relatively young with vintages starting in the early 2000s and is made up of predominantly California Cabernet Sauvignon wines. So I will be reporting on a lot of these wines. Today’s wine is the 2002 Hundred Acre Cabernet Sauvignon…
2002 Hundred Acre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Kayli Morgan Vineyard, Napa Valley, wine review, Wines From My Cellar & Others
Wine clubs are a very popular item these days and I believe rightfully so. It seems that lots of organizations have a club or are starting one. For example, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times each have one. Forbes magazines, Williams-Sonoma, Amazon, American Airlines and eBay all have wine […]
Chalet Party Shoppe, wine clubs, wine discounts, wine discoveries, wine tastings
About a year ago I had the good fortune of meeting Jonathan Lutz, owner of the Uptown Kitchen and The Mark Dine & Tap restaurants in Granger and South Bend, Indiana. In the past year not only have his restaurants become wine customers of ours, but more importantly Jonathan and Jenny Lutz have become family […]
Cambria Pinot Noir Julia's Vineyard, Jonathan Lutz, Pago Cimera Torrontes, Uptown Kitchen
Should you return wine at a restaurant? What are some of the causes of getting faulty wine? And how should you properly send wine back if you need to? Let’s discuss these topics in today’s blog on sending a bottle of wine back…
cork taint, maderization, oxidization, refermentation, returning wine, sending wine back
In this second part of our series on Wine Lists Carl presents his tips and tricks on dealing with wine lists and we walk you through how to order from a wine list. Don’t fear the wine list, read Carl’s tips here…
food and wine, how to order wine, Melka Wines, sommelier, wine lists
Wine lists are one of the items that can quickly strike fear into a grown person. Restaurant patrons, including many of my friends, dread the thought of dealing with a wine list. In part one of this two-part series we will discuss: What is a wine list? How are they organized? What is a good wine list […]
wine lists, wine pricing, wines by the glass