Episodes

We want to help you drink your feelings on a rainy day, so on this episode of Pinkies Up, we find the perfect wine to drink on a rainy day! Our "normal" wine drinker Bridget lays out some guidelines and the question, and our wine expert Nick picks a few bottles to try. Here are the types of wines that we thought would work well for your rainy day drinking! FULL BODIED WHITE WINES LIKE CHENIN BLANC ----- If you are looking for a wine that lifts your spirits on a rainy spring day, a full bodied w...

Are you intrigued by our incredibly punny Star Wars episode title? You should be! It's amazing and you need to listen to understand just how awesome our title inspiration is - or you can just check out this week's special episode cover art. We had a lot of fun sharing fun things that happened, product recommendations, and making Bridget choose her ideal Easter basket. Here are links to what we talked about on this week's episode: We love Loon Juice cider! We sell it at Lake Geneva Country M...

Hi podcast friends - you've probably heard us talk about how much we love Seipp Brewing's new Columba Bock beer, we've featured it as one of the things we're drinking. You may also remember us talking to Laurin Mack, the brand owner of the beer last year as she launched the brand. This year, she launched a second type of Seipp Beer - Columbia Bock - and we teamed up with her and Dave Desimone, site director of Black Point Estate & Gardens, to have a virtual launch party for the delicious new bee...

It's a rainy tired week here but Nick helped Bridget rediscover something awesome that seems appropriate for this weather - Sweet Little Rain! This coffee shop trick combines two of Bridget's favorite things, and to learn what it is, you'll need to listen to our product recommendations - we think that's what you call a tease, right? Heads up - we really want to get your input for next week's "would you rather" questions. Whether you have a favorite one that you like to ask people, or a dastardl...

We had quite the eventful St. Patrick's Day week, including a visit to our alma mater - Badger High School. On this week's episode, we share some hilarity occurred there, as well as general St. Patrick's Day fun and all the usual things. Here's what we talked about this week. Check out the video we filmed with the Badger ProStart students on YouTube here. Our Seipp's Columbia Virtual Beer release event is on Thursday, March 25th. You can buy tickets on our Eventbrite page. If you want ...

Very exciting news - on this week's episode, we're joined by Lucy and Simona for Kid Corner! If you want to hear what they have to say, you'll have to listen to the end. You can also watch on YouTube to see how freaking adorable they are on camera. In addition to Lucy and Simona's podcast debut, we try the brand new Decoy wine seltzers (Nick was super pumped about them), play some crazy fun Irish-themed would you rather, and lots more fun. Here are links to what we talked about on this week's e...

It's a weird week as we close in on the anniversary of realizing corona virus was a serious thing and would start changing our lives forever. It seems strange to break life up into "before" and "after" corona when it's only been a year, but it still seems like a huge divider. Bridget has had quite the week with illness in her house and it's a fitting topic of conversation for how we generally feel this week! Don't despair, we opened some Irish beer (made by Guinness, but not Guinness Draught) a...

On this episode of Pinkies Up, we set out to make your life just a little bit better by finding the perfect wine to drink with pepperoni pizza! Whether you're doing take out, eating at your favorite pizza place, or eating a frozen pizza on a Thursday night, having a bottle of wine the complements your pepperoni pizza is going to help put a smile on your face. The wines we tried are easy to find, affordable, and versatile, so watch the episode to see what we think worked best with the pizza! Our...

Hey everybody, we had a pretty down week caused by decisions that were made by the Lake Geneva City Council in regards to planned pop up dinners we were going to hold in downtown Lake Geneva. We took some time to express our feelings about that decision in this podcast and moved on to more positive things like some really delicious food talk and funny kid stories. It was a much needed bit of therapy - thanks for your support! Here's a rundown of things we talked about this week: Bridget lov...

If you love Harry Potter and puns, you probably are curious about the title of this week's episode - you're going to have to listen to our news stories to find out where the reference comes from, and we promise it's pretty awesome. Here are links to everything we talked about on this week's episode: We'll be hosting a series of Pop Up Dinners in downtown Lake Geneva starting on Saturday, February 27th. You can get tickets and details about all 3 of our dinners on Eventbrite. We enjoyed a...

We're bringing you this episode early so you know to come and visit us at our donut *and* bacon themed pop up shop in downtown Lake Geneva on Sunday, February 14th. Wherever you are, you need to come get the donuts - they're DELICIOUS! Okay, shameless promotional plugs aside, it's been quite the week. We've had a Super Bowl, Valentine's Day is here, Mardi Gras is almost here, and it's snowing like crazy. We're here with a fun episode full of great times and random news. Here's what we talked ab...

