Shortly before my recent trip to Napa Valley I received an invitation to the Dean & Deluca 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage Release Wine Tasting. This tasting featured some of the top 20 vintage Cabernets made in 2012 by Napa Valley vintners. The invitation came from my friend Kerrin Laz, then Wine Director at Dean & […]
Brillant Mistake Wines, Cabernet, Continuum, Dean & Deluca, Didier Loustau, Kerrin Laz, Sean Larkin, Switchback Ridge
It is time again to share my latest adventures in Napa Valley with you. What follows is a day-by-day accounting of my trip west. After this I will be posting individual articles on some of the more notable events. Friday, March 20, 2015 Mrs. Tiedemann and I arrived in Chicago on Friday afternoon…it was later […]
2009 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino, 4 Winds Winery, B Cellars Vineyards and Winery, Bistro Don Giovanni, CADE Estate Winery, California, Ciccio Napa Valley, Courtney Humiston, Didier Loustau, Fume Bistro, Hugo’s Frog Bar & Fish House, Larkin Wines, LUXBAR, Napa Valley, PRESS Restaurant, Ramey Wines, Riedel Grafik Design, Scott Barber, Somerston Wines, The Boarding House, The Capital Grille, Three Clicks, ToutSuite, Verve Napa Valley, Vinoce, White Oak
I don’t know about all of you, but as I get older I don’t seem to have the same amount of drive or the same “get things done” attitude I did years ago. Now, I know that I needed to have a meeting of all the Wine Club Partners but just seemed to put it […]
2000 Colgin Cariad, 2002 Dominus Estate, 2005 Buccella Cabernet, 2006 Kapcsándy Cabernet, 2007 Insignia, 2010 Aubert Chardonnay, Didier Loustau, Lucchese’s, McCarthy's On the Riverwalk, Napa Valley wines, The Mark, ToutSuite Social Club, Uptown Kitchen, Wine Club
A number of years ago my good friend Didier Loustau, of Loustau Wines and Marketing in Napa, sent me some wine from Hartwell Estate Vineyards. As I have said in the past, Didier has a great palate and can select some outstanding wines. So when he said he had tasted a couple vintages of Hartwell […]
Cabernet, Chalet Party Shoppe, Didier Loustau, Hartwell Vineyards, Javier's Bistro, Lucchese’s, McCarthy's On the Riverwalk, wine dinners, wine tastings
If you haven’t been to TORC in downtown Napa yet for dinner you really need to on your next Napa visit. TORC is one of the newest and hottest restaurants in the Valley. Be sure to get reservations well in advance as the place is usually packed. I had the good fortune of dining at […]
Chef Sean O’Toole, Didier Loustau, Napa, TORC