Beer Style Highlight: The Oak, The Barrel, The Funky
by Kayla Traditionally, brewers who wanted to make specialty wood aged beers, used oak casks and barrels to take their base beer and put a…read more
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The Ultimate Easter-Passover Pairing Post
Ah, the inevitable Passover/Easter pairing post. What does go with Easter ham? What even is Kosher wine? Does the Pope sip in the woods? These…read more
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Single Barrel Season: On the Bourbon Trail with Tashi
by Tashi In March I took my first France 44 trip to Kentucky with our liquor buyer, Tom, to help pick out two single barrels…read more
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Stocking Your Bar: New Mixing-Priced Spirits
By Sam I’m always thrilled to talk about spirits that represent a bang for your buck. After all, most of the hard liquor produced in…read more
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At the Foot of the Mountain: Piemonte’s Nebbiolo
by Hailey More so than almost anywhere else in the world, Italian wines are hard to understand. With over 355 grape varieties grown in the…read more
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Tom’s Irish Whiskey Picks
by Tom Saint Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, and we’ve got some brand-new Irish Whiskeys to unveil for the occasion! Two outfits with…read more
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September Spirit of the Month: Aquavit
Aquavit is a Scandinavian spirit that is traditionally flavored with ingredients such as caraway, cardamon, fennel, or dill. You can easily substitute aquavit into your…read more
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What We’re Drinking: Wine Edition
Barbecues and Up-North getaways are making up a large portion of our August weekends here at France 44, both for staff and customers! With that…read more
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August Spirit of the Month: Mezcal
Each week for the month of August we’ll bring you a different cocktail recipe or food pairing featuring Mezcal (tequila’s smokier cousin). Mezcal comes from…read more
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A Taste of the Tropics
Written by Bennett Just about every Minnesotan right now: “Well what in da heck, Barb! Jeepers it’s been a doozy of a cold spell, I…read more
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New Natty Wines at France 44!
Against all odds, the natural wine movement perseveres. Even in the face of a restaurant apocalypse and a pandemic-fueled boxed wine resurgence, people continue to…read more
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Discovery Wine Club
Groucho Marx might not have wanted to belong to any club that would have him as a member, but that’s because he’d never heard of…read more
