The latest in Chanhaven’s Wine News…

Looking for all the inside gossip and juicy news in Chanhassen, MN?   Chanhaven.com  should be your only inside source to all the hot happs in Chanhassen, MN.  Check out the latest Chanhassen WINE news and gossip … right here! 

Amusée Auction Lot ~ 2010 Simply Unforgettable Symphony Ball

Heading off to The Minnesota Orchestra’s Symphony Ball this weekend?    Don’t forget to bid on your favorite Sommelier!  Featured this year as an ‘Item of Distinction’, Amusée and Restaurant 20.21 offer their talents to a personally catered in home dinner event.    Chef Asher Miller of Wolfgang Puck’s 20.21 Restaurant and Sommelier Leslee Miller… Continue

Amusée @ Children’s Law Center Fundraiser

THANK YOU CLC SUPPORTERS! Spanish Wine Tasting Raises Funds for CLC!  Children’s Law Center of Minnesota started the summer off with a Spanish Wine Tasting Fundraiser on May 6 at the home of Lou & Carol Frillman in St. Paul. Guests enjoyed wine from Solo Vino along with Sommelier Leslee Miller of Amusée. Tapas, Paella… Continue

Sin Not – More Dork

Ever spend a day just cruising Twin Cities Wine Shops?  Well okay, maybe not the whole day – but really, just take some time and check out some of the little shops in our area that receive a lot of ‘wine’ buzz?  It’s a ‘must do’ and something you should put on your list one Saturday… Continue

Talk of the Tent, Rosé Tent that is!

Oh boy, if you missed the Sunday Funday at Solo Vino this past weekend, you may be a wee bummed out.  Let me tell you, with all things to throw in: the weather, the place, the peeps and the wine – my friend, The Chucker of Solo Vino, hit a home run with The Twin Cities BEST… Continue

To + From NYC in a New York Minute!

I say this almost every season that I’m in New York, but I just love New York this time of year!  What a wonderful, colorful, glamorous city.  There is truly nothing like it in world, well… unless you’ve been to Hong Kong (that’s another blog entry).  Just this week, I spent a couple of days in… Continue

A Fun Look at Ladera Winery’s Portfolio with Dan Stotesbery

Who doesn’t LOVE Ladera Winery?  I know, I know.  I definitely have my favorites, that’s for sure.  But Ladera…they are always at the top of my list when it comes to California’s Howell Mountain Cabernets.  Ladera Winery founded by some of the nicest Minnesota peeps, the Stotesbery Family.  With me is good friend, Dan Stotesbery,… Continue

Can you say Sommelier?

A girl after my own heart!  I took some time this weekend to hang out with one of my favorite people and close pal, Miss Kate, for a little 101 in swirling, how to ‘hard sell’ wine and ‘how to say sommelier’.  I wouldn’t mess with her. She’s good, CUTE and is the first in… Continue

Minneapolis Crows apparently LOVE Great Rosé!

Not kidding, these are some crazy crows!  Travelocity Gnome joins us on shoot while Minneapolis Sommelier Leslee Miller of Amusée (www.amuseewine.com) is attacked by wild city crows while talking about one her favorite rosés of the season from A to Z Winery out of the Willamette Valley of Oregon. In HD!

Smoked, Grilled and Sauced Class ~ Smokes!

Sizzzzzzleeeee…is all you heard last nite in a room chucked full of almost 40 people for a very fun  Smoked, Grilled and Sauced Class @ Cooks of Crocus Hill in St Paul  with Minneapolis Culinary Superstars:  Chef Mike Shannon, Sommelier Leslee Miller and Cicerone Michael Agnew.  First thing you ask is…what’s a Cicerone and what’s he… Continue

Looking for a Fun Pink Event?

If you didn’t get a chance to head over to my very good friend, Chuck Kanski’s Rosé Tent Tasting last year at Solo Vino – you missed out!  Here’s your chance again.  With over a hundred rosés to taste and buy, you’ll have a chance to dip into every corner of the world with these… Continue

Certified Again!

After weeks of losing my mind over piles of books, grocery bags with stacks of flash cards and reading more than 2,000 pages of ‘review information’ from such books as The World Atlas Book of Wine, I’ve done it. I’ve certifiably driven everyone in my group of family and friends crazy, made myself a bit loonier… Continue