Columnist: Lifestyle
Types of Vintage Port
By Kurt Wieneke Port wines are custom-made for winter, the season where you need the warmth! Real port is from Portugal, and the vineyards used to produce port are located along the steep, rocky slopes of the mighty Douro River in northern Portugal. Interestingly, the name “Port” actually refers to the coastal city of […]
Kurt Wieneke, The Wine Guy, Visited Two Hoosier Wineries
By Kurt Wieneke This past summer, we took a jaunt to Southeast Indiana to check out a couple of Hoosier wineries, namely Holtkamp Winery and Ertel Cellars. As a bonus, we didn’t have to spend all day driving because these wineries are only about an hour from Indianapolis. The first stop was Holtkamp […]
Hallmarks of Great Wines
By Kurt Wieneke One of the benefits of having a wine cellar is the chance to age a wine for 20+ years, and then drink it at its peak. Such was the case this past Christmas, when I pulled from the cellar a 1999 red burgundy – Nuits-Saint-Georges “Les Damodes” and enjoyed it with roast […]
Three Key Things to Know About Wine
By Kurt Wieneke I have been a wine collector for many years and enjoy shopping for wine. When a large wine store opened here in Indianapolis, I remember seeing some younger customers walking through the wine section and looking fairly overwhelmed. Mind you, the wine section in that particular store takes up half the store […]
Decked Out In Reds
By Kurt Wieneke Summer weather is still in play! In fact, it’s been downright hot this year, especially here in central Indiana. While white wines are a ‘slam dunk’ in the summer, there are some red wines which will go best with your summer cookouts. The main thing with summer reds wines is you […]
Beginner French: Cotes du Rhone
By Kurt Wieneke, aka Wine Guy Kurt Years ago, I lived in Arizona when I first started getting into wine. Back then, I had a friend who always brought Cotes du Rhone to any social gathering. What I recall was that Cotes du Rhone is not only a fruit-forward and complex red wine, but […]
A Terrific Trio Of Winter Wines
By Kurt Wieneke Winter has arrived in Indiana. While very little golf is played in Indiana in February, that doesn’t mean golfers need to take a break from enjoying a great bottle of wine. In each season, there are certain types of wines I tend to gravitate to. For now, especially on these frigid […]
The 19th Hole
By Catherine Bowie “Fountain Square Brewery creates beers “For Life’s Greatest Moments.” After playing golf at one of the many golf courses in the greater Indianapolis area, you would well-served by a post-round cold craft beer. If you want a great craft beer in the heart of an Indianapolis’ neighborhood community, head to Fountain Square […]