Happy Thanksgiving
The entire team at Tiedemann On Wines hopes you stay safe this holiday weekend, and get to enjoy some of your favorite wines in the places that bring you peace. Cheers!
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LEX 530 4 Winds Winery Dinner
I am a little late reporting to you an exquisite wine dinner we held on Friday, October 23, 2020. We were very fortunate to have Roy D. Chapin IV and his fiancé Maura Clark of 4 Winds Winery fly in from Napa Valley to present their 4 Winds Cabernet Sauvignon…
What Happens as Wines Age?
I have mentioned a few times in my blog that most wines produced today, at least in the U.S. and some other countries, are made to drink immediately or certainly within a 24-month period. Everyone’s palate and taste for wine is different, which is a positive thing. Personally, I like wines…
Buying Great Wine
Buying “great wine” is very subjective, at least I believe it is. Knowing how to select the right, or best, wine means you must consider a number of factors before you go to purchase that “great bottle” of wine. These factors include asking yourself…
New Wine Director at LEX 530
I am very pleased to announce that Stan Minden has joined the team at LEX 530 as our Wine Director. Stan has more than 17 years of experience in retail sales. Stan spent those 17 years as the wine buyer for Elkhart’s Chalet Party Shoppe stores. For the last number of years Stan was the premium wine buyer for…
How to Read a New World Wine Label
When I first started drinking wine, oh so many years ago, I will admit to being very ignorant about all things that had to do with wine including being able to read a wine label. I knew almost nothing about the various types of wine. Like a lot of people, I started drinking white wines and wasn’t a big fan of reds at all…
How to Read An Old World Wine Label
This week is part one of a series on How to Read Wine Labels. We will start out with how to read an Old World wine label. There are some items that are “must haves” on each wine bottle label: Items such as type of wine, i.e. Cabernet, Burgundy, Merlot, etc. You will also find the alcohol level…
Is Wine Worth Drinking?
I have had a number of people ask me why I like wine so much and, not, other drinks. My situation is different than most people. For medical reasons, my doctors have told me not to drink beer or liquor, both of which in my younger years I enjoyed. They told me it was fine for me to drink red wine and that is pretty much what I have stuck to…
Napa Valley Fires and Wine Grapes
I assume you all have heard about the terrible wild fires that have been and are currently burning throughout California. According to the National Interagency Fire Center and Wine-Searcher.com, so far this year 7,012,294 acres in the U.S. have been damaged or burned due to fires…
More on Riesling Wines
I realize I have written a couple of blog articles in the past on Riesling. I have also recommended you continue to try Riesling wines and add some various bottles to your wine collection, all of which I still recommend. I was moving some wine from a wine refrigerator to my wine cellar and came across several bottles of Riesling…
Albariño Wine & California Wildfires
Over the past year I have occasionally poured a white Spanish wine called Albariño (alba-reen-yo) at our monthly LEX 530 Wine Club dinners. I have come to enjoy the wine, as have many our guests. Albariño is a white wine similar in some ways to a Sauvignon Blanc. The Albariño grape is a small green-skinned variety that is said to have originated on the North Atlantic Coast of Spain…
More Tasting Descriptors: Vanilla and Earthy
In my August 19, 2020, blog I discussed what’s referred to in the world of wine as “wine tasting descriptors.” These are the aromas and tastes you get when you smell or taste your wine. Today I want to discuss two more descriptors: vanilla and earthy. When we produce wine, we intentionally age the wine in oak barrels in order to add flavors and palate appeal to the wine…
Happy Labor Day 2020!
Everyone at Tiedemann On Wines wishes you and your family a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.
Wine Lists for Home
Since I started collecting wine, I have maintained a personal wine list (tracked in Microsoft’s Excel program) to keep track of all of my bottles. All of my friends who have wine collections also keep up-to-date wine lists. If you do not have one, I suggest you take the time to complete one. They are handy if…
A Few Updates and Wine Flavors
In this week’s blog, the first thing I want to update you on are couple of exciting events that have happened in the Tiedemann wine world. Then I want to discuss wine flavors and aromas with you. Most recently I received a phone call from my good friend Manfred Bauer in Chicago…
Terroir: A Look at Three Favorites
Last week we took a look at what terroir is, how it affects the taste of wine and the different types. In this week’s blog, we will discuss some of the differences in terroir between my three favorite wine regions: Napa Valley, California, and Burgundy and Bordeaux, France…