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Happy Friday to you! Please enjoy some of our current favorite internet finds as you head into the weekend.
FRIDAY FAVES - 5.14.21
- A gorgeously simple spring dessert featuring berries and rosé. This would be perfect for a Memorial Day celebration!
- Speaking of summer celebrations, check out our new SHOP section stuffed with wines that are best enjoyed outdoors.
- Minneapolis urban flower farm, Northerly Flora, is selling bouquet subscriptions! Treat yourself to a wild and wonderful bouquet each week, grown, harvested and arranged by owner and farmer Molly Gaeckle.
- Holy life hack! Check out these beautifully crafted pottery cabinet knobs and handles you can use to upgrade basic IKEA furniture.
- Fourteen New Yorker covers that poignantly portray pandemic life (which we can hopefully say good-bye to soon!).
Have an excellent weekend!
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Happy Friday and Happy May! I hope the sun is shining where you are and that you enjoy these little gems from the internet:
FRIDAY FAVES - 5.7.21
- I highly recommend making this hot and tangy vegetarian soup! At first glance, it doesn't seem like much, but it's totally invigorating and so easy to throw together.
- You don't have to have a green thumb to appreciate this advice on the best flowers for a container garden.
- Just in time for fresher weather, Leslee did a live tasting of almost half of the 31 different rosés we carry! Check it out on Facebook!
- Watch this charming video tutorial from Food52 on making an exciting big salad. So cute!
- This kitchen makeover is inspiring me to pick up a paintbrush!
Have a great day!
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Hello there, thanks for stopping by! Here's a cute little list of whimsy to get your weekend going.
FRIDAY FAVES - 4.30.21
- Take not of these eight helpful plants that repel mosquitos and other pests, for your future outdoor hangs and gardening plans!
- Love these cute and irreverant Mother's Day cards.
- If you're looking for a last-minute Mom's Day gift, check out the virtual wine class section of Amusée! Or send her a subscription to Sip Better? ;)
- Holy moly, Miley Cyrus's new house is a colorful feast for the eyes.
- Scrolling through these bold sunglasses trends for 2021 will have you feeling summery in no time!
Have a relaxing weekend!
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Welcome to the weekend! We've got a short list of goodies you might like to peruse in preparation. Enjoy!
FRIDAY FAVES - 4.23.21
- I'm guessing there's a dad in your life who can relate to these hilarious t-shirts!
- Speaking of parents! We've got a whole juicy shop section full of wines to gift your mom this Mother's Day! The Marisco 'Ned' Pinot Gris is particularly delightful and celebratory (it tastes like a juicy bowl of melon + strawberry).
- Ummm, West Elm has a kids collection now? Cute little people furniture? I'm in!
- Do you miss going to the movies as much as I do? This piece on why the heck movie theaters look the way they do (those crazy carpets!) is a total nostalgia trip.
- If you're in the Minneapolis area, don't miss the Broken English pop-up menu at Restaurant Alma this Sunday night! Chef Dan Manosack makes Lao-American style street food and it is GOOD.
Have a great day!
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On this Earth Day, we are reveling in the good work being done by three organic vineyards we love. Over ninety percent of the wines we carry and champion here at Sip Better subscribe to natural farming principles. But we thought these three producers in particular would get you excited about honoring the earth by drinking wine! Didn't think that was possible, did ya? Perhaps these producers will inspire you, too.
Enjoy!
For many years, Avignonesi was a very well known wine brand in Tuscany. But when Belgian heiress Virginie Saverys acquired the winery in 2009, she wanted to revive the land and make it sing. Before, Avignonesi had been a pretty conventional farm, pumping out thick and heavy wines that didn't pay much homage to the natural character of the land. Virginie hired a biodynamics consultant, Adriano Zago, to help change the entire operation.
Together, Virginie, Adriano, and the team at...
