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Spring is ready to bloom bright and rosy as another annual sign of warmer weather arrives. Tickets for Solo Vino's annual tasting of blush-colored wines throughout the world are now on sale. For the f... More »
Despite a bit of gray in the skies and a weekend packed with events, the fourth-annual Rose Wine Tasting at Solo Vino Wines was a smashing success -- literally. The event kicked off with an honorary g... More »
It's appropriate that the traditional four-year anniversary gift is flowers. Sunday, May 20, expect a showering of rosés--the wine kind--to be poured from the parking lot at St. Paul's premiere... More »
What makes a wine shop a specialty shop? Nobody knows. Some stores focus on wine from just one country, or even one state; others have wine from all over, but mainly from small producers; still others have no particular focus, but they consider... More »
Eisenberg's Market 170 E. 10th St., St. Paul 651.227.0634 www.eisenbergfruit.com Solo Vino 517 Selby Ave., St. Paul 651.602.9515 www.solovinowines.com Broders' Southside Pasta Bar 5000 Penn Ave. S.,... More »
Solo Vino is the type of place you can stop by on your way home from the gym--greasy hair, pit stains, and all--and still be taken seriously. It's also one of the increasingly rare shops that focus solely on wine. At Solo Vino, almost all the wines have been handpicked and vetted by staff, and three of the shop's seven workers are certified sommeliers. Most of the staff members have worked in restaurants, so they can effortlessly suggest a Hungarian red to go with your beef stew.... More »
There are two sorts of people shopping for wine: Those who need help, and those who don't. If you can't tell a Barolo from a Zinfandel even when one bites you on the pants, it doesn't matter if you're in the Fort Knox of wine: It all looks the same. Meanwhile, if you chuckle all week because your dad compared Paul Wolfowitz to a '62 Haut-Brion, when the '34 would have been a far funnier joke, you can probably pull a great wine out of the most under-stocked Pump 'N Run in South Dakota. Yet... More »
Using the same logic we apply to restaurants--the best restaurant is the one that we'd rather go to, not the one with the most appetizers or biggest staff--we're going to hand this prize to itsy-bitsy underdog Solo Vino. Opened just last Halloween by a trio of longtime local sommeliers and wine insiders (namely Sam Haislet, Chuck Kanski, and Robert Strunk), Solo Vino sells wine the way we'd like it sold: with hands-on experience and an eye toward customer value. You can go in searching for... More »
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