By Jeff Zeitler on Wednesday, March 16th, 2016
No it’s not literally green, as in a product with FD&C food coloring added. It’s green in the sense that we made it sustainably, without chemicals, or with just the bare minimum to keep it fresh when we bottle it. And now- we are selling it on Saint Patrick’s Day! As you may know- cider, […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Thursday, February 25th, 2016
Hi to everyone, especially to those who backed us at the CSA level during our kickstarter campaign. There are almost 100 of you, so it took us a bit of time to have the inventory and the level of organization to be able to fulfill the terms of the CSA- which include a bottle of […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Sunday, January 31st, 2016
We’ve been heartened and slightly surprised by the demand for our semisweet cider and cherry apple cider in the last couple of days. We’re glad the neighborhood has embraced us to the degree that it has, and hope to be good neighbors in return! We had a great night out at a new(ish) Seward restaurant […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Tuesday, January 12th, 2016
In case you haven’t seen it on social media- we are now open on Friday from 2-6 PM, and on Saturdays from 2-6 PM. We currently have 750 ml bottles of dry cider and semisweet cider on sale for $12.99 plus tax. Stop in to chat and take home a bottle or a few. Pick […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Celebrate the NFL playoffs with something better than light beer! Urban Forage dry apple wine (also known as still cider) will be for sale at 3016 East Lake (side door) again this Saturday from 2-6 PM. We’ll be open on a regular basis from now on each Saturday from 2-6, and will add weekday hours […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Sunday, December 27th, 2015
Come and see us at the SIDE DOOR of 3016 East Lake Street and buy one of the first bottles of cider we are making available to the general public! Knock three times speakeasy style, and we’ll let you in. We may not be able to give tours, as we may be busy these first […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Thursday, December 17th, 2015
If you have Urban Forage branded swag that you picked up after the Kickstarter campaign- please send us a selfie at urbanforagewinery@gmail.com showing you using it. We’ll post your photo here and on our FB page. And if you haven’t heard already- we plan to start selling cider on December 30 at our building. Hours […]
By Jeff Zeitler on Sunday, December 13th, 2015
We are good to go! Production starts December 17th, and we expect to have a product to sell within a few weeks! I’ll post more details here when we have them. For now- I’ll just say that we’re clear to make wine, cider and mead and sell it on site!
By Jeff Zeitler on Sunday, November 29th, 2015
We seem to keep getting great news coverage. This week there’s an article in the Messenger, not about Urban Forage, but about the ReciproCITY Food Forest proposed for the flooded Hiawatha golf course site. We’ve pledged 100 fruit trees to the project to help it get off the ground and this information made it into […]
By Jeff on Friday, November 27th, 2015
The basement of our building is finally starting to look like a winery! We’ve been actively working on it since July, and are finally in a place where we are happy to post pictures. The two above were taken on Tuesday just before our inspection by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. The inspection went […]
By Jeff on Thursday, October 8th, 2015
Jeff will be a panelist following the showing of “Just Eat It” a documentary about food waste in the US. See the details and a preview of the movie (much more interesting than it sounds) below. I’ll be talking about food waste after the film, and about how we’re capturing apples before they fall on […]
By Jeff on Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
Thank you Minnesota Public Radio and Britta Greene! We loved the article. It really captured what we’re all about. Link to story
By Jeff on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
We’ll be on Morning Edition Wednesday morning at least twice between 5 and 9 AM! We were interviewed by an MPR reporter, then brought her with us on a foraging run in our St. Paul neighborhood. I will post a link once it goes live. It’s great to be catching the attention of so […]
By Jeff on Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
As you may know, the Growler is the magazine that covers the boom in Minnesota breweries, and which is also now starting to report on the growing number of distilleries and cideries. We’re happy to report that we were included in this month’s “Now open or damn close” column which has confirmed for many skeptics […]
By Jeff on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
This really is your last chance to vote on our new logo at 99designs. We’ve posted the final three designs in what will be our last poll, and are hoping you will vote, and ask any interested friends to vote as well. We’re amazed at the quality of submissions we’ve gotten, and honestly, at this […]
By Jeff on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
Hi all, We’ve selected 6 designers from the 15 that originally submitted designs, and have put them in the latest poll for your review. Please vote- and leave comments! We love the comments and sometimes forward them to the designers. The insights we’ve gained from them have been really valuable. Cheers, and happy voting! http://99designs.com/logo-design/vote-5zb0wa
By Jeff on Thursday, August 27th, 2015
Some new and innovative last minute designs! The contest is closed now, and we have to choose 6 finalists. Take a look at these and give us your feedback. http://99designs.com/logo-design/vote-vj8xa8
By Jeff on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
Thanks to everyone who has voted thus far! We have 7 new and re-worked designs up for your consideration. 24 hours left to pick the finalists. Please tell us which ones you like best. http://99designs.com/logo-design/vote-ux9nt1
By Jeff on Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Please take a moment to vote on the logo you like best! This is the second installment of four to figure out which designers we want to keep working with to come up with a final logo. Take a look- the more verbal feedback you can give, the better! The link to the poll is […]
By Jeff on Thursday, March 5th, 2015
We had our chance to testify last night in front of the Minnesota House of Representatives Commerce Committee. In my opinion, we knocked it out of the park! Gita and I (that is, Jeff) testified as well as Fridley-based winemaker Emiro Sangiovanni, Minneapolis-based cider maker Tim Burman and surprise testifier Luke Zak who also aspires […]
