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
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 […]
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 […]
