The Black Dog Wine Bar and Cafe in Lowertown St. Paul has closed. This is not just another restaurant closing. Not by a long shot.It was a 23 year run for Black Dog, closed from a combination of the pandemic, the labor shortage, rent on pretty ample space, and simple exhaustion trying to keep it…
Angela and I don’t eat out every much, which surprises a lot of people when they hear me say it. And I’m not just talking about during the pandemic (we went to one restaurant for one lunch between March 2020 and May 2021). In general, we stay in. We’re introverts and really good cooks, we…
Hey Jason – Do you have a favorite wine quote? I do. And it’s verbose. “We believe that authentic wine, which is the prerequisite for fine or great wine, comes out of a nexus of connections. Flavor connected to soil, forming the basis of terroir. People connected closely to the land they work. Entire families…
As promised in the Twin Cities Wine Podcast, here is the info on the wine I suggest you seek out for Nouveau 2020 drinking! It’s the Terres Dorees “L’Ancien” by Jean Paul Brun. Why am I suggesting this particular wine? It’s made using traditional/classic winemaking methods, not simple carbonic maceration like so many other Nouveau….
Over 10,000 votes were cast in the 2019 Twin Cities Wine Awards, and the winners were announced on August 19th, 2019, at Black Dog Cafe in Lowertown St. Paul. Congrats to all the winners in the Twin Cities Wine Awards 2019! Best Minnesota Winery: Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria MNLocated not only in the beautiful lakes…
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….
Up until about 2006, I was the first in line to talk badly about Minnesota wine. My cheeky normal response when I would get asked “what do you think of Minnesota wine?” (a question that came up every month or so in my classes) was always the same. It was a well rehearsed, and in my…
