The Ultimate Holiday Guide to France 44

Recipes, gift ideas, our perfect holiday bites, and more!

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Our Holiday Menu: Live Now!

Pre-order everything you need for Christmas celebrations: prime rib, house-smoked ham, pies & cakes, cheese boards, and lots more!

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Pre-Order Hanukkah!

Regular & sweet potato latkes, plus house-made sufganiyot filled with strawberry jam! Pre-order now for pick-up December 12th!

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NEW Holiday Cheese Board Available Now!

Featuring: Comté Sagesse, Brabander Reserve, Stilton, and a whole wheel of Rush Creek Reserve, this is the best way to celebrate the holiday season!

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Risotto Making

Cooking Class

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Dec 10
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Holiday Market Pop-Up

Pop-Up Event

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Dec 13
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Bubbles for the Holidays

Wine Class

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Dec 16
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Cheeses for the Holidays

Cheese Class

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Dec 18
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Champagne & Caviar Pop-Up

Pop-Up Event

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Dec 27
hand pulled noodles

Biang Biang Blowout: Hand Pulled Noodle Making!

Cooking Class

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Jan 14
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Seasonal Wine Series: Winter Wines

Wine Class

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Jan 20
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Wines of France Part 1: de Bordeaux à la Provence!

Wine Class

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Jan 27
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Ricotta Making!

Cooking Class

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Jan 28
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Intro to Sourdough Baking

Baking Class

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Jan 31
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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: A Fortified Wine Tasting Experience

Wine Class

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Feb 9
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Wines of France Part 2: Burgundy, Beaujolais, & Beyond

Wine Class

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Feb 19
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God Forsaken Grapes and Their Relations

Wine Class

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Mar 5
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Vive le Fromage!: The Cheeses of France

Cheese Class

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Mar 18
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Wines of France Part 3: Northern France

Wine Class

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Mar 25
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WINE of the
MONTH
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CHEESE of the
MONTH
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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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Boneless Pork Shoulder Roast

Cook Like a Cheesemonger: Boneless Pork Shoulder Roast with Oranges & Lager

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Psi Ribera del Duero

What We’re Drinking: Psi Ribera del Duero

Brabander Reserve Pasta

Cook like a Cheesemonger: Brabander & Squash Pasta

Joey holds up a 4-pack of Apex Predator beer in the beer cooler

What We’re Drinking: Off Color Brewing Apex Predator

Dio holding onto 3 bottles of wine while sitting in a green chair in the store

On Ballads and Bottles (Two Murder Ballads and a Sad Love Song, Paired with Wine)