This week's episode was recorded live at our Lake Geneva Country Meats Sausage Shack Pop Up with special guest Kevin Fleming! We recorded during after we closed the shop for the day and the annual Streets of Lake Geneva Cocoa Crawl was occurring. If you watch on YouTube, you can see the stream of people going by the store! We took a laid back approach to this week's episode and enjoyed a Guinness (it's good for you!) while we chatted with Kevin. You're going to want to make sure you listen to t...

On this episode of Pinkes Up, we seek to find out what is the best type of wine to drink with dark chocolate. Trust us, it was hard to do the research on this episode, but we got it done for you!

We're giving this episode a Dad joke title because it is coming out a little later on Sunday than we normally release episodes and it's about chocolate! We were unable to record our normal weekly episode this week due to time constraints, so we dug into the audio archives and pulled out an interview Nick previously did with Julie Waterman of Indulgence Chocolatiers in Milwaukee, WI on a past podcast episode. The interview was conducted in 2018, so some things are different (pre-COVID!), but we ...

If you're a fan of the Dad jokes, Nick really over-delivered on this week's episode...if you don't like the Dad jokes, then maybe be prepared for some serious groans! In addition to the jokes, we talked about terrible jobs, gave some shout outs to our favorite things from the Biden / Harris Inauguration, invented a new drink, and talked about some delicious food. Here are links from this week's episode: We made a new cocktail that we call the "Green & Gold" for your Green Bay parties! Just p...

Happy Inauguration Week everybody! We want to promote a celebration of America and all of the wonderful traditions that bring us together, so on this week's episode, we put an Inauguration theme to the podcast. Join us as we share funny stories from past Inauguration, talk favorite fictional heads of state (thanks social followers for the input), talk about Presidential meals, and play a Presidential themed game of Interesting Questions with Bridget & Nick! Here are links to what we talked abo...

Bridget was right - just because it's 2021 doesn't mean that the craziness is ended!! We cover a wide range of topics on this episode from Dry January to the madness at the Capitol to some very helpful (maybe) financial planning tips from Nick. Here are links to what we talked about on this week's episode: We got some great community comments on Dry January - thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for future discussion topics and please share you...

Happy New Year! On this week's episode, we have a fun conversation about what New Year's means to us, how we celebrate, and favorite memories. We also share some of the things we are looking forward to in 2021 and chat about the all the normal things as well. It's good to start trying to get back to normal a little bit! Here's what we talked about on this week's episode: We drank a glass (or two) each of Gramona La Cuvee, a Spanish sparkling wine that is made by a sustainable, family owned an...

On this New Year's themed episode of Pinkies Up, we answer the question "what's the best Champagne under $15?" by trying 7 different sparkling wines to let you know what wine you should be drinking this New Year's Eve! On Pinkies Up, we try to help normal wine drinkers learn more about wine in ways that are unpretentious, fun, and helpful. On this episode, Nick drops a few pro tips about sparkling wine throughout the episode while Bridget shares her love of bubbles and offers opinions about wha...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year friends! We forgot to tell you on last week's episode that we're taking a break from our normal full length episode this week due to the Holidays, but we do have a super awesome Pinkies Up episode that is being released right after this episode. This episode of Pinkies Up is all about budget friendly sparkling wines for New Year's Eve, and you aren't going to want to miss it. Nick also still had a fun Kid's Corner story about Simona to share, so you don't have...

We're still apart - don't want to get anyone sick before Christmas! - but we are in a festive mood as we talk about Christmas traditions, house decorating, and lots more on this fun episode of Dinner Plus Drinks. We hope you enjoy hearing some of what we're looking forward to this Christmas and hope you'll send us some of your Holiday traditions. We love hearing about the fun things all of our podcast friends are doing! Here are a few links of things we talked about on this episode: Bridget sh...

Bridget & Nick recorded this episode remotely in the direct afterglow of our first ever Christkindlmarkt. It was a monumental undertaking to make this event happen and we used this episode to discuss the whole journey of getting this event off the ground. Listen to hear the travails of this event and enjoy the happiness of an all's well that ends well. In addition, we announced the winners of our 50th Episode giveaways. Here they are: Apple Podcast Review - Sue the Turtle Doctor Facebook Post...

Friends, loyal listeners, and casual acquaintances, it's our 50th episode! We are celebrating with recaps of some of our favorite moments over the past 50 episodes, which is conveniently roughly a year. When we started this journey together, we could not have predicted what was going to happen this year, but we've gone through it together, and we're incredibly grateful that you've been along for the ride with us. To thank you for your support, we're giving away 3 - $25 Amazon gift cards. Here's...

Welcome to Pinkies Up, a series where we answer questions "normal" wine drinkers like Bridget have about wine. In this episode, we find out what wine pairs with Christmas cookies! It's a festive time of the year, and you're probably going to be baking and eating Christmas cookies. You're also probably a little stressed from the hectic schedules, so you may want a glass of wine with your cookies. However, with so many types of cookies and so many flavors, how do you pick a wine that makes those ...