Rare Whiskey Is The Perfect Way to Kick-Off Spring!

As we watch the last bit of snow melt off the streets and sidewalks of downtown Minneapolis, and marvel at the set-up for the NCAA Final Four, forgive us for thinking that we are finally past winter 2018-19 for good.

So let’s celebrate with some great liquor specials – including some fabulous prices on a half dozen different styles of rare whiskey. See our list below.

Remember, too, that our Spring Sale begins this Wednesday, April 3rd!

Liquor Specials!!!
Luksosowa Vodka 1.75L Sale $19.99 Reg. $24.99

Rare Whiskey
Glenmorangie Allta Private Editions #10 750ml $109.99 (6 bottles)

Single Cask Nation Craigellachie 10yr Scotch 750ml $129.99 (2 bottles)

Single Cask Nation Macduff Sherry Cask 13yr Scotch 750ml $149.99 (3 bottles)

Single Cask Nation Stones of Stenness 18yr Scotch 750ml $229.99 (3 bottles)

Kilchoman 100% Islay 8th Edition 750ml $109.99 (3 bottles)

Kilchoman Sauternes Cask Finish 750ml $99.99 (3 bottles)

Store Pick
If you haven't gotten in to try the brand new Old Forester Barrel, holy cow is it good. Get in and grab a bottle or six! It is an impressive combination of spice, caramel and fruit with enough heat to taste, but not blow you away with. The complexity of it is amazing!

Celebrate Spring (Finally) At 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits!

This week, the Minnesota Twins will be kicking off their 2019 season.

Soon, fans of the Final Four NCAA Basketball teams will start to filter into town in anticipation of three great games.

Tax Season is upon us.

Before we know it, we will be getting ready for Easter and Passover celebrations.

We are hoping that there will be no repeat of last year’s April blizzard and that we are able to enjoy a long, steady progression of increasingly pleasant weather leading into the best Summer ever.

Each of the aforementioned happenings seems like a great reason to head to 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits to stock up on your favorite adult beverage to help you celebrate….or not…(face it, none of us looks forward to Tax Season).

We like to think that our prices on craft beer, fine wine and top notch spirits are among the most competitive that you will find in downtown Minneapolis, but we would be remiss if we did not take note of all the work that Don, Rob, Darren and Cory are doing to get the store ready for our SPRING WINE SALE which begins on Wednesday, April 3rd and ends Sunday, April 21st.

As you know from past sales, almost everything in the store will have a special LOW price and the shelves and displays will look like a garden of pink sale signs. We are not suggesting that you stay away until April 3rd, but you might want to mark your calendar for that day to checkout special prices on your favorite beverage, or that special bottle you have been wanting to try….if the price were just a bit lower.

In the next few weeks we are going to be going live with a remote order app so you can shop the store from your smartphone. Right now, we are slowly identifying all the kinks in the system, but you can go to the app store on your phone and search out 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits to download the app and get familiar with it. Once we go live, you will be able to access our entire inventory. You will be able to make payments, schedule deliveries and avail yourself of all quantity discounts …we discount assorted cases of wine and 6 packs of single beers by 10%. While we realize that this is NOT cutting edge technology, that you can order just about anything by remote from a smart phone, it is a big and exciting step for us to be able to offer this convenience to you, our valued customers.

As you can see, there is plenty going on with us. Stop by the store and see all the new inventory. Join us on our adventure. None of this works without YOU!

Thanks for your friendship and your business. Thanks for reading this.

1010 Washington Wine & Spirits Spring Sale Coming This April 3rd!

Today, we are all happy to finally be celebrating the first day of actual spring! Of course, the first day of spring in downtown Minneapolis simply means slightly smaller snowbanks and slightly murkier puddles. It is not necessarily the catharsis we’ve been seeking for lo these many months.

Fortunately, the warmer weather is coming – and with it – our annual spring sale, where we will be offering great storewide deals on craft beer, fine wine and top notch spirits – along with outstanding tastings every weekend!

More details on our spring sale will be forthcoming – and we invite you to like us on Facebook to be among the first to see what we will be offering. In the meantime – mark your calendars for April 3rd – 21st – and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Remember, too, to stop by and help us prepare for our April sale by helping us move through the rest of our March wine specials and cellar selections!

Feel A Little Irish With Our Liquor Specials!

This week brings us right up to the brink of St. Patrick’s Day, and if your liquor shelves and cabinets are not yet ready, the team at 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits is here to help!

See below for our newest list of liquor specials, Irish and all. We look forward to seeing you soon in downtown Minneapolis to help you stock up – and remember – to arrive early for this weekend’s fine wine, craft beer and Irish liquor tastings!

2 Gingers Irish Whiskey
750ml Sale $15.99 Reg. $21.99

Five Farms Irish Cream
750ml Sale $27.99 Reg. $34.99

Roca Patron Silver
750ml Sale $34.99 Reg. $64.99

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
750ml $74.99 (2 bottles)

Mars Whisky Komagatake Single Malt Japanese Whisky
750ml $179.99 (1 bottle)

And last but not least, our store pick:

If you haven't gotten in to try the brand new Old Forester Barrel, holy cow is it good. Get in and grab a bottle or six! It is an impressive combination of spice, caramel and fruit with enough heat to taste, but not blow you away with. The complexity of it is amazing!

March Craft Beer Specials of the Month!

