The day following the big tasting event, I crossed both the Garonne and Dordogne rivers to tour the “right bank” area of Bordeaux. You have probably heard reference to the left and right “banks” of Bordeaux. The “left bank” refers to land on the western side…
Bordeaux wines, Château Figeac, Château Gazin, Château Larmande, French wines, Left Bank, Pomerol, Right Bank, Saint Émilion, wine tour of France
Editor’s Note: While Carl is busy trying to get the wine bar up and running, we’ve asked Tom Welsh, the new manager of the 530 Wine Bar, to fill in for this week’s blog. I’m pleased to be back contributing a blog entry to TiedemannOnWines.com. As with my first opportunity to do so, I’m sharing some of the wine-related experiences I had on a recent trip to France. The trip was planned around an annual tasting event in Bordeaux of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux, an organization…
Bordeaux, French wines, Tom Welsh, wine tasting
Over the years I have become a fan of Semillon wines. Some folks have never heard of the wine, let alone tasted it. It is the third most grown wine in France. In France, Semillon is an important blending grape. In Bordeaux, the Semillon grape…
Napa, Semillon, Stony Hill, white wine
Emilie and I are very excited to announce that the 530 Wine Bar is coming along very well and is only weeks away from opening. We don’t know the exact date, as there are a number of things to be delivered…
530 Wine Bar, Elkhart, wine bar, wine tasting
If you are going to be a wine drinker, you need to enjoy it. This should be pretty simple to do…well, maybe. It goes a little beyond open, pour, sip and enjoy. Wine tasting has a few critical steps which we are going to discuss here. Mastering these steps helps you understand what’s in your glass and helps you enjoy your wine more…
appearance of wine, finish, length, phases of wine tasting, wine tasting
As I was looking through my weekly wine reading articles, I came across several items I want to report to you on. The 2020 harvest was damaged by devastating fires and many power outages which interrupted irrigation and the harvest in general. The prediction for the 2021 harvest is…
ages of people drinking wine, drought, grape harvest, most expensive bordeaux, wine production, yields