Twin Cities food and wine scene lured sommelier back to the Midwest By Jess Fleming jfleming@pioneerpress.com POSTED: 01/29/2015 12:01:00 AM CST Leslee Miller is a certified sommelier at the new Salt Cellar Restaurant on Cathedral Hill in St Paul and owns wine consulting firm, Amusée. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi) Before Leslee Miller could legally… Continue
Amusée welcomes Master Sommelier Jesse Becker, Austrian & Hungarian Import Portfolio Specialist for The Winebow Group of Chicago and Ilya Shchukin, Owner/Wine Educator of Vinum USA, a Croatian/Slovenian wine importer, for an evening of Eastern Europe wine education & tasting!Join us January 20th from 6-8:30pm for a very in depth look at Central Europe and its… Continue
The holiday season is a time for gathering, entertaining, and further more, a time for sharing wine amongst friends and family. Whether you are on a budget, willing to splurge or somewhere in between, here are a few simple tips and entertaining ideas for following when gathering for the holiday season! 1. Consider your audience.… Continue
I can’t deny it. Pinot Noir is still my favorite Thanksgiving Day grape after all these years. The grape’s versatility, its soft sensual nature & the variety of flavors it offers from region to region is stunning. From its dirty notes of clay and tobacco to roasted meat, bright cherry, menthol, dark raspberry, marionberry and… 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
A girlfriend sent this my way so I thought I’d pass it on, super cool. If YOU can come up with something better for any one of these…pass it on Please! Would love to hear some of your worst and best! In 2010, What was your favorite? Here are a few of mine… Day? When I… Continue
Here we are already… I have to be honest, I’m not a fan of this holiday called: Labor Day. It’s like a marker that only spells out one thing, The End of Summer. Sadly. With my neighbor’s kids already back in school and the smell of damp condensation in the air, I’m excited to see… Continue
I have to say, at one point in my life I may have been a bigger basketball fan than most guys I knew. For those of you who don’t know, I’ve played basketball pretty much my whole life. I was always THE biggest nerd about playing. Playing any time of day, for as long as… Continue
Check out this, newest post by my pals at Chanhaven. If you’re looking for something to do today – come to this spectacular CROATIAN WINE EVENT!
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
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
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