The best wines of Minnesota
Discover the best wines of Minnesota as well as the best winemakers of Minnesota and estates of Minnesota to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Minnesota and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Minnesota by region
Looking for a good wine of Minnesota among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Minnesota. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Minnesota with technical and enological descriptions.
Great red wines of Minnesota
See the top 100 best red wines of MinnesotaWant to buy a red wine of Minnesota cheap or sell a red wine of Minnesota at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Minnesota
Red wines from the region of Minnesota go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, rack of lamb with antiboise sauce or lamb tagine with prunes.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Minnesota
On the nose the red wine of the region of Minnesota. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
The best vintages in red wine of Minnesota
- 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
- 2001With an average score of 3.90/5
- 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.86/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.86/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.84/5
The most used grape varieties in red wine of Minnesota
- Marquette
- Frontenac
- Chisago
- Shiraz/Syrah
- Sabrevois
- Cabernet Sauvignon
Discovering the wine region of Minnesota
Minnesota is a state located in the NorthCentral United States, bordered by Canada to the north and Iowa to the South. The state's Harsh continental Climate makes viticulture difficult. However, research at the University of Minnesota on cold-hardy HybridGrape varieties has opened up opportunities for Minnesota wine producers.
The state covers 225,000 square miles between latitudes 43°N and 49°N, which puts it roughly on par with the United States.
This puts it about the same Size as the wine regions of France. Unfortunately, Minnesota's inland location results in much more extreme temperatures in both summer and winter, posing Serious risks to all but the most cold-hardy grape varieties. Most of the state's wine regions are in areas where there is a large Body of water nearby to moderate the temperatures. Fortunately, there are plenty of lakes here: Minnesota is known as the "land of 10,000 lakes.
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Great white wines of Minnesota
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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Minnesota
White wines from the region of Minnesota go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of gratin of fresh chard (green and ribs), salmon steak on a bed of leeks or chicken tajine with prunes.
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Minnesota
On the nose the white wine of the region of Minnesota. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of microbio, earth.
The best vintages in white wine of Minnesota
- 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.74/5
The most used grape varieties in white wine of Minnesota
- Frontenac
- La Crescent
- Riesling
- Edelweiss
- Prairie Star
- Petite Amie
Discover the grape variety: Concord
It is the result of a seedling planted in the United States, around 1840, recovered near the Concord River, a small river located east of Massachusetts. According to genetic analysis, it is an interspecific cross between the catawba and a vitis labrusca. Concord was for a long time the main variety cultivated in North America. It was introduced into Europe at the beginning of the 19th century, in France at the beginning of the phylloxera crisis, but was not widely propagated. It could be found in the Valleraugue region (Gard) at the foot of Mont Aigoual, in the Ardèche (our photos), etc. Today, it exists only as an isolated strain that can sometimes be found on the edge of a slope, which was our case. Through various and numerous crosses, it has been used to obtain some rootstocks and direct producer hybrids, which have now almost all disappeared.
Great sparkling wines of Minnesota
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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Minnesota
Sparkling wines from the region of Minnesota go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of duck breast with orange sauce, coconut beans or rabbit with goat cheese and mint.
The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Minnesota
- Pinot Noir
- Frontenac
The word of the wine: Table wine
A category of wine with no geographical indication on the label, often resulting from blends between wines from different vineyards in France or the EU. These wines are now called "wines without geographical indication" (and "French wines" if they come from the national territory).
Great pink wines of Minnesota
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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Minnesota
Pink wines from the region of Minnesota go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Minnesota
On the nose the pink wine of the region of Minnesota. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
The best vintages in pink wine of Minnesota
- 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
- 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Minnesota
- Frontenac
- Edelweiss
- Marquette
Discover the grape variety: La Crescent
A direct-producer hybrid of American origin resulting from an interspecific cross between Saint Pepin and Elmer Swenson 6-8-25 (vitis riparia X Hamburg muscatel) obtained in 1988 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). It can also be found in Canada, Ukraine, Russia, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
Great sweet wines of Minnesota
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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Minnesota
Sweet wines from the region of Minnesota go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Minnesota
On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Minnesota. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.
The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Minnesota
- Frontenac
- Brianna
- Concord
- Sabrevois
- Symphony
- La Crescent
The word of the wine: Body (having)
Wine, dense and rich in alcohol.
Great natural sweet wines of Minnesota
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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Minnesota
Natural sweet wines from the region of Minnesota go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Minnesota
- Frontenac
- Marechal Foch
- Leon Millot
Discover the grape variety: Maréchal Foch
Maréchal Foch noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. The Maréchal Foch noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhône Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon.
News from the vineyard of Minnesota
My life and job as a personal wine consultant
Tongue firmly in cheek, I sometimes define ‘wine consultant’ as ‘someone lacking employment who will work for whoever pays them’. Although meant in jest, the implied question is valid: just what does a wine consultant do? More importantly, in this age, when every assistant in a retail shop styles him- or herself a sales consultant, who would hire one? The short answer is this: a wine consultant is someone who advises wine lovers about their passion. He or she advises buyers on what to buy (and a ...
My life and job as a personal wine consultant
Tongue firmly in cheek, I sometimes define ‘wine consultant’ as ‘someone lacking employment who will work for whoever pays them’. Although meant in jest, the implied question is valid: just what does a wine consultant do? More importantly, in this age, when every assistant in a retail shop styles him- or herself a sales consultant, who would hire one? The short answer is this: a wine consultant is someone who advises wine lovers about their passion. He or she advises buyers on what to buy (and a ...
Fires near Bordeaux: Liber Pater vineyard evacuated
Police ordered the evacuation of more local residents in the Landiras area yesterday (Monday 18 July), with Liber Pater’s vineyard in Graves also evacuated as firefighters continued to try to contain a large forest fire that has been burning for the past week. A ‘fog’ of fire smoke behind Liber Pater vines on Tuesday morning (19 July), said owner Loïc Pasquet, who was briefly able to return to the site. Smoke hasn’t been a problem so far, he said. Credit: Loïc Pasquet. ‘The pol ...
Discover other regions and appellation of Minnesota
A wine route in the region of Minnesota ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages
- Alexandria
- Belview
- Cushing
- Harris
- Jordan
- Lutsen
- North branch
- Rochester
- Round lake
- Waconia