I don’t believe I woke up one morning and said, “Geez, I think I will make wine in Napa Valley.” The making of my own wines wasn’t an instant inspiration. […]
Time to Make the Wine
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Wine Temperatures: Get the Highs and Lows
A couple of the questions I get asked a lot are “What temperature should I serve my wine at?” and “Should I store my wine in the refrigerator?” and “Do I need to chill wines?” First, let me address the issue of storing your wine in your kitchen refrigerator. The common kitchen refrigerator maintains a temperature somewhere between 35 and 38 degrees and it has relatively low levels of humidity as well. As you will see from our guidelines, the optimum temperatures for serving wine range from 45 to 65 degrees. These temperatures are well above the temperature your refrigerator is capable of maintaining…
The First Time
Welcome to this, my very first posting on my new wine blog: Tiedemann On Wines. I am very excited about the opportunity to launch this new wine blog. I haven’t […]
Another Wine Blog?
So, why another wine blog, you ask? A great question and one that I have spent some time contemplating in the last month or two. I did a little research […]
Review: Joseph Phelps Insignia
As I have mentioned before, one of the benefits of collecting wine, or building your own wine cellar, is the ability to go to the cellar and select a bottle […]