Cooking With Wine

tips from local chefs about how to successfully create something delicious

Inga Witscher, host of Around the Farm Table and a passionate gardener and cook, and Anthony Chavez, local chef and owner ...

Home Is Where the Wine Is

quarantine boosted wine sales and had Valley drinkers sticking to favorites or trying new varieties

Erica Jones’ go-to wine is rosé – especially a crisp, semi-dry rosé with hints of raspberries and melon ...

Raising a Glass to Art

pairing local wines with local artists

There are many words that I’d use to describe myself, but up until last week, sommelier wasn’t one of them. As a humble high school teacher ...

Wine Ice Cream? Why Not?

V1 editor experiments with alcoholic ice cream

With comments ranging from “I can’t taste the wine in this at all,” to “I won’t eat this, because it tastes like wine,” this recipe is a great conversation starter for family gatherings.

Putting Down Roots: How discoveries and accidents led to winemaking in Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s wine industry is modest in scale, but has roots as old as the state itself. A Hungarian immigrant named Agoston Haraszthy planted the state’s first vineyard in 1846 on the east bank of the Wisconsin River ...

Six Savory Wisco Wine & Cheese Pairings

“Eau Claire Wine Guy” William Bernier suggests these combinations of Wisconsin-made cheeses and wines from the award-winning Wollersheim Winery of Prairie du Sac ...

The Finest on the Vine

the top three local wineries from our 2018 Best of the Chippewa Valley Reader Poll

Whether you’re a wine expert or more of a novice, each of these winemakers are sure to have something you’ll be interested in. These wineries were voted the Best of the Chippewa Valley in Volume One’s 2018 ...

6 Savory Wisco Wine & Cheese Pairings from William Bernier

“Eau Claire Wine Guy” William Bernier suggests these combinations of Wisconsin-made cheeses and wines from the award-winning Wollersheim Winery of Prairie du Sac ...

William Bernier – a.k.a. the Eau Claire Wine Guy – wants to take the mystery out of wine

Choosing the “right” wine can be intimidating – so intimidating, in fact, that some of us never try anything new or avoid vino altogether. By advising restaurant managers, servers, and diners ...

Your Favorite Local Winemakers

the top three local wineries from the most recent Best of the Chippewa Valley Readers Poll

In the most recent edition of our annual Best of the Chippewa Valley poll, River Bend, Autumn Harvest, and Infinity Beverages took home to honors in the Best Winemaker category ...