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Nathaniel Bauer

Nathaniel Bauer has spent the last 10 years as a wine buyer for some of Milwaukee�s finest restaurants. Two standouts include a six-year tenure with Bartolotta�s that culminated at Bacchus as a manager and sommelier, followed by two years as the General Manager and certified sommelier at Dream Dance. Finally late in �08 he hung up his wine key to start a family. Even though he is now the Marketing Director for a local software company, Big Bang LLC, wine keeps calling his name. The steady chant that kept him in the restaurant business for more than a decade, even after his several attempts to ignore its call, keeps him up to date on current vintages and producers around the globe. Bauer still visits many Milwaukee establishments, both retail and restaurant, to stay a part of the fantastic wine community in this city. Now, after more than a decade in the wine and restaurant market, he is glad to have no direct affiliations and looks forward to offering an experienced and impartial opinion on how local wine purveyors can be even more successful.

Recent Articles

	Bars & Clubs - October 10, 2009
	Uncorked: The worst bartender in Milwaukee
	What's so special about bartenders? They're just people cowering behind the safety of a 4-foot barrier who tip a bottle of liquid upside down and pour it into a glass. Your total interaction with them can be as little as a minute or two. How hard can it be? Well, with all the average or below-average bartenders you've experienced, apparently it's harder than it looks. What is it that differentiates good bartenders from bad?

	Bars & Clubs - October 3, 2009
	Uncorked: Drink good sake, eat good sushi
	Sake is made from rice. It is a brewed alcoholic beverage. There are varying degrees of quality determined by production and the amount milled away from each grain of rice. There are more than 30,000 unique sake labels, almost all from Japan. The unique and distinctive flavors of sake rival the most complex wines. Before Nanakusa opened, there was very little decent sake to be had in the city. That isn't the case now.

	Bars & Clubs - September 26, 2009
	Uncorked: How to throw a killer wine party
	Hosting a group of people who really enjoy wine or want to learn more about wine can be an incredible time. There are, however, a lot of decisions that go into planning such an event. Will it be formal or casual? Will you cook yourself, hire a caterer or ask guests to pitch in by bringing dishes? Collaborating with your guests or keeping the menu smart and relatively easy are two strong options.

	Bars & Clubs - September 19, 2009
	Uncorked: Where in the world is... Bierzo?
	Historically, the Bodegas (wineries) in Bierzo produced largely weak and unmemorable wines. But the last two decades have seen superstar winemakers focus on hillside plantings for better exposure and drainage. Some have said that the vineyards are some of the most beautiful in all of Spain with plantings arranged on steep slopes and terraces.

	Bars & Clubs - September 12, 2009
	Uncorked: Why Sprecher is the state's best brewery
	Milwaukee didn't garner the moniker "Brew City" for just any old reason; the history and saturation of the beer market is a huge part of the city culture. But Wisconsin isn't just known for its mass produced brews, it has been host to a number of excellent micro-breweries whose number and quality are ever increasing. The best in the field -- in terms of quality and portfolio -- is Sprecher.

	Bars & Clubs - September 5, 2009
	Uncorked: A tasting event at the Park Lafayette
	OnMIlwaukee.com wine columnist Nathaniel Bauer will mingle with readers during a tasting event Sept. 16 at Park Lafayette Condominiums, 2025 N. Summit Ave. The format is simple: Come and hang out, see the new space, eat some food, taste some wine. You can tour of the facilities and sample fun wines.

	Bars & Clubs - August 20, 2009
	Uncorked: Why Champagne is good ALL the time
	There is a stigma and aristocracy associated with Champagne that the spirit doesn't deserve. For the record, Champagne is sparkling wine, but sparkling wine is not Champagne unless it comes from the region Champagne, France. Although there are many beautiful examples and very well made sparkling wines from around the world, Champagne produces the best sparklers on the planet -- bar none.

	Bars & Clubs - August 13, 2009
	Uncorked: Visiting Napa Valley during the Harvest
	Thinking about going to Napa Valley this year for the harvest? Not unless you planned your trip months ago. This week's column covers the most popular tourist season, and the most hectic for wineries, known as the "crush." We'll discuss the pros and cons of braving the masses from September through October in Napa Valley.

	Bars & Clubs - August 7, 2009
	Uncorked: Peak time for backyard chillin' and grillin'
	Sitting out on the patio with friends, enjoying some tasty brats, hamburgers, ribs and corn on the cob is a pastime that Wisconsinites have mastered as we have a considerably shorter time span in which to practice it. So what better libation to match up with your classic grill fair than ... wine, of course.

	Bars & Clubs - July 30, 2009
	Uncorked: Are restaurants ripping customers off?
	How often have you walked into a restaurant, opened the wine list and stared wide-eyed at the seemingly ridiculous prices? You scan down the list, looking for one or two of your most recent favorites, find them and can't believe that the restaurant wants $125 for the bottle you paid $35 for last week. Uncorked explores the meaning of this markup, explains the rationale and talks about a world with reasonably-priced wines.

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