A number of years ago my good friend Didier Loustau, of Loustau Wines and Marketing in Napa, sent me some wine from Hartwell Estate Vineyards. As I have said in the past, Didier has a great palate and can select some outstanding wines. So when he said he had tasted a couple vintages of Hartwell […]
New Venture: Wine Dinners & Tastings

In last week’s blog I wrote about our first Tiedemann On Wines Wine Club event. It was a really enjoyable evening … tasting Spanish wines and a few of my Glenwood Cellars wines. The event was held at the Uptown Kitchen Restaurant, who by the way, was our first Wine Club partner. In this week’s […]
corporate events, Elkhart, wine dinners, wine tastingsWine Clubs: What’s the Difference? (Part 1)

Wine clubs are a very popular item these days and I believe rightfully so. It seems that lots of organizations have a club or are starting one. For example, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times each have one. Forbes magazines, Williams-Sonoma, Amazon, American Airlines and eBay all have wine […]
Chalet Party Shoppe, wine clubs, wine discounts, wine discoveries, wine tastingsSawyer Gardens Is the Place to Be

Have you ever been to Sawyer, Michigan? No, you say? Well up until Saturday, August 10, 2013, I don’t think I had either. Sawyer is situated north of Three Oaks, Michigan, along I-94. It is about 50 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes northwest of Elkhart. It is located in an area that is […]
Michigan, Sawyer Gardens, wine shop, wine tastingsTop 10 Tips for Wine Tasting Events

When my daughter Elizabeth and I put on our wine distributor hats, one of the fun things we get to do is work (I say ‘work’ tongue in cheek) wine tastings and wine dinners. In today’s post we are going to explore the top tips to help you get the most out of wine tastings. […]
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