By Jeff on Sunday, November 9th, 2014
Cork #14 was last seen enjoying the view, courtesy of the Noonans. Enjoy it too! There’s an Urban Forage t-shirt in it just for you! We are enjoying the view to your right! Thanks to everyone who has helped us get to 50% of our fundraising goal! See Capture the Cork for more details.
By Jeff on Saturday, November 8th, 2014
Cork #15 is chilling out shopping the Minnehaha Mile after a great day that brought our equipment drive to the auspicious halfway point of our fundraising goal! Find #15 and get an Urban Forage t-shirt! Clues: To “warm up” enjoy a donut and coffee at this treasure-packed shop. Then before heading north on Minnehaha Avenue […]
By Jeff on Friday, November 7th, 2014
Cork #16 headed to a city park. If you venture out and find it we’ll give you an Urban Forage t-shirt! See Capture the Cork for more details.
By Jeff on Thursday, November 6th, 2014
Cork #17 is out there in the world! Find it and we’ll give you an Urban Forage t-shirt. #17 represented well, bringing us over the $8000 mark in our equipment drive. Let this day prove to be as momentous. Let’s make it so! Clues: If the line to see a movie at this landmark theater […]
By Jeff on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Cork #18 has been found! Cork #18 has retired after much appreciated service. Where to? We have a t-shirt with your… our name on it if you can find it. Clues The most people uncorking wine simultaneously is 474 achieved by WineFest No. 18: A Toast to Children’s Health (USA) at The Depot Minneapolis on 10 […]
By Jeff on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
Today we say good-bye to cork #19. Where did it go? Find it and we’ll give you an Urban Forage t-shirt! Clues On the other side from cork #20 only down and under. In the sun in the morning. Since they’re not too far away, stroll over with your Dunn Bros coffee or celebrate your […]
By Jeff on Monday, November 3rd, 2014
To count down the last 20 days of our equipment drive, we’ll be hiding numbered corks somewhere in the Twin Cities. If you find a cork, we’ll give you an Urban Forage t-shirt. Today we say good-bye to cork #20… Clues To give you a clue about where to find it, we took pictures of […]
By Jeff on Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
Thanks to everyone who has made a pledge so far. In our first 10 days, we’ve been able to make it to 30% of our total. Lots of projects never even make it to this point, so we’re grateful for your support thus far. Please tell everyone you know about what we’re doing, and encourage […]
By Jeff on Sunday, October 19th, 2014
Here’s the link to our kickstarter page See above. Yes- we’re doing it. 11% raised already two days in. Help us make this thing happen! Please pledge early and often to make the Lake Street winery a reality.
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Jeff on Friday, August 22nd, 2014
See it at: Urban Forage Microwinery sets sights on Minneapolis
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
