I am pleased to tell you all that at long last our 530 Wine Bar is open. We had a couple soft opening days to test everything prior to our official opening date. We greeted over 80 people in those first two days. I sent a number of invitations out to ask people to our soft openings. I can tell you that as the hour of opening got closer, we all became nervous…
We Are Almost There

Emilie and I are very excited to announce that the 530 Wine Bar is coming along very well and is only weeks away from opening. We don’t know the exact date, as there are a number of things to be delivered…
530 Wine Bar, Elkhart, wine bar, wine tastingNew 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 tastingsWellfield Botanic Gardens Annual Dinner

It hardly seems possible that an entire year has gone by since Mrs. Tiedemann and I attended the last Wellfield Botanic Gardens Annual Dinner. But last Thursday evening we once again had the privilege of attending The Gardens (as it is called by many) Annual Dinner. What a grand evening it was. The temperature was […]
Albertina Cabernet, Elkhart, Glenwood Cellars, Twenty Rows, Wellfield Botanic GardensWine with Dinner and a Garden

There must be something special to be said about spending an evening in a beautiful garden with friends and a glass of wine. For the last three years, Mrs. Tiedemann and I have had the pleasure of attending the Elkhart Wellfield Botanic Gardens Annual Dinner. Our attendance at this wonderful summer evening event was through […]
Culture, Elkhart, Tom Pletcher, Wellfield Botanic Gardens