It's back, it's better and it's ready to feed your appetite for fine food and drink. Presented by Southwest Airlines, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's second annual Wine & Dine Wisconsin is bigger (130,000 square feet - 40% larger); longer (hours have been extended to 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday) and features a new Critic's Choice area, where some of the restaurants on dining critic Carol Deptolla's Top 30 list will offer samples.
Featured Critic's Choice restaurants include Lake Park Bistro, Dream Dance Steak, Bacchus, Sanford, Eddie Martini's, Maxie's Southern Comfort and Umami Moto. The Critic's Choice area is separately ticketed, and tickets must be purchased online.
Visitors can sample food and drink from more than 100 exhibitors. Other features: more than 40 prominent chefs and libations experts on four stages; the Stella Artois beer garden; and a second "Cheese Island."
Also new this year are 11 culinary and beverage seminars, which are ticketed separately at $5 each.
Featured chefs include Carlos DeLeon of Harbor House, the new Bartolotta restaurant on the lakefront; Joe Muench of Maxie's Southern Comfort; Alamelu Vairavan, host of MPTV's "Healthful Indian Flavors," Thi Cao of Café Calatrava; Jason Gorman of Dream Dance Steak; Tom Schultz of Smyth at the Iron Horse; Robert Ash of the Pfister Hotel; and Richard Palm and Ulrich Kobersteinof the American Club.
Tickets are $49 at the door. You can save $10 if you buy advance tickets, available through Wednesday. A weekend pass for both days is $59 in advance, and $69 at the door. Tickets to Wine & Dine Wisconsin, Critic's Choice and the seminars are limited. A portion of proceeds from Wine & Dine Wisconsin benefit Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.
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