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Welcome to SUDS, WINE & SPIRITS (www.sudswineandspirits.com).
A million years in development, this SWS website better reflects both the current Cream City Suds & Windy City Suds BEER content, now adding WINE & SPIRITS., too !
Visit us again, visit us often, as we will be constantly adding new features, archived articles, press releases, calendar(s) of events, and lot more.
If you have something you'd like us to add, be it events or stories, email us at milwbrew@execpc.com.
Thanks for visiting us and see you all soon !
Whispering Jeff
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JOE CONGUISI
Joe Conguisi has passed away.
Per the Chicago Tribune today, Mr. Conguisti was "heralded by industry experts for his expertise and knowledge of spirits. Last October, he received the Keeper of the Quaich award from the Scottish whisky industry, one of the most prestigious awards in the business. He judged in competitions all over the world and was highly regarded in the Spirits industry."
Visitation will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. today in Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W. Lawrence Ave in Norridge, IL.
Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, 4646 N. Austin Blvd., Chicago, IL.

Cream City Suds
Since 1995, CREAM CITY SUDS (creamcitysuds.com) has been a solid source for both beer events and info. Now part of our new website, sudswineandspirits.com, look to the Cream City Suds homepage to be updated ...often.

Our beer newspapers (and website) have been covering Milwaukee-Madison (as CREAM CITY SUDS), Chicago (as WINDY CITY SUDS) and the Twin Cities since 1997. While we continue to provide excellent coverage of these core markets, as your "Tour Guide," we plan to lure you to other great Breweries - Brewpubs, Beer Stores & Beer Bars through the Midwest and Central regions.

We've launched several new homepages, such as Brewing Technology, Homebrew & European Brewery tours, starting with Germany.

BOLD Beers are hot right now, and so are BELGIAN ALES.

Learn more about them all soon in the CREAM CITY SUDS section of our SUDS, WINE & SPIRITS website.

The-Grape-Vine
Our website The-Grape-Vine.com launched about a year ago. Now, it, too, is part of our sudswineandspirits.com group.

In this, our first collaborative issue, look for articles by Michael Ratkowski of the Marketbasket on Syrah-Sirah; Jenna Smith's intro Wine article and Brian Gustafson's article on Great Wine Values.

Coming up soon are articles by Jenna Smith on Big Red Zins; Russ Bridenbaugh's on Organic Wines; Michael Ratkowski's feature on Champagne and much more.

Watch for frequent updates to our Wine website, reflecting Jenna's Wine Posse samplings, Wine & Cheese Pairings and what we hope to soon offer, a very thorough GRAPEVINE Wine Events Calendar.

Great Distillations
Whiskey, Vodka & Rum... we've covered all three in past issues of CCS-WCS. Our Spirits website, GREAT DISTILLATIONS (greatdistillations.com) has now joined sudswineandspirits.com

Look for even more coverage by us of the full range of spirits, get previews and reviews of events such as WHISKEYFEST & BOURBONFEST, learn more about Vodka & Martinis, product reviews, distillery tours and spirits events listings.

In this inaugural edition, learn about MALT ADVOCATE'S Whiskeyfest Chicago, read Russ Bridenbaugh's tribute to Jim Beam's Booker Noe, Mike Miller (of Delilah's) feature on Bourbon, plus Brian Gustafson's Vodka 101.

Arriving soon, John Barrett, Jack Daniel's Whiskey Professor on Tennessee Whiskey; Alan Dikty on Irish whiskey, Mike Mason on Trig's review of Signatory Scotch Whiskey offerings and Brian Gustafson, with part 2 on his vodka series, "Flavored Vodka."