On my very first trip to Napa Valley back in 2008, one of the first wineries I visited was Etude. Over the years I have purchased some of their Cabernets. For the most part I have enjoyed them with the exception of…
I have always been a big magazine reader. I am a fan of lots of different topics: financial, food, interior design, travel and of course wine. Over the past 10 plus years I think I have subscribed to almost all of the wine publications available. Some are still in print while others are no longer […]
In a blog a few weeks back, I reported on the winery Switchback Ridge owned by Kelly Peterson and her 2004 Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah. In this week’s blog I am reporting (one more time) on the grape variety Petite Sirah (Peh-teet-sear-ah), the American name for the French grape Durif. The grape was created in France in the 1860s by Dr. Francois Durif…
As all wine drinkers know, corks have been the means of closing wine bottles for centuries. In fact, corks have been keeping wine in bottles since about the 17th century. In 1964 metal screw caps were introduced to the wine industry and they now hold a large share of the wine bottle closure market…
In my continuing quest to educate us all on various wines, I want to introduce you to the Italian wine Barbera. Barbera (Barrr-beah-rra) is a red Italian wine grape that comes from the region of Piedmont in northwest Italy. There are primarily three Barbera wines: Barbera d’Alba, Barbera d’Asti and Barbera del Monferrato…
Not too many months ago I had the opportunity to purchase six different bottles of Italian wines from a national distributor. I am sharing my thoughts on one of those wines, the 1997 Ornellaia red wine, in this week’s blog. Ornellaia (pronounced o-nell-eye-ay) is one the iconic wine estates of Italy…
The actual order you taste wines in is entirely up to you. It is fairly common to taste white wines first then work your way into reds. But this process may depend on how many wines you are trying. If you are tasting a lot of reds your palate has a tendency to become jaded or tired…
Last week, I posted an article discussing “Do you pick your wine by the label?” In today’s blog I am going to recommend a label for you to consider trying. Somewhere back in my early days of wine collecting I joined the Switchback Ridge mailing list and purchased some of the winery’s 2004 vintage wines. Today I am reporting on one of those wines…
I was reading my latest issue of Decanter magazine not long ago and came across an article about how people choose wine by what’s on the label. Lately, I have heard the term “label buyers” used more frequently…
I have reported in past blog articles on my 9-year-old “Superhero” grandson Adler Bear Carris who has inoperable brain and spinal cancer. He was diagnosed at age 4 and has been suffering ever since. Unless you have experienced cancer firsthand or through a loved one, it is difficult to understand all of the issues and emotions…
Happy Labor Day from the Tiedemann On Wines family. May your holiday weekend be filled with fun and adventure!
With the posting of last week’s blog, we proudly announced that it was our 300th wine blog article. It hardly seems possible that I have been writing the Tiedemann On Wines blog since January of 2013. When I launched this blog “way back then,” my intent was to use the blog as a method of providing knowledge, information…
While blending our 2016 Glenwood Cellars wines last year, I was presented with the opportunity to produce a Merlot, something I had never considered before. I knew that the popularity of Merlot had declined since the late 1990s…
I wish I had a glass of wine for every time someone has said to me “I don’t know anything about wine, but I like to drink it.” My response is generally “What kind of wine do you like: red or white?” To which the usual response is: “I like Cabernet or …
One of our goals in developing the LEX 530 Metropolitan Event Center was to be able to host our own events and support other events or organizations we care about. We are also hosting our own corporate wine dinners for friends and corporate clients; we are helping other companies host wine dinners for their own clients…
Over the years of writing my blog I have said many times the main purpose of the blog is to inform and educate all of us, myself included, on all things to do with wine. One of my fun topics and missions is to introduce you to different varietals of wine. In the past we have discussed Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chablis and so on. Today I have selected a new wine/grape to report on called Grenache (pronounced “gra-nosh”) which is a relatively unknown grape in the United States…
