Our kickstarter has kickstarted!
By Jeff on Friday, October 17th, 2014
We are officially live on Kickstarter! Check the link below to see what’s up. Urban Forage Winery and Cider House- Minneapolis Minnesota
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Don't just take my word for it-
By Jeff on Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
First- don’t forget about our Kickstarter kickoff- at Zeke’s Unchained Animal, 3508 E. Lake Street in Minneapolis on Friday October 17th, from 6 to 9 PM. I hope to see you there. Second- I’d like to offer you a compilation of our recent media coverage- which has been fantastic! Last nights’ interview with Laura of […]
Our kickoff party- October 17th!
By Jeff on Monday, October 6th, 2014
Kickoff will be at 6 PM October 17th! Not the Super Bowl– no– this is much, much better. The beginning of cider, mead and wine production on East Lake Street. Will we be filling the vats that day? No. We’ll be working on getting the vats that we’ll eventually fill. We need to fund the […]
Wine and food and fun and the future
By Jeff on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
We had our first wine and food pairing party this last weekend and I have to say it was truly fantastic. We put the invite out to everyone on our facebook and twitter feeds, and had a little over 30 people show up at our house for five Urban Forage wines, each paired with an […]
another article- this time by the MSP Business Journal!
By Jeff on Friday, August 22nd, 2014
See it at: Urban Forage Microwinery sets sights on Minneapolis
Article by The Line
By Jeff on Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
A new article by The Line- an online newspaper covering developments in Minneapolis and St. Paul came out this morning. We won’t be the first urban winery in the Midwest – I believe that honor goes to Amigoni winery of Kansas City. But we will be the first in the Upper Midwest as far as […]
dandelion-lilac wine ready for sampling!
By Jeff on Monday, August 4th, 2014
So this is our latest experiment in flower-based wines- lilac and dandelion wine! This one captured the essence of a Minnesota spring. Dandelions from the hills of Highland Park and bright purple lilacs from our St. Paul yard. I added some grape juice for tartaric acid and sugar content. Grapes came from my dad’s garden […]
Another chance to help out- Saturday July 26 & Sunday July 27th
By Jeff on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
In case you missed our first painting weekend, we are giving you a chance to help us paint and do some general spiffing-up of the winery premises. Jobs to do include: – A lot of painting of the basement, and of the upstairs office -Some patching of cement on the walls -Removing carpet glue from […]
now on Twitter- @UrbanForageWine
By Jeff on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
So I’m a novice to Twitter, I admit. I set up an account years ago and didn’t really use it much. But- it’s a great way to let everyone know what we’re up to, and we’re getting up to a lot these days. So please sign up to follow Urban Forage Winery if you’re of […]
Some Frequently Asked Questions
By Jeff on Monday, July 7th, 2014
When you say you’re going into the wine business, and particularly when you’re going into the urban wine business, you get a lot of funny looks. And a lot of questions. Such as: Are you gonna grow your own grapes? No, we’re not. As a matter of fact we’re hardly even going to use any […]
Our first media coverage!
By Jeff on Friday, June 27th, 2014
Take a look at the article in the Longfellow Nokomis Messenger- the community newspaper for the neighborhood in which we’re opening the winery. Tesha Christensen wrote a wonderful article about us and what we’re doing with the formerly foreclosed building we’re turning into a winery. Read it here at: Longfellow Nokomis Messenger article
Our first stainless steel fermenter
By Jeff on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
It’s exciting to be able to announce the arrival of our first piece of professional-grade equipment- a 300 liter Italian-made stainless steel fermenter! I have 14 gallons of dandelion and lilac wine fermenting in it right now, giving it a test run. We don’t have the building finished yet, or the licenses to […]
Manifesto
By Jeff on Thursday, May 29th, 2014
When Urban Forage Winery and Cider House opens we will: Source our fruit locally and sustainably: We plan to gather fruit from urban apple trees and raspberry bushes. We hope to intercept useable but not saleable fruit from food co-ops and natural food stores that would otherwise go to waste and ferment it into something […]