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National Wine Day is Saturday, May 25th! Celebrate this long Memorial Day weekend with lots of new wines!
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Viognier Wines
One of my goals in writing this wine blog is to educate you on wine and related items. Part of that education process is to introduce you to different wines (typically out of your normal wine window) and try to entice you into trying them. Some are, or will be, popular varietals or blends, while […]
Chablis Wine
When I first started drinking wine back in the early 1990s I wasn’t a fan of red wine at all. I preferred white wines and got a lot of flak from friends about my wine choices. At that time one of my favorite go-to wines was a white wine called Chablis. I liked it a lot and ordered it whenever I could get it…
Merlot Comeback
When did you last drink a glass of Merlot wine? For most wine drinkers it was most likely some time ago, if at all. The popularity of Merlot wine started to fall off in the late 1990s into the mid 2000s. This decline took place as Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir grew in popularity and surpassed Merlot. Sales of the wine drove to much lower levels than any other time in the history of the wine…
LEX 530’s Spanish Wine Dinner Recap
Last Tuesday evening we held our second LEX 530 Wine & Dinner Club monthly dinner. This month dinner featured five courses of Spanish-themed dishes, selected and prepared by LEX 530 Executive Chef Chad Coryn. Each course was paired…
Cabernet Franc Wine
Cabernet Franc (“cab-err-nay fronk”) is a wine that is most likely not in what is referred to as your “wine safety zone.” Unless you are intentionally trying to educate your palate and/or feel adventurous in your wine drinking we often have a tendency to stay in our wine safety zone…
Glenwood Cellars Wine Ratings
I am very pleased to announce that our 2016 Glenwood Cellars Sauvignon Blanc and our 2015 Glenwood Cellars Chardonnay have been rated by Wine Enthusiast magazine. There are four or five main wine rating organizations in the U.S., Wine Enthusiast is one of…
Bwana’s 30th Review, Forecast, Hunt and Some Wine
Four weekends ago I had the opportunity to attend good friend Herb “Bwana” Krumsick’s 30th annual Real Estate Review, Forecast and Hunt. The event is held at the Flint Oak resort in Fall River, Kansas (population of about 200). Flint Oak has become known as America’s premier…
LEX 530 Wine & Dinner Club: Italian Dinner Recap
Over the years as I have become more involved with wine and my wine business, I find that I am eager to try new things such as wine tastings, wine dinners, different types and styles of wines, etc. I must also include the forming of the LEX 530 Wine and Dinner Club on that list. One evening back in the summer of 2014 I was discussing wine matters with my friend…
The Difference Between Prosecco and Champagne
Mrs. Tiedemann and I are mimosa fans. Although we differ in how they taste. She likes hers on the sweet side while I can drink ones on the dry side. Several weeks ago we were having brunch at the Chicago Cut Steakhouse (one of our Chicago favorites) and the waiter asked if we wanted mimosas…
Italy’s Valpolicella Wine
In an ongoing effort to introduce us to different wines I have chosen Valpolicella (val-po-la-cella) wines to report on in this blog. There are five primary Valpolicella wines that are produced in the Vapolicella wine zone in northern Italy’s Veneto region located in the foothills of the Alps…
Chianti Wine
For a long time many people thought that Chianti (key-on-tee) wine only came in a strange shaped bottle in a straw basket called a fiasco (fee-as-co). These bottles were very popular in the early 1970s. Today this classic Italian red wine is the most popular Italian wine in America…
Tasting Notes – The Vanilla Influence
I read a lot of wine tasting notes written by winemakers, wine writers, wine-rating professionals and so on. At times I even write my own tasting notes on wine that I am making or when I am reporting on wine here in our wine blog. Personally, I think it is important and fun to understand what wines taste like…
Our First Wine Dinner & Melon’s Flavor In Wine
As a wine develops it takes on certain characteristics, aromas, flavor development and weight. One of the many flavors that wines develop is the flavor of melons. There are, of course, many types of melon including watermelon and cantaloupe, but the most prevalent in wine is generally the honeydew…
Napa Trip: January 2019
It is impossible to say it isn’t great fun to visit Napa Valley wine country, but it seems like each time I am there I am busier than the last time. This trip west was no exception as I had a number of items to accomplish. I had originally scheduled this trip for the first […]
LEX 530 Event Center Happenings
In this week’s blog I am pleased to announce two important items that are taking place at our new LEX 530 Metropolitan Event Center in Elkhart, Indiana. Executive Chef at LEX 530 After much deliberation and discussion Mrs. Tiedemann and I decided it was very important for the success of LEX 530 that we hire […]