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  • In Your Glass: Bring On the Bubbles, Champagne Drinks

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    What better way to celebrate spring than toasting it with a glass of something bubbly? Beer is good, but champagne is better. If nothing else, drink some to follow this sage advice: Don’t die with a bottle of champagne in your fridge. Here are a couple ways to enjoy your preferred effervescent wine, be it […]

  • Juicing Up: Juice Bars Sprout Tasty and Healthy Treats

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    If you have ever had trouble getting your share of fruits and vegetables, some new spots in Door County may be your solution. Juice bars have popped up throughout the peninsula and they’re sharing the secrets of enjoying these easy and healthy options at home. “Juice is kind of an IV of nothing but goodness,” […]

  • Uncork Summer Tickets on Sale Now

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    Tickets are now available for Uncork Summer, Door County’s annual celebration of food, wine, and music in Ellison Bay. The festival returns to the grounds of the Wickman House June 23, with bites from more than 20 food vendors, plus wines, local ciders, craft beers, and hand-crafted cocktails. Jazz vocalist Erin Krebs and a surprise […]

  • Door Peninsula Winery Introduces Four Cider Varieties

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    Door Peninsula Winery has ventured into cider making with the release of four varieties:  Cherry Mimosa, Perry, Modern Cider and Heritage Cider. All four are exclusively made with Door County-grown apples and cherries or Wisconsin-grown pears. “It’s a return to Carlsville’s roots,” said head Door Peninsula Winemaker Allan Hyland. “Before prohibition, Carlsville produced more than […]

  • Hatch Distillery Breaks Ground in Egg Harbor

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    Ground was symbolically broken in the Village of Egg Harbor on Feb. 9 for the Hatch Distilling Co., a 7,250-square-foot distillery and tasting room that will open this summer. Excavation started Feb. 12 and footings will be poured Feb. 19. The distillery will be located at 7740 Hwy 42 in Egg Harbor. “Our plan is […]

  • Door County Brewing Co. Founders Launch Hacienda Beer Co.

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    On Feb. 3, 2018, Door County Brewing Company founders Danny McMahon (head brewer) and Ben McMahon (sales manager) as well as Allyce Mohs (operations manager) will launch a new brewing venture, Hacienda Beer Co. Located in Baileys Harbor, Hacienda will primarily focus on producing experimental hoppy ales and stouts as well as traditional and non-traditional […]

  • Legislation Would Reduce Excise Tax on Craft Beer, Wine, Cider and Spirits

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    The Boulder-based Brewers Association sent a press release late last week announcing a milestone in legislation designed to help the craft beer industry, when U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) became the 51st senator to support the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act. Shortly after that, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) became the 52nd supporter in […]

  • A Cherry Wine Fairy Tale: Schmiling Family Shepherds State’s First Winery into 21st Century

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    “Once upon a time there was a doctor named Charles Stiehl.” Those are the opening words Brad Schmiling chose when asked to relate the 50-year history of von Stiehl Winery. And that is fitting because, at least from the outside, this does seem to be a fairy tale. The good Dr. Stiehl helped to draft […]

  • Door County Brewing Opens Doors to New Taproom

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    The excitement in beautiful downtown Baileys Harbor was palpable Saturday morning, July 1, as a crowd gathered for the opening of the new Door County Brewing Co. – just three years after the brewery opened its first taproom just a few blocks away. VIDEO:  Take a tour inside the new taproom>> But it might as well […]

  • In Your Glass: Cherry, Cherry Sangria!

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    My goal was to create a Sangria with as many local products as possible, a Door County Sangria, if you will. How about cherry Sangria? Never heard of it, but why not? The idea came to me after I had already come up with several other more traditional Sangria recipes. I was in Main Street […]

  • Mother-Daughter Duo Introduce Bellasia Tea and Book

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    Bellasia Tea, a new business inspired by a mother and daughter’s love of fairy tales, is transporting tea drinkers to a fairytale realm, where wizards, fairies and dragons roam, with just a sip of a magical brew. Bellasia Tea medleys are inspired by the teas in a storybook created by Mercedes Wadkins and Sara Coat, […]

  • Bill Introduced that Would Allow Wineries to Serve Until Midnight

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    Owners of Wisconsin’s wineries are hoping this time is the charm for a bill introduced again this session that would allow wineries to serve wine until midnight, rather than having to stop serving at 9 pm. As the law stands now, wineries must stop serving at 9 pm, but many would like to be able […]

  • Lautenbach’s Orchard Country Releases 9th Door County Lighthouse Wine

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    Lautenbach’s Orchard Country will release the ninth edition of its highly anticipated Door County Lighthouse wine series on June 10. The new release features the Baileys Harbor Range Lights and local artist Stacey Small Rupp’s rendition on the wine label. Housed in a blue lighthouse-shaped bottle, the limited edition wine is a semi-dry cherry Riesling […]

  • Bring On the Bubbles: Champagne Drinks

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    Ah, May. Just the word suggests sweet breezes, peonies in the garden and bare feet. Birds proliferate. Boats hit the waters. Kids spring from schoolhouse doors, liberated at last. What better way to celebrate spring than toasting it with a glass of something bubbly? Beer is good, but champagne is better. If nothing else, drink […]

  • Cheers!: Pairing Leatherhead Beers with Sonny’s Pizza

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      Pizza and beer go together like peanut butter and jelly, but, after many years of attending beer tastings, I was invited to my first beer and pizza pairing last week at Sonny’s Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria in Sturgeon Bay. Jacob Sutrick, brewmaster at Green Bay’s newest craft brewery, Leatherhead Brewing Co., featured three of […]

  • Door County Beer Festival Tickets on Sale Feb. 1

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    Tickets for Door County’s largest craft beer event of the year go on sale Feb. 1! The Door County Beer Festival returns to Baileys Harbor Saturday, June 17 with more than 150 craft beers, live music, and local chefs. Tickets sales are limited to 1,200 people. This year’s event will feature carefully curated craft beers […]

  • Cheers!: Speedway Stout, Black Gold from AleSmith Brewing

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    Checkered flags on a bomber bottle? It must be Speedway Stout from AleSmith Brewing of San Diego. AleSmith is another brewery run by a homebrewer – Peter Zien – who wanted to take his award-winning beers to the public. It’s a success story I never tire of hearing. Speedway is an imperial stout brewed with […]

  • Cheers!: Leinie’s Memories of the 1980s

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    Before the craft beer evolution/revolution had really taken hold, I was a big fan of Leinenkugel’s beer. Back in the time I speak of – the early 1980s – there was no Leinie’s Summer Shandy or IPL. Not counting Leinie’s Light (which, of course does not count as beer), there were, as far as my […]

  • Cheers!: Liquid Fudge and Coconut

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    Inexplicably, while walking in gale force winds and extremity-freezing cold to buy groceries, I had a nice, soft beer on my mind. I was actually thinking of the Belgian ale Duvel. After a long day at work and then walking in these extreme conditions, I had developed a major thirst, and I know Duvel can […]

  • Door County Brewing Co. Introduces an American IPA, Pallet Jack Cruiser

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    Door County Brewing Company expands distribution to Indiana on Jan. 1, after signing distribution agreements with Craftroads Beverage. Door County Brewing Co. began its distribution in Wisconsin in 2013, expanding to Minnesota in 2015, Illinois in 2016 and now Indiana. “We are excited to partner with a distributor whose only focus is on craft beer,” […]