Best in Film, Best in Wine By: Johanna Puelston Posted: Feb. 22, 2013 Nine Pairings for the Best Picture Nominees The nine Best Picture contenders for the 85th Academy Awards are a fine representation of the best films of 2012. Most of us have probably seen at least one of them, a few aficionados may have… Continue
Need a couple of last minute Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Wine Ideas? Charles Smith ‘Secco Bianco’ ~ Veneto, Italy Fresh and elegant. Layers and layers of flavors. Elderberry, anise, Italian summer melon, beeswax and seashells live within so many tiny bubbles. Totally delicious! Thanksgiving Pairing: A perfect starter or even better…serve with the main course, turkey! Casamaro… Continue
ALDI USA November 8 Wine of the Month Sommelier Leslee Miller knows a good wine when she tastes one – and she also knows a good deal when she sees one! To celebrate the season this year and spice up your holiday gatherings, try our November Wine of the Month – Christkindl Glühwein for only… Continue
As many of you already know, I write monthly for a number of publications across the nation. Whether it be a regular piece recommending wines, or a cameo spot amongst a national wine or food publication, my work as a writer keeps me quite busy. Many times, because I write so many of my pieces… Continue
I teach a number of great Twin Cities Food and Wine classes across the board, but really our Vines to Reefs Series at Cooks of Crocus Hill is always a ton of fun! Chef Mike, culinary director for Cooks, and I team up to teach a full five course menu paired to all things seafood, explaining… Continue
Girls & Grapes are back at it! We figured that since the holdiays are so close, we might as well squeeze in a number of opportunities to drink great wine. Below is a recap of an evening spent touring ‘blindly’ the wines of Spain. Under tin foil until the last of the tasting notes were… Continue
Girls & Grapes Gear up for the Wines that will Grace our Thanksgiving Tables in just a few short weeks! My fabulous group of girls that love grapes does it yet again. With a slew of fabulous foods to snack upon and a whole gaggle of grapes to indulge – my small tasting group of… Continue
Below – a super cool interview with one of my favorite Spanish producers, Jorge Ordonez. The interview taken with The Shanken News Daily and passed on by my good pals of The Wine Company here in the Twin Cities. Ordonez features a number of well-structured delicious wines – all fabulous for their price-points. One in particular that… Continue
It’s not all that often that we hear anything beyond “who the winemaker” is anymore when tasting wines out of California. I’m not saying that it never happens, but often I feel this ends up being the case when tasting some of the golden state’s more cult-styled wines. After living almost 4 years in Oregon… Continue
Time is just flying by these summer months! And as I would love for the August summer clock to tick a bit slower, I still found myself these past few weeks counting down the days to our Girls August Tasting Nite. Blogs past recap our past events, yet none can seem to truly encapsulate the amount… Continue
You’d think I went kicking and screaming, I was so ‘unenthrauled’ with going to the John Legend/Sade concert last nite at the Target Center downtown Minneapolis. My husband, an avid live music fan, bought tickets to the concert months before and had become increasingly more excited about the event than his own birthday in a few… Continue
Once a quarter friend Michael Agnew, Cicerone of A Perfect Pint, and I teach a joint culinary beer/wine class at Cooks of Crocus Hill with our good pal, Chef Mike Shannon, the school’s culinary director. With every class we teach, the crowd seems to get bigger and the wait list just that much longer. Folks line… Continue