Welcome to Shelf Stars, The Growler’s cheap wine column in which we discover the best under-$15 bottles in town. This edition of Shelf Stars is brought to you with underwriting support from Central Avenue Liquors. Whenever a wine drinker in the Twin Cities comes across the chenin blanc grape on a menu at a restaurant, … [ Read more]
Shelf Stars: Two Endearing Lambruscos
August 20, 2020 by
Welcome to Shelf Stars, The Growler’s cheap wine column in which we discover the best under-$15 bottles in town. This edition of Shelf Stars is brought to you with underwriting support from Central Avenue Liquors. The height of popularity for lambrusco in the United States coincided roughly with that of the Pet Rock and feathered … [ Read more]
Shelf Stars: Never met a Bobal I didn’t like
August 13, 2020 by
Welcome to Shelf Stars, The Growler’s cheap wine column in which we discover the best under-$15 bottles in town. This edition of Shelf Stars is brought to you with underwriting support from Central Avenue Liquors. Is it a coincidence that many words with multiple B’s are used to describe fun and cheerful things? Bubbles. Baubles. … [ Read more]
Shelf Stars: For great rosé, en Gard!
August 6, 2020 by
Welcome to Shelf Stars, The Growler’s cheap wine column in which we discover the best under-$15 bottles in town. This edition of Shelf Stars is brought to you with underwriting support from Central Avenue Liquors. If you don’t know what you’re looking for, it can be maddening to find the right rosé. Wine stores often … [ Read more]
Shelf Stars: The Magic of Montalcino
July 23, 2020 by
Welcome to “Shelf Stars,” The Growler’s cheap wine column in which we discover the best under-$15 bottles in town. This edition of Shelf Stars is brought to you with underwriting support from The Wine Thief and Ale Jail. Montalcino is what you think of when you picture a storybook Italian town. It’s a tight cluster … [ Read more]
Shelf Stars • A Cheat Code for Summer: White Wine from Gascony
June 30, 2020 by
Welcome to Shelf Stars, The Growler’s cheap wine column in which we discover the best under-$15 bottles in town. This edition of Shelf Stars is brought to you with underwriting support from Central Avenue Liquors. In a mini-fridge in the basement of our home, my dad would keep bottles of a bargain California white that … [ Read more]
