Everyone is so excited about getting the 530 Wine Bar to opening day, including our many new potential patrons. Unfortunately, we can’t give you the opening date just yet…but we are getting much closer. This week allow me to introduce you to one of the guys who is working…
Coravin: One Of My “Must Have” Wine Tools

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 toolsArgentinean Wines & Laurent Martinez

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