I am very pleased to announce that Stan Minden has joined the team at LEX 530 as our Wine Director. Stan has more than 17 years of experience in retail sales. Stan spent those 17 years as the wine buyer for Elkhart’s Chalet Party Shoppe stores. For the last number of years Stan was the premium wine buyer for…
530 Select Wine Club, Stan Minden, Talk & Tasting, Wine Director
When I first started drinking wine, oh so many years ago, I will admit to being very ignorant about all things that had to do with wine including being able to read a wine label. I knew almost nothing about the various types of wine. Like a lot of people, I started drinking white wines and wasn’t a big fan of reds at all…
ABV, estate bottled, New World wines, origin of grapes, reading wine labels, vineyard, vintage
This week is part one of a series on How to Read Wine Labels. We will start out with how to read an Old World wine label. There are some items that are “must haves” on each wine bottle label: Items such as type of wine, i.e. Cabernet, Burgundy, Merlot, etc. You will also find the alcohol level…
AOC, Bordeaux, Burgundy, French wine, how to read a wine label, Old World wine, VDP, VDQS, VDT
I have had a number of people ask me why I like wine so much and, not, other drinks. My situation is different than most people. For medical reasons, my doctors have told me not to drink beer or liquor, both of which in my younger years I enjoyed. They told me it was fine for me to drink red wine and that is pretty much what I have stuck to…
drinking wine, enjoying wine, wine for pleasure
I assume you all have heard about the terrible wild fires that have been and are currently burning throughout California. According to the National Interagency Fire Center and Wine-Searcher.com, so far this year 7,012,294 acres in the U.S. have been damaged or burned due to fires…
California wildfires, Glass Fire, Napa burning, smoke taint
I realize I have written a couple of blog articles in the past on Riesling. I have also recommended you continue to try Riesling wines and add some various bottles to your wine collection, all of which I still recommend. I was moving some wine from a wine refrigerator to my wine cellar and came across several bottles of Riesling…
2007 Toni Jost Riesling, Auslese, Beerenauslese, German wines, Kabinett, Riesling, Spatlese, Trocken, Trockenbeerenauslese