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Category Archives: The Wine Department
It’s the Most Delicious Time of the Year! Tasting/Sampling at Marion Street Cheese Market
Visit retail and sample some delicious items to include in holiday boxes, at your next party or just for you! FRIDAY 12/16: (4:30-7:30) *Truffle Truffle – an artisan chocolates & confections company based in Chicago, with a passion for personalization! … Continue reading
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COW TOWN – an evening honoring Wisconsin Cheesemakers!
Title: COW TOWN – an evening honoring Wisconsin Cheesemakers! Description: marion street cheese market and the wisconsin milk marketing board present COW TOWN – an evening honoring wisconsin cheesemakers! **featuring** multiple cheesemakers, fine wine, craft beer & artisanl spirits! 10 … Continue reading
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I think I’m allergic to tannins. Or maybe I’m allergic to wine.
A customer told me a story about ending up in the hospital after sharing a single bottle of red wine with two other people, over a large meal. He became violently ill a couple of hours after leaving the restaurant. … Continue reading
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Why I love Spain though it breaks my heart and pisses me off – Winemonger Candy’s rant
Everything written here is unresearched, not scientifically proven and based completely on my opinion. The only thing that is indisputable is that this comes from my heart and from deep inside my gut, soul and spirit. It is, therefore, extraordinarily … Continue reading
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NYE Update and Hours
Marion Street Cheese Market is open today! We’ll be offering a champagne tasting this afternoon – stop by and get some beautiful beverages to welcome in 2010. If you are one of those last minute planners, we still have some … Continue reading
Y’all asked for it: Winemonger Candy’s sulphite speech!
Hello fellow Winefolk, Thanks to all of you who decided what this week’s wine conversation would address. Here, I’ll try to answer a lot of your questions and shed some light on one of the most frequently discussed but most frequently misunderstood topics … Continue reading
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winemonger’s weekend wines
Hi everybody, Fall is a fun time to buy wine: there’s a natural transition from crisp whites, delightful dry pinks and fruit-forward reds to aromatic whites, cozy reds, and bubbly from all over the world. Here are some delicious new … Continue reading
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Pairing of the Century!
So I felt the need to retaste the 2007 Domaine de Figueirasses Rosé Vin de Sables again the other day. The Figueirasses is spicy and minerally – a crisp style of Rose with a gorgeous and subtle pinkishorangishsunsetish hue that pink … Continue reading
carpe vinum
Seize the wine. If I had a personal motto, that would be it. Life is too short to not drink good wine. And it is definitely too short to drink bad wine. Good thing there’s none of that (bad wine, that is) in our … Continue reading
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