The Twin Cities Wine Awards Grand Tasting was all we hoped it would be and more. Last Monday night the best of the local wine scene along with fantastic consumers celebrated, high fived, hugged, and laughed. And it was magical. Photo: the power trio of local wine lists. Desta Klein of Meritage (best wine list, […]
It’s a week of micro-announcements, as opposed to the long format essay of weeks past. Easy to read and digest! Call it the Cliff Notes version of the newsletter. Here ya go. ** Congrats to the freshly minted new Somms of 2018! Last Saturday dozens of hopefuls gathered in Wayzata for the Court of Master […]
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 […]
A perfect storm has emerged, and it is going to impact wine lovers in the Twin Cities for many reasons. I’m not saying the sky is falling. We’re still in the heyday for wine consumerism, but unlike other industries the wine world continues to move backwards on many things instead of forwards. Consumer choice being one. […]
I had a terrific time last night conducting a private tasting in South Minneapolis, meeting many new people and having some wonderful wine conversation. A question came up during the evening that has been popping up quite a bit lately, and I’d like to address it here: “Hey Jason, where should I buy my wine?” […]
Sad day. Very sad. The closing of La Belle Vie came out to the blue. Maybe people on the insider track knew it was coming, but a casual post by a friend on Facebook tipped me off to the news. Absolutely out of nowhere, bam! The best restaurant in town is closing in two weeks. […]
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Last week I wrote about what Milwaukee’s wine scene has that the Twin Cities do not. As I mentioned in that article, I was thinking about the totally outdated Minneapolis law that requires an insane percentage of an on-premise (restaurant) wine and beer license holders gross receipts be food over wine and beer. Lo and […]
