pouring an espresso martini

Cocktail Making Date Night!: Couples Who Cocktail

Spirits Class

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Feb 12
Person in apron cutting a cucumber on a wooden cutting board

Flavor Fundamentals

Cooking Class

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Feb 16
Wine glass filled with red grapes

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: A Fortified Wine Tasting Experience

Wine Class

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Feb 17
hand pulled noodles on a black background

Biang Biang Blowout: Hand Pulled Noodle Making

Cooking Class

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Feb 18
french vineyard

Wines of France Part 2: Burgundy, Beaujolais, & Beyond

Wine Class

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Feb 19
Apple turnovers

Baking Basics: Rough Puff Pastry

Baking Class

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Feb 21
Hands spreading sauce on a pizza

Pizza Making!

Cooking Class

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Feb 25
pouring champagne

Tasting the Stars: The World of Sparkling Wines

Wine Class

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Feb 26
Sunset over a ski lodge balcony - silhouettes of skis & people outside

Après-ski and Amaro Pop-Up

Pop-Up Event

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Feb 28
orchiette

Hand-Shaped Pasta Making

Cooking Class

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Mar 2
gnocchi

Gnocchi Making

Cooking Class

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Mar 3
Bunches of black grapes

God Forsaken Grapes and Their Relations

Wine Class

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Mar 5
Plate of ravioli

Stuffed Pasta Making

Cooking Class

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Mar 10
Alpine mountains

The Mountains are Calling: Alpine Wine Extravaganza

Wine Class

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Mar 12
stack of soft cheeses

Vive le Fromage!: The Cheeses of France

Cheese Class

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Mar 18
Frosted vineyard

Wines of Slovenia

Wine Class

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Mar 19
Person holding a handful of rice for brewing sake

Back to the Future: Sake Time Travel

Wine Class

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Mar 24
french vineyard

Wines of France Part 3: Northern France

Wine Class

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Mar 25
pan of cinnamon rolls ready to bake

Cinnamon Roll Making

Baking Class

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Mar 28
view over the danube of a German vineyard

Spätburgunder to Sekt: A German Wine Voyage

Wine Class

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Apr 2
Andy Hatch over a blue background with cows

Meet the Cheesemaker Dinner: Andy Hatch of Uplands Farms

Dinner Event

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Apr 7
Red grapes in a bin at a vineyard at sunset

Wines of the Willamette Valley with Evan Martin

Wine Class

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Apr 15
Vineyard with water in the distance

Taste of the Rheinhessen with Carolin Spanier-Gillot

Wine Class

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May 11

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two cocktails on a marble table with a rose and raspberry sugr

The Naughty & The Nice Valentine’s Cocktails

heart shaped colorful pasta on a plate with mixed vegetables

Cook Like a Cheesemonger: Valentine’s Pasta

The Piedmont Guy wines stacked on a bench in the liquor store

Libation Project x The Piedmont Guy: Giving Back to our Twin Cities Community

tater hot nacho hotdish

Cook Like a Cheesemonger: Nacho Tater Tot Hotdish

Margarita & blue bottle of Almave N/A tequila

Mocktail of the Moment: Almave Tommy’s Margarita

Molly holds up Le Fizz in the Non-Alcoholic aisle of the liquor store

What We’re Drinking: Ghia Le Fizz