Rest In Peace, Carl Tiedemann
Adolf Carl Tiedemann IV passed away peacefully at 4:45 am on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
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Mother’s Day Brunch
In lieu of our weekly wine blog, this week we thought we would let you know about a special Mother’s Day Brunch at the 530 Wine Bar and the LEX 530 Event Center on Sunday, May 8th from 11 am to 3 pm…
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! May you have the opportunity to spend the holiday with those you love.
Another look: How long can you keep wine?
Editor’s Note: As Carl continues to rest at home, we went back to our informal poll from last week to find out what wine drinkers want to know more about. This week’s winning topic is about the aging of wine. The question was asked: How long can a wine be stored before it goes bad?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
As Carl continues cancer treatment this week, we thought we would take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day…
From The Archives: Chef Trotter & the Mushroom King
Carl has been a little under the weather the last couple of days. So we’ve decided to pull out one of our editor’s favorite early blogs from January 21, 2013, to re-run. This piece is about Carl’s experience in the legendary Chef Charlie Trotter’s kitchen in Chicago. Trotter was an American chef and restaurateur. His most well-known restaurant, Charlie Trotter’s, was open in Chicago from 1987 to 2012…
2021 California Wine Harvest
If there is a low yield harvest, grape prices tend to go up because of the lack of grapes. If the yield is up, grape prices tend to stay steady or go down. This all tends to affect the price of a bottle of wine. The crop was light in 2020 with only 3.4 million tons of wine grapes being crushed…
More About Fine Wines
Back on May 9, 2018, I authored an article on fine wines in my wine blog. As my wine team began to taste wines for my 530 Wine Bar wine list, the term “Fine Wine” came up a number of times. As we were tasting, if the three of us (Stan Minden, Tom Welsh, and I) did not all vote “yes” on a wine, it did not make the list…
Another Look at Petite Sirah
Back in 2019 I wrote about the Petite Sirah grape in my blog. I have been drinking a few glasses of it lately and had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. So, I decided to write about the grape again to remind everyone to try it, soon…
Why Learn About Wine?
If you are a fan of wine and drink four to five glasses of wine a week, then you are a candidate for learning about wine. Learning about wine can make your social experiences better. If you like enjoying wine with others, as I do, learning more about wine will allow you to…
White Wines
As I have mentioned in the past, when I started drinking wine years ago, (I will not tell you how many years that was) I started with white wine. My favorite, back then, was Chablis. Chablis is a dry white wine that has crispness, citrus, flower aromas and flavors of pear and minerality. Even today I like Chablis and continue to drink it when I can…
My Cancer Story
It is amazing to me how one day you can be on top of the world and the next day you are in the doldrums. Cancer has that effect on you and certainly has on me. In this week’s blog I want to share my cancer story with you. For a number of years my PSA level had been running high. I did not worry about it because there were no other problems. In 2018 I developed a nodule in my prostate. My doctor became worried that it was cancer…
The 530 Wine Bar Is Now Open!
I am pleased to tell you all that at long last our 530 Wine Bar is open. We had a couple soft opening days to test everything prior to our official opening date. We greeted over 80 people in those first two days. I sent a number of invitations out to ask people to our soft openings. I can tell you that as the hour of opening got closer, we all became nervous…
Happy New Year
We wish you a very Happy New Year! May the year ahead bring you much joy (and lots of wine!) Cheers!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from the entire team at TiedemannOnWines.com. Please have a safe and happy holiday!
