Several years ago Tiedemann Wines started distributing Spanish Wines. Most of the reds are a Tempranillo varietal. Some are blends with a variety of grapes. Tempranillo is a popular grape that is grown worldwide but its homeland is Spain…
If you are into wines then you have most likely heard the term varietal (va-ri-e-tal) used to describe a wine. Maybe your wine shop has said, “This is a single varietal wine.” Many times the term is confused with the word “variety.” Most wine lovers don’t know that one word refers to grapes and the other to a type of wine…
I have written on specific Pinot Noir wines in the past but I have never addressed the actual grape and its history. I’ll share with you what I know and what I learned. Since I didn’t drink Pinot Noir wines early in my wine-drinking days, over time I have had to acquire a taste for Pinot Noir…
With the development of our new LEX 530 Event Center nearing completion I have begun to focus on what sort of wine events we might hold in the event center. These thoughts run parallel with my desire to restructure and improve our existing Tiedemann On Wines Wine Club…
When you are tasting wine there are a number of terms or components you can use to describe what you taste. Some of the more important terms are: balance, tannins, acidity, fruit flavors, structure and alcohol. In this week’s blog I would like to have a discussion on a couple of these terms. Of the ones I listed, the two I want to focus on are: balance and acidity…
I am reporting this week on yet another good deal for all. This wine is rated at 90/100 points by Wine Enthusiast Magazine and is sold at Chalet Party Shoppe for $19.99 a bottle. The wine is produced by Landmark Vineyards which is located in the foothills of Mayacamas Mountains in the Sonoma Valley…
I usually figure out several weeks in advance what my blog topics are going to be and I usually select one topic to report on each week. This week I am going to change the normal format and write on several topics. In the future I may do this once a month or so. This […]
The wine featured in today’s blog is a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc produced by Astrolabe Wines in New Zealand’s most important wine region known as Marlborough. The Marlborough region is located at the northeastern top of the South Island. I felt that after last week’s blog on Sauvignon Blanc, in which I mention New Zealand a number of times, I should report on a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc in this blog…
When I first started drinking wine over 25 years ago, I only drank white wines and my favorite was Chablis. Over the years my friends, and my desire to educate my palate, pushed me toward red wines as well as other whites. Today, about three quarters of the wines I drink are reds and the rest are whites. After my Chablis days one of the first white wines I started drinking was Sauvignon Blanc.
In my blog article from February 11, 2016, I wrote a lengthy piece called “Are you a wine snob?” I described the various titles and categories associated with “wine folks.” The four different categories were: Wine Snob, Wine Lover, Wine Aficionado and Wine Geek. At that time I categorized myself as a “Wine Aficionado” with a couple of “wine snob” faults…
This week I am introducing you to another good quality, inexpensive wine. The wine comes from the Marlborough region of New Zealand. The Marlborough Region is by far New Zealand’s most important wine region and is similar to Napa Valley here in the United States. Marlborough Region, South Island, New Zealand Marlborough is located at […]
Most of my Napa trips are to make wine and search for new wines to be represented by our Indiana distribution company: Tiedemann Wines. In addition, I am always on the lookout for wines that might go in my personal wine collection. This trip, for the most part, was all business which included a lot […]
As I have mentioned in the past, I have been trying to expand my palate and wine knowledge by tasting a number of new wines. Lately I have been focused on tasting Old World wines, particularly wines from Italy. I have been a big fan of Brunello di Montalcino which is claimed to be the […]
I am excited to announce that soon we will be releasing our new 2015 Glenwood Cellars Pinot Noir. Once again, I teamed up with two talented winemakers: Kent Humphrey and his co-winemaker Hanna Chort, of Eric Kent Wine Cellars in Windsor, Calif., to blend and produce this wine. The Vintage The 2015 California wine grape […]
Every now and then I get asked about Old World and New World wines: what are they and what is the difference? Certainly they are two different styles of wine, but I don’t believe one style is better than the other. After I thought about the question, I too wanted the answers to a couple of questions…
I am very pleased and excited to announce after waiting three and a half months and jumping through a number of governmental hoops, we have received our construction permit which allows us to finally begin construction on our new LEX 530 Event Center! The center will be located in our corporate facility located at 530 […]