This past weekend, we narrowly missed yet another Snowmageddon, while this week, temperatures may get up to 50 degrees. In other words, it must be March!

If we have yet to see you this month, chances are you have yet to see our craft beer of the month. See what we have featured and on special below – and we hope to see you in person in downtown Minneapolis soon!

Remember to follow our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to find out exactly when we get new beers in.

MARCH CRAFT BEER OF THE MONTH:
Insight Brewing

Insight Splendid Moose 4pk Sale $8.99 Reg. $9.99

Insight Troll Way 4pk Sale $8.99 Reg. $9.99

Insight Phantom Taxi 4pk Sale $8.99 Reg. $9.99

Insight Devil's Companion 4pk Sale $8.99 Reg. $9.99

Insight Banshee Cutter 4pk Sale $8.99 Reg. $9.99

Insight Dankbot 4pk Sale $8.99 Reg. $9.99

NEW CRAFT BEER

12welve Eyes Blueberry Milkshake IPA $9.99 750ml crowler can

12welve Eyes Cherry Pie Cream Ale $6.99 750ml crowler can

Broken Clock Chocolate Raspberry Law & Porter $7.99 750ml crowler can

Bad Weather Mythic Mongrel Irish Cream Ale $10.99 4pk 16oz cans

Fair State Strata Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA $16.99 ***Available Friday 3/8

Finnegans Caorthannach Russian Imperial Stout $14.99 750ml bottle

Indeed Mexican Honey Light $10.99 6pk cans

Milk & Honey Flora 2018 Vintage Cider $14.99 4pk 330ml bottles

Modist Inda Couch Double Dry Hopped Double IPA $16.99 4pk 16oz cans ***Available Monday 3/11

Pryes Mass Haze-teria Hazy IPA $13.99 4pk 16oz cans

Sisyphus Bottle Cap Mosaic IPA $13.99 4pk 16oz cans

Surly Sound Into Color Kettle Sour With Cherries and Raspberries $18.99 4pk 16oz cans

Surly Rosé $10.99 4pk 16oz cans

Utepils Springbok Heller Bock $7.99 4pk 16oz cans

Almanac Fruit Cobbler Oak-aged Peach Sour $5.99 375ml bottle

Almanac Plum Fairy Sour Farmhouse Ale With Plums & Vanilla $5.99 375ml bottle

Almanac Farmers Reserve Barrel-aged Sour With Cherries, Strawberries, Raspberries and Pears $8.99 375ml bottle

Almanac Cherry Sournova Barrel-aged Cherry Sour $15.99 4pk 16oz cans

Blake's Great Blakes Coffee Infused Hard Cider $10.99 6pk cans

Clown Shoes 2019 Hammer Of The Holy American Imperial Stout Aged in Rum Barrels $11.99 22oz bottle

Firestone Walker Rosalie Beer Rosé $9.99 4pk 16oz cans

Mikkeller Ripple Effect American IPA $15.99 4pk 16oz cans

Mikkeller Big Sky Lullaby Double NE IPA $20.99 4pk 16oz cans

Mikkeller Super Glogg Strong Ale With Grape Must, Cherry and Spices $7.99 16oz can

Mikkeller Træblod Imperial Stout $7.49 16oz can

Oliphant Anutart Pineapple & Blueberry Sour $9.99 750ml crowler can

Oliphant Sound Of The Fart Side Citra Pale Ale $9.99 750ml crowler can

Craft Beer, Fine Wine & Spirits For All Your Upcoming March Celebrations!

Before Winter bids us adieu, there is much to celebrate…and we believe that all celebrations should start at 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits in downtown Minneapolis. After all, if you have the right craft beer, fine wine or spirits, every occasion is a celebration.

First of all, it is State Tournament time. All of the High School tournaments are ahead of us for all of the sports. While each of these events is associated with its own BLIZZARD, it is also a chance for each of us to root for our old school as it winds its way to the championship that eluded us when it was our turn.

In addition, we can look forward to Big 10 tournaments …again in all the sports…so we can cheer on the Gophers, or some other school, should you choose to.

Last but certainly not least, the NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournament will be at US Bank Stadium the first full weekend of April. (For those of you just meeting us through this post, know that we are the closest liquor store in downtown Minneapolis to US Bank Stadium.) There are big games every weekend of March Madness, and we are pretty sure that there will be an entertainment event for each game.

While all these sporting events are going on, it is still unwise to forget St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday, March 17th. That is NEXT WEEKEND!! We are fully stocked on the best…and the best selling Irish Whiskies and, of course, a good supply of the appropriate beers necessary to toast the driving out of the snakes from Ireland.

We appreciate that everyone is Irish on St. Paddy’s Day, but those of us who aren’t can also celebrate St. Urho’s Day on March 16th. For those of you who are not familiar, this is a truly Minnesotan holiday invented by citizens of Finnish descent in the 50’s to mark the driving out of the grasshoppers from Finland. It is also an opportunity of mention our new Finnish Gin…Napue Rye Gin from Kyro Distilling. It JUST came on the market, and it is delicious. Available for $34.99.

There are so many opportunities to mark an important occasion with the appropriate toast with a glass of wine, spirits or craft beer from 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits over the next couple of weeks that we hope you found something ELSE to give up for the Lenten season!

We are really looking forward to helping you choose a beverage for all the excitement that awaits us in March! Visit us for an upcoming beer or wine tasting and we’ll be sure you leave with the perfect selection.

Thank you for reading