THE BEST OF THE BEST in the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Minnesota wine scene! Congrats to all the 2018 winners! To celebrate our strong locally owned and operated independent wine scene in Minnesota, we launched the Twin Cities Wine Awards in 2018. Sixteen categories to help recognize the best of the best when it comes […]
The much anticipated Best of the Twin Cities issue of City Pages just hit the stands. I grabbed it fast and rushed to the Food and Drink section, eager to see who is getting some deserved props. In years past this issue has always done a pretty good job. In 2017 Troubadour won Best Wine Bar — […]
I need to let you know about one of the great wine bargains in the city which will be happening through the month of April 2018. Let me break this down to the place, the situation, the new sommelier, the new chef, and the amazing current deals on wine. The Place: NineTwentyFive Restaurant at Hotel […]
For me, this is what the wine industry is all about. Mid Summer, 1995: The Mall of America had been open for three years, and the hottest restaurant in the Mall was California Cafe. I was there waiting tables, scrapping together every bit of money I could while attending the University of Minnesota. I didn’t […]
The ultimate marker of Spring has occurred in the Twin Cities and thousands of people, including me, are more satisfied, nourished, and relaxed as a result. Yes, the seasonal restaurant Sea Salt at Minnehaha Falls is running full speed for the season, well staffed and ready to make people like you and me very happy. […]
Note from Jason: This profile is about one of my favorite people in the local wine scene. Erin Rolek represents the younger generation of sommeliers in all the best ways: fun, sassy, opinionated, but without the ego or pretentiousness that characterize much of the sommelier world. Her list at The Bachelor Farmer is not only balanced […]
We are deep into winter around here. Daytime high temps in the single digits. The scraping off of the windshield. Do you have your emergency kit packed in your car? Do you have a 375ml of Port in there too? Over the weekend I had the slow cooker bubbling away with a Provencal chicken stew of epic […]
