Apple turnovers

Rough Puff & Fraisage Pastries

Baking Class

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Apr 18
Hands spreading sauce on a pizza

Pizza Making

Cooking Class

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Apr 21
"Mozzarella Making" on a green background. Austin pulling mozz from a large metal bowl.

Mozzarella Making

Cheese Class

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Apr 22
Piedmont countryside

Wines of Northern Italy

Wine Class

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May 5
Pouring an espresso martini out of a shaker

Mother’s Day Cocktail Making!

Spirits Class

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May 6
Vineyard with water in the distance

Taste of the Rheinhessen with Carolin Spanier-Gillot

Wine Class

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May 11
"Mozzarella Making" on a green background. Austin pulling mozz from a large metal bowl.

Mozzarella Making

Cheese Class

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May 13
pile of sourdough bread in a basket

The Art of Sourdough Bread

Baking Class

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May 23
Group of people sitting at a table with wine glasses, black and white photo

A Blind Wine Tasting Celebrating 50 Years of the Judgement of Paris

Wine Class

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May 26
4 glasses of wine sitting beside cheese and crackers

Spring Wine & Cheese Celebration

Cheese Class

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May 27
Steaks on the grill

Grilling 101

Cooking Class

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Jun 1
Napa Valley Vineyard

Battle of the Valleys: Sonoma vs. Napa

Wine Class

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Jun 2
Blue Background: Wenies & Tinis Pop-Up Cocktail Bar with a picture of 2 martinis

Weenies + Tinis Pop-Up

Pop-Up Event

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Jun 5
"Mozzarella Making" on a green background. Austin pulling mozz from a large metal bowl.

Mozzarella Making

Cheese Class

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Jun 8
Tuscan vineyards, green rolling hills

Wines of Central Italy

Wine Class

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Jun 11
Spanish cheeses

Cheese 101

Cheese Class

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Jun 15
Pouring a glass of rose on a wooden table

Rosé All Day

Wine Class

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Jun 22
3 small glasses of beer on a wooden table

Beer: The Essentials & Beyond

Beer Class

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Jun 23
Two cocktails sitting on a little table in a field of grain

Seed to Glass: The Story Behind Perennial Spirits

Spirits Class

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Jun 30
Sherry

Sherry & Pintxos Party!

Wine Class

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Jul 14
Parmigiano Reggiano Wheels

Mangia!: The Cheeses of Italy

Cheese Class

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Jul 15
burning pile of hops

Smoke & Soil: A Mezcal Tasting

Spirits Class

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Jul 23
Australian vineyard

Wines from Down Under: Australia and New Zealand

Wine Class

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Jul 30
Vineyards in Southern Italy

Wines of Southern Italy

Wine Class

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Aug 4

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Founded in the 1950s as a small downtown bottle shop, France 44 has grown over three generations of the Anderson family into a Minneapolis destination for wine, spirits, cheese, whole animal butchery, and education.

Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are passionate about what they do and make it their mission to help you find something you’ll love.

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Joy holding up a bottle of Colpetrone Sagrantino di Montefalco 2015

What We’re Drinking: Colpetrone Sagrantino di Montefalco 2015

2 beany crunchfolds ona. plate with hot sauce packets

Cook like a Cheesemonger: Beany Crunchfolds

Pancetta on a black slate beside a baguette, bag of pasta, and greenery

Meet the Meat Counter: Bacon vs Guanciale vs Pancetta

Bill holding up a 4 pack of Modist Springforge Double Dry Hopped Pilsner in the beer cooler

What We’re Drinking: Modist Springforge DDH Pilsner

Oval bowl filled with Paprika Parmesan Rigatoni on a wooden table

Cook like a Cheesemonger: Paprika Parmesan Pasta

Alp Blossom wheel on the cheese counter

The Cheesecutter: Botanicals