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Wine Clubs: Cork Wars is Unique (Part 2)

November 5, 2013 / Carl Tiedemann / Wine

In part two of this series on wine clubs we’re going to explore a new type of wine club started by my Napa Valley friend Didier Loustau. The club is called Cork Wars and was launched in March of this year. Cork Wars is unique in that it combines the talents of Napa Valley sommeliers […]

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Bardessono Hotel, Didier Loustau, food and wine, Napa Valley, sommelier, wine clubs

Wow I Am A Lucky Guy: Review of the 2002 Hundred Acre Cabernet from Napa Valley

October 29, 2013 / Carl Tiedemann / Wine

This is the first edition of “Wines From My Cellar & Others.” Each month I will report on some of the wines I have tasted in this column. My cellar is relatively young with vintages starting in the early 2000s and is made up of predominantly California Cabernet Sauvignon wines. So I will be reporting on a lot of these wines. Today’s wine is the 2002 Hundred Acre Cabernet Sauvignon…

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2002 Hundred Acre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Kayli Morgan Vineyard, Napa Valley, wine review, Wines From My Cellar & Others

Didier Loustau: A True Wine Guy

October 8, 2013 / Carl Tiedemann / Life

In coming blog posts, I will make reference to my good friend and go-to wine guy, Didier Loustau from Napa Valley. Over the years I have come to respect Didier’s palate and vast wine knowledge. I wanted to share a little of Didier’s background today. As you can easily tell by his name, Didier is a Frenchman…

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Cork Wars, Didier Loustau, Napa Valley, ToutSuite, wine expert

The Napa Valley Bistro Is “Delightful”

September 24, 2013 / Carl Tiedemann / Food

For dinner on my first night in Napa, good friends Brian and Lori Nuss, Didier Loustau and Susan Quinn took me to dinner at the newly opened Napa Valley Bistro located in downtown Napa just east of Main Street at 975 Clinton Street. The Napa Valley Bistro was opened in May of this year by […]

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Brian Nuss, Cabernet, Napa Valley, Napa Valley Bistro, restaurant, Vinoce, wines by the glass

Going Back to Napa Valley…It’s a Sacrifice

September 10, 2013 / Carl Tiedemann / Life

When you live in Elkhart, Indiana, and make wine in Napa Valley, periodically you need to go to Napa. Tough luck, you say? It’s a sacrifice, but it is part of wine making. My latest Napa trip was from Sunday, July 21 through Friday, July 26. I like to leave on the weekend (usually Sunday […]

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Angéle, blending wine, Brian Nuss, Coles Chop House, Didier Loustau, Eric Kent Wines, French Blue, Glenwood Cellars, Napa Valley, Napa Valley Bistro, Norman Rose, Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant, San Francisco, travel, Vinoce
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