submitted by Jerad
Jun 27 2006 — 2:00am
So you’re driving along the scenic highway that follows the St. Croix, and suddenly you see a little sign with a bunch of grapes drawn on it. Beneath the grapes, an arrow. But does it say “2400 miles to Napa” or “1200 miles to Virginia?” NO! It says “10 miles to Chisago City!”
It is awesome that we have not only local breweries, but local vineyards. There’s even an official Three Rivers Wine Trail. Have you been to any of ‘em? Comment here or here.
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Can't be more predictable than yankees.
Enh, at least some good came out of it. Eventually.
If Hardy can find his form from two years ago it will be a fantastic trade. Go-go was at best a defensive center fielder. If he could have learne...
I agree. The Yankees are boringly predictable.
This is why the Twins are the Twins and the Yankees are the Yankees. Let's see, should we go for Hardy or Teixera? Hmmm.
I tink peraps it is te curc of Crist, Marybet414.
If I can c(h)ime in...I left the 'H' behind years ago and indeed there is no better way. The church of Crist... Bless you all.
I like the guy, but I have to admit he was a bit disappointing.
Just about every time we went to a game at the dome, you'd hear "fans" (quote marks emphasized) trashing GoGo loudly, which made me want to stand ...
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14 Reader Comments
3:33 pm
Do we need another Wine Thread today?
3:37 pm
yes
3:40 pm
I guess we will see the interest.
3:42 pm
What’s the harm in approving threads if someone takes the time to write them?
3:52 pm
I plan to drink a glass of Minnesota wine for every post about the subject. One more will probably kill me.
3:56 pm
Oh, anything to send Max over the edge. Nice to merlot you.
4:04 pm
Boss at Target hands out bottles of Minnesota Wine for Christmas:
After about a week he asks one of his employees, “How did you like the wine.”
“It was just right,” the employee says.
Boss at Target thinks about that statement for awhile. Not sure what it means, he asks the employee — “what do you mean when you said the wine was just right?”
The employee says, “If it was any better you wouldn’t have given it to me. If it was any worse, it would have killed me.”
4:41 pm
To be honest, I don’t really quite understand the constant bitching on here about MN wines. Sure, some taste like the vineyard backed up a horse to the oak barrel, but others are pretty damn tasty — just like nearly every other winemaking region in the world.
5:18 pm
I think we’ve finally found a destination for the first-ever inaugural MNspeak social event!
Who’s driving?
5:40 pm
These threads are reading like a Whine Trail.
5:41 pm
I picked up a couple bottles at the Cannon River Winery when I was down in Cannon Falls to ride their bike trail. Tasted pretty good to me. Then again, anything alcoholic generally does.
5:45 pm
I haven’t had Minnesota wines before but I’m intrigued despite the rapant snobbery. Naturally, I’m sure some are “good” and some are “bad.” The great thing about learning about wines, is that half the battle of reaching “enthusiast” is drinking trial and error style.
It’s not like every winery in Cali is “great” just because it’s in wine country. I was just in Napa a month ago and I had just as many orgasmic wines as I had “2 buck chucks.” To each his own.
5:55 pm
Wow, I just came to the realization that I really like “quotes.” I’m going to air quote all night and see how long it takes my company to point it out.
9:39 am
Wait, how do the grapes survive the winter?