My son, Bruce, and I went out to Milwaukee to visit friends over the weekend. Of course, I cannot travel to a state without checking out at least one winery. Fortunately, Wisconsin has 34 to choose from. I dragged my friends, and their kids, to Cedar Creek Winery.

Cedar Creek is an urban winery in downtown Cedarsburg. They have a surprising variety of wines, a total of 15 whites and reds. Some of the highlights:

My favorite, by far, was Uncle Pierre's Beaujolais. The grapes for this wine are grown in France, the wine is also made there. It is a light Beaujolais with an almost fruity taste and almost no tannins. The Old Mill Red was also good. It is an Italian-style wine made from the Fochs grape. It is steel aged and meant to be drunk quickly.

A good summer wine is the Strawberry Blush. It is 90% Seyval Blanc and 10% Strawberry Juice. The strawberry juice adds a nice flavor to the Seyval Blanc, which is a wine I normally find bland.

I highly recommend checking out this winery if you are in the area...there is no tasting fee.