Over the last three and a half years that Mrs. Tiedemann and I have been hanging out regularly in Chicago, one of our go-to places to shop is the Bloomingdale’s Home Store located at 600 North Wabash Avenue. I think Bloomingdale’s has a reputation for being a little expensive. However, Bloomingdales’ business model presents a […]
Coravin, preserving wine, tasting wine, wine tools
This past Sunday afternoon, I had the pleasure of tasting wine with Laurent Martinez, the 24-year-old CEO of Maire International, a company headquartered in San Juan, Argentina. Laurent’s company now represents 35 different wine producers from South America: 30 from Argentina, and five from Chile. These 35 producers represent approximately 150 different wine labels…
Argentina, Laurent Martinez, Maire International, tasting wine