Mother’s day is just around the corner and if you don’t have a gift lined up yet, put this free tasting on your calendar. This Mother’s Day Tasting Event will be held on on Thursday, May 9, 2019 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Chalet Party Shoppe on County Road 17 in Elkhart. […]
Chalet, wine tasting
When I blend our wines, there are two very important factors I strive to achieve. First, I want to create a wine with a good, if not excellent, nose. The wine needs to have enticing aromas as that is the first stage of the sensory assessment of any wine. The wine’s aromas play an important role in how much we will like the wine…
aroma, finish, length, wine tasting
Not long ago I was at a local restaurant and over the evening our table ordered a bottle of white wine to start and then a bottle of red wine later. When the server brought the white wine (a Chardonnay) she also brought a bucket of ice to keep the white chilled. This is standard […]
decanting, decanting white wine, wine tasting
For some time now I have been trying to decide how I feel about the 100-point wine rating system. Is it good, bad, useful or even beneficial to wine consumers? A wine rating (50 to 100 points) is a score given to a particular wine by one or more wine critics after the critics have tasted the wine. It is a summary of the wine critic’s evaluation of the wine. The 100-point wine rating system was developed by…
100-point rating scale, flavor profiles, tasting notes, wine ratings, wine tasting
Last week, for the very first time, I had the distinct pleasure of participating in a wine tasting at Tapastrie restaurant in downtown South Bend. Tapastrie is located at 103 W. Colfax Avenue. The building is on the corner of Michigan Street and Colfax Avenue next to the Morris Performing Arts Center. It is in […]
Chef Tony Nafrady, Tapastrie, Tom Welsh, wine tasting