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…
2013 Futo He-Li-An-Thus Napa Valley Red, 2014 O’Shaughnessy Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, 2015 Antinori Tignanello, 2015 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon, 2015 Tiedemann Adler’s Blend Red, 2016 Chappellet Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Bwana, economy, Fall River, fine wine, Flint Oak, hunt, Kansas, Real Estate Review
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…
Italian wine dinner, LEX 530 Wine & Dinner Club, Upcoming wine dinners, wine dinners
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…
Champagne, Prosecco, sparkling wines
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…
Amarone, Corvina, Corvinone, Italian wines, Molinara, Rondinella, Valpolicella, Veneto region, wine dinner
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…
Chianti wine, dry red wine, fiasco, Italian wine
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…
oak aging, vanilla