[wine] Another Wine Event

SPECIAL EVENT: The Natural History of Minnesota Wine Saturday, September 29, 2007 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door The history and flavors of Minnesota wine will be showcased in “The Natural History of Minnesota Wine” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis. The event, designed for both novice and connoisseur, will kick off with a talk by James Luby, University of Minnesota professor of horticultural science, whose team of researchers are credited with developing many of the cold hardy, hybrid grapes that make Minnesota viticulture and wine making a fast growing and increasingly competitive industry. Sample tasting pours of award-winning wines from Minnesota-based wineries using the university’s Frontenac, Frontenac Gris and La Crescent grapes – as well as live music in the museum’s diorama galleries and cheeses handcrafted by student cheese makers in the university’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences. Call (612) 624-9050 for special discounted pricing for Bell Museum and University of Minnesota Alumni Association members.