A Little Reminder
Carl is traveling this week so we thought we would remind everyone that despite the dismal weather most of the country is seeing, the sun is not far away…
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Wine and Cheese Pairing: Part 1
There are a lot of things I do right with wine and a couple of things I struggle with. One struggle at the top of my list is pairing wine and cheese. For the life of me I cannot figure out why I have such a tough time doing it. Not long ago I made a commitment to myself…
2016 Norton Red Wine
A good friend and wine pal was on a trip in the south not long ago and came upon a wine called Norton which is a full-bodied dry red wine. Norton is produced by Les Bourgeois Vineyards in Rocheport, Missouri. It is made from 100% Norton grapes. The Norton grape has a very interesting history…
Natural Corks vs. Screw Caps
A couple days ago I was opening a bottle of wine and snapped the cork off half way out of the bottle. It wasn’t necessarily the fault of the cork as much as it was my fault. I was in a hurry and didn’t keep my waiters corkscrew opener straight as I was pulling the cork out. If you pull the cork on an angle, especially in older wines, you’ll break the cork more times than not. After being grumpy about the situation for a while it made me think about corks vs screw caps…
2016 Adler’s Blend Release
Join Adler and I in celebrating the notable, highly anticipated, release of our 2016 Tiedemann Adler’s Blend Red Wine from Glenwood Cellars Wines. We will be hosting some tastings of this newly debuted wine at…
Six Annoying Habits of Wine People
Not long-ago Mrs. Tiedemann and I were out on a dinner date, at a restaurant with a nice wine list. It was a busy evening at the restaurant and we were next to a table of eight people. As it happens (I am sure you all have experienced this at some point), there was a fellow at the table next to us…
My Top Wine of the Month: 2005 Kapcsandy Roberta’s Reserve
I have mentioned Kapcsandy wines in the past. They are simply amazing wines. As I have stated before, long ago I was reading a copy of Food and Wine magazine and came across an article on the future “cult wines” of Napa Valley. There was a list of six wineries and Kapcsandy was one of the six. Several days after that I went to their website…
Happy New Year!
Tiedemann On Wines wishes you a festive and safe New Year’s! To prepare you for your New Year’s toast, check out this comprehensive blog on sparkling wines by guest blogger Tom Welsh.
Merry Christmas!
The entire family at Tiedemann On Wines wishes you and your family the very best holiday!
Christmas Wines
With Christmas Eve and Christmas Day approaching quickly you’ll have plenty of opportunities to pop a couple corks, be it with friends or family. As I did at Thanksgiving, I am going to suggest some wines for Christmas…
Syrah Wine
In this week’s blog I want to introduce you to the seventh most grown grape throughout the globe. Syrah (si-ra) is also known as Shiraz in Australia and is a dark-skinned grape that is used primarily to produce red wine. It is used as a single varietal and as a blend…
One of my Thanksgiving Wines: The 2014 Seawolf Zinfandel
If you read my blog last week on what wines to serve on Thanksgiving, you’ll know that one of my recommendations was to pour a Zinfandel red wine. Over the past years I have become quite fond of Zinfandel red wine. In fact Zinfandel is the primary blend in my Adler’s Blend red wine that I produce in Napa Valley…
Happy Thanksgiving! Thoughts on Thanksgiving Wine From The Experts
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays of the year. It’s one of several holidays when our entire family gets together for a good portion of the day which is always very enjoyable. The question that always comes up from friends at Thanksgiving is what wines should be served throughout the Thanksgiving Day. This is always a fun topic to discuss since there are so many choices…
Corked Wine: What Is It and How Does It Taste?
Last week I opened a bottle of red wine from my cellar and I discovered it was corked. Over my wine drinking career I have had a number of corked bottles of wine. Each time it happens I am slightly depressed, since I just wasted a potentially good bottle of wine…
2001 Etude Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
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…
Wine Magazines
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 […]