Filed under: Wine , Beer , East Coast , Midwest Cities , Champagne , Cocktails , Lists , America , Spirits Well, it can't come as a surprise, as the city of Milwaukee is known as "The Nation's Watering Hole," and was, at one time, home to four of the world's largest breweries: Schlitz, Pabst ... and alcoholism. Rounding out the Top 10: Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Columbus...

So, I went to Milwaukee over the weekend to have a Marykay skin care party for my Mom. After the party I went to dinner with my Dad. He took me to the Anchorage on Port Washington Road in Glendale. Except that it was pouring rain, w e had a beautiful view of the Milwaukee River. While we ... the mushroom shaped red potatoes. So try the wine and if you get to Milwaukee, we recommend the Anchorage...

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We are finally getting settled in. I lie, we've been settled in, and we've been quite busy getting to know our little area in Milwaukee. The biggest perk to our location is how "in the city" we are. We are walking or cycling distance to almost everything we have wanted to do and see so far ... , The Milwaukee Public Market , that will be getting a whole post all to itself, farmer's markets, a fantastic...

My son, Bruce, and I went out to Milwaukee to visit friends over the weekend. Of course, I cannot travel to a state without checking out at least one winery. Fortunately, Wisconsin has 34 to choose from . I dragged my friends, and their kids, to Cedar Creek Winery . Cedar Creek is an urban winery in downtown Cedarsburg. They have a surprising variety of wines, a total of 15 whites and reds...

Above: Booksigning Dinner at Dream Dance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pictured: Chef Jason, Susan Sokol Blosser, and Christian Damiano, Dream Dance Manager. The first leg on my tour to promote by new book, At Home in the Vineyard , was to my home town, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee was pretty ... at Milwaukee's finest restaurants, Dream Dance and Bacchus. I can't say enough about the professionalism...

Went to see Steven Stills in concert in Milwaukee last night and stopped at a newer restaurant that made some fabulous Cajun food. Took a bottle 1989 Trefethen Estate Reserve and a bottle of Beringer 1989 Private Reserve. One would swear the Beringer...

The emails have been pouring in & when we decided to hang it up, we were more than reluctant about our decision. So fear not! We are back. There will be some major changes around here, but you can still expect to see lots of photos of great food & drink, plus some of our culinary adventures in our new town of Milwaukee. Milwaukee is such an under-the-radar food paradise it would be a shame...

BrewerSupply.com was a nice catch when we were considering opening a brewing supply house here in Eau Claire. While we probably would have had a hard time getting enough walk in traffic right away for wine and beermaking supplies the internet is an amazing mechanism for additional growth. It also gets a little traffic which is either for people looking for beer making gear or Milwaukee Brewers...

Anheuser-Busch Inc., the U.S. division of the nation's largest brewer, said Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in a signed a letter of intent that it is terminating its U.S. importing rights to the Grolsch beer brands. Miller Brewing Co. of Milwaukee will become the exclusive importer of the Grolsch beer brands under a tentative agreement that would transfer the U.S. import rights from its main domestic...