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Wine and a Mukwonago girl
All blog entries by oenochick (view profile)

Feb. 9, 2008

What's in a name? That which we call Morillon by any other name would smell like Chardonnay! Cencibel, Ulle de Llebre, Aragonez, Valepenas, Tinto de Toro, Tinto Pais and Tinto Roriz. What do all of these things have in common? Well they are all names for the same grape and with the exception of three of them, these are names for the same grape in the same country. And by no means are t... Posted by oenochick at 12:33 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

Jan. 13, 2008

Cheers to Spanish Wine for the New Year Happy New Year!!!!! Oh wait………it’s like January 13th. Hhhmmmm….. darn it! But it IS a Happy New Year for the Johnson’s of Mukwonago. The mommy (me) has given up being a restaurant lifer and has gone to the other side. Which is the side that the majority of ... Posted by oenochick at 10:00 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

Nov. 29, 2007

i vini di Piedmonte: il resto della storia So I was sitting in my car outside of a locally owned wine shop where I was going to meet a few of my contemporaries and taste through wines from Northern Italy. It was the start of what is going to be a "tasting group" organized by a local wine instructor. We were all going to bri... Posted by oenochick at 3:48 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

Oct. 17, 2007

i vini di Italia Umanità. . . Possiede due benedizioni supreme. Primo di questi è il Demeter di dea, o la Terra qualunque nome che lei sceglie chiamarla da. Era lei che ha dato all'uomo il suo nutrimento di grano. Ma dopo che è venuta lí il figlio di Semele, che ha uguagliato il suo ... Posted by oenochick at 2:05 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

Sept. 29, 2007

The wines of Autumn My youngest son just entered kindergarten and in the first week he had show and tell. The theme of show and tell that week was "Signs of fall". My first inclination, although I am not a crafty type of mom at all, was to go out and finds some leaves that were starting to turn. Press them... Posted by oenochick at 11:27 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

Sept. 12, 2007

Vintages Change Ok so I wasn’t going to gripe in this blog. EVER. Things that can’t effect the way the world goes around don’t normally bother me. My opinion is that in the big picture of life, all of the little stuff doesn’t matter.  Picky guests, guests that want to split a glass o... Posted by oenochick at 1:29 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

Aug. 22, 2007

A Passion for Pinot (deux) Oh the red wines of Burgundy. I am fortunate in that I buy wine for a restaurant that has a French wine list. Every night is a welcome challenge to explore with our guests strange new wines, to seek out new wines from new civilizations, to boldly go where…ok, ok I’ll stop. My favorit... Posted by oenochick at 8:32 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

Aug. 11, 2007

I passed the Court of Master Sommeliers advanced certification ~ or Now I have the big green pin. Since August of 2004, I have had a bug. That is when I took the introductory course for the Court of Master Sommeliers and passed it.  And I passed it only missing two of the 80ish questions. OMG did I know about wine or what! I thought I knew it all. I only missed two questions!!! ... Posted by oenochick at 4:07 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

Aug. 5, 2007

A Passion for Pinot (un) My love affair with Pinot Noir began in the late eighties when I was a retail wine buyer for a group of wine stores in Portland Oregon. (Pronounced OAR-eh-gn, not Oar–eh-GOHNE.). Of course the Willamette Valley has become to be known as a mecca for domestic Pinot along with the Russian Ri... Posted by oenochick at 1:30 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

July 25, 2007

It's hip to drink pink ~or~ Don't dis my rose If you work in the restaurant business, you have probably heard this disdainful sentiment many times, "Oh my God, table 53 ordered a whole bottle of that pink c**p! Or this sentiment that’s only uttered amongst us elitist restaurant workers, "If I owned my own restaurant I would... Posted by oenochick at 9:04 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Dining

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