The bunny approaches! Time to get your eggs dyed and your festivities readied. Whether your crew plans to hunt for baskets or for the bottom of the bottomless mimosa, refreshments are a must. This week’s lineup features crisp and breezy spring wines for brunch fare or...
Do you know exactly what you’re after when you walk into your neighborhood Top Ten? You go door to basket to your standard bottles to the register — you’re in and out, but are you missing out? Whether you never stray from your go-to wines or rarely touch the stuff at...
(Photo by Sarah Whiting) With over 200 craft breweries to choose from in Minnesota, how does a brewery set itself apart from the competition? Good beer certainly helps, but so does a good story. Urban Growler’s cofounders, Jill Pavlak and Deb Loch, first met,...
In the time of Eleanor of Aquitaine, there was basically one avenue for a woman to claim power — inheritance. Accounted as a fiery, willful babe of the 12th century, Eleanor wasn’t about to let hers amount simply to a king-catching dowery and a roster of royal...
Oh yeah, we smell that whiff of warm weather in the air! Some of y’all are already waltzing into our stores in your flip flops and cutoffs, so alright then — let’s get it going. Shed your winter cocoon and wake up with our favorite crisp and lively...
Spoiler: This is a green-food-coloring-free blog. Though perhaps not as obvious as Jamo and a Stout, Irish beverage history runs surprisingly deep in wine country, specifically Bordeaux. You don’t have to walk the banks of the Gironde to see Irish names cropping up —...
Celebrating Mardi Gras this week? On the other side of celebrating and need something tasty to escort you into Lent temperance? We’ve got party wines fit for an expectation-changing masquerade scenario, plus lovely NA sparklers to keep the good times rollin’ without...
Step right up for the greatest show in your living room! We’ve got a triple feature of flicks to defrost your late winter evenings, paired with wines to make a real event of it. So pop your corns & your corks, and cozy up for a night at the Top Ten Drive-In!...
Are you a Presidential trivia buff or do you barely recognize the guys on their respective bills? Whether past presidents inspire you or remain virtually unknown, we’re getting into President’s Day this year with some very important biographic info —...
