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Winter classes are live now; check out our schedule!

Upcoming Classes
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Pouring champagne into 12 flutes

A Night of Champagne with Benoît Marguet

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Nov 9
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Film Screening with Wine: The Terriorist

Pop-Up Event

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Nov 13
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Bubbles for the Holidays

Wine Class

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Nov 17
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Cheeses for the Holidays

Cheese Class

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Nov 18
Beaujolais Vineyard

The Wines of Beaujolais: Cru Cru Cachoo

Wine Class

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Nov 19
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Wines of the Pacific Northwest

Wine Class

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Dec 3
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Bubbles for the Holidays

Wine Class

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Dec 15
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Cheeses for the Holidays

Cheese Class

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Dec 16
Vineyard in France

Wines of France Part 1: de Bordeaux à la Provence!

Wine Class

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Jan 6
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Wine 101

Wine Class

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Jan 7
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Seasonal Wine Series: Winter Wines

Wine Class

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Jan 11
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Risotto Making!

Cooking Class

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Jan 12
Cheese Display

Vive le Fromage!: The Cheeses of France

Cheese Class

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Jan 14
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Cheese 101

Cheese Class

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Jan 19
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Perfect Matches: A Wine and Cheese Tasting Experience

Cheese Class

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Feb 9
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CHEESE of the
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CLUB 44

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Founded in the 1950s as a small downtown bottle shop, France 44 has grown over three generations of the Anderson family into a Minneapolis destination for wine, spirits, cheese, whole animal butchery, and education.

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The Cheesecutter: Hosting

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Three Murder Ballads Paired with Two Cheeses and a Pork Chop

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Ask Michelle Volume IV: Creepy Crawlies

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So, Why a Bakery?

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Contemplating Beef Tenderloin

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The Champagne Whisperer