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