There are a lot of things I do right with wine and a couple of things I struggle with. One struggle at the top of my list is pairing wine and cheese. For the life of me I cannot figure out why I have such a tough time doing it. Not long ago I made a commitment to myself…
brie, cheddar cheese, goat cheese, wine and cheese pairings
A good friend and wine pal was on a trip in the south not long ago and came upon a wine called Norton which is a full-bodied dry red wine. Norton is produced by Les Bourgeois Vineyards in Rocheport, Missouri. It is made from 100% Norton grapes. The Norton grape has a very interesting history…
Les Bourgeois Vineyard, Missouri wine, Norton grape, Thomas Jefferson
A couple days ago I was opening a bottle of wine and snapped the cork off half way out of the bottle. It wasn’t necessarily the fault of the cork as much as it was my fault. I was in a hurry and didn’t keep my waiters corkscrew opener straight as I was pulling the cork out. If you pull the cork on an angle, especially in older wines, you’ll break the cork more times than not. After being grumpy about the situation for a while it made me think about corks vs screw caps…
cork, corks vs screw caps, natural cork, screw cap
Join Adler and I in celebrating the notable, highly anticipated, release of our 2016 Tiedemann Adler’s Blend Red Wine from Glenwood Cellars Wines. We will be hosting some tastings of this newly debuted wine at…
2016, Adler's, Adler's Blend, Bruce Devlin, Napa Valley, red wine
Not long-ago Mrs. Tiedemann and I were out on a dinner date, at a restaurant with a nice wine list. It was a busy evening at the restaurant and we were next to a table of eight people. As it happens (I am sure you all have experienced this at some point), there was a fellow at the table next to us…
bad glasses, bad servers, cheap wine, six annoying habits of wine people, wine temperature
I have mentioned Kapcsandy wines in the past. They are simply amazing wines. As I have stated before, long ago I was reading a copy of Food and Wine magazine and came across an article on the future “cult wines” of Napa Valley. There was a list of six wineries and Kapcsandy was one of the six. Several days after that I went to their website…
2002 Roberta Reserve, Kapcsándy Family Winery, Napa Valley wine, red wine