Over the past year I have occasionally poured a white Spanish wine called Albariño (alba-reen-yo) at our monthly LEX 530 Wine Club dinners. I have come to enjoy the wine, as have many our guests. Albariño is a white wine similar in some ways to a Sauvignon Blanc. The Albariño grape is a small green-skinned variety that is said to have originated on the North Atlantic Coast of Spain…
2018 Burgans Albariño, Albariño, California wildfires, Portuguese wines, smoke taint, Spanish wines, white wines
In my August 19, 2020, blog I discussed what’s referred to in the world of wine as “wine tasting descriptors.” These are the aromas and tastes you get when you smell or taste your wine. Today I want to discuss two more descriptors: vanilla and earthy. When we produce wine, we intentionally age the wine in oak barrels in order to add flavors and palate appeal to the wine…
aromas, earthy, flavors, tasting descriptors, vanilla
Since I started collecting wine, I have maintained a personal wine list (tracked in Microsoft’s Excel program) to keep track of all of my bottles. All of my friends who have wine collections also keep up-to-date wine lists. If you do not have one, I suggest you take the time to complete one. They are handy if…
Tom Welsh, wine apps, wine collection, wine list
In this week’s blog, the first thing I want to update you on are couple of exciting events that have happened in the Tiedemann wine world. Then I want to discuss wine flavors and aromas with you. Most recently I received a phone call from my good friend Manfred Bauer in Chicago…
purchase our wines over the internet, wine aroma, wine flavors
Last week we took a look at what terroir is, how it affects the taste of wine and the different types. In this week’s blog, we will discuss some of the differences in terroir between my three favorite wine regions: Napa Valley, California, and Burgundy and Bordeaux, France…
Bordeaux, Burgundy, climate, Left Bank, Napa, Right Bank, soil, terroir
