One evening several weeks ago I was rummaging around in my wine cellar looking for a bottle of wine to drink that evening and I came across a bottle of Three Clicks Malbec from Napa made by Bruce Devlin, one of our winemakers. I hadn’t had any Malbec recently so it quickly became…
Another wine characteristic that we all should be familiar with is a wine’s body. A wine’s body simply refers to how heavy or viscous it feels in your mouth. It is important that I mention that a wine’s body relates specifically to how it feels…
Wishing all of you a safe and happy 4th of July holiday! I hope you try some new wines and share good memories with friends and family!
In past blogs I have touched on a wine’s structure and balance. These are two relatively important items in the world of wine. The two terms have been on my mind lately. I am in Napa Valley this week to blend new vintages of our wines…
I have been in business some 40 plus years now and one of the most important things I had to learn early on was that relationships are essential to the success of any business. Not only do you have to create the relationships, but you must maintain them as well…
When I decided to write on wine lists again, I felt that I needed to contact my restaurant friends that are involved in their wine lists and get their input. I developed a list of five questions that dealt with list age, diversity, pricing and customer usage…
I have written a number of times in past blog articles on the pros and cons of restaurant wine lists. Having looked at number of restaurant wine lists lately, I thought it might be time to revisit the topic. I continue to be intrigued by wine lists both big and small…
I have written in the past about storing wine in your refrigerator. After seeing a number of bottles Mrs. Tiedemann had stored in our fridge in the garage I thought I needed to revisit the subject. I assume the bottles have been in there for a long time, so what is the chance the wine is still good?
National Wine Day is Saturday, May 25th! Celebrate this long Memorial Day weekend with lots of new 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 […]
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…
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…
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 (“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…
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…
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…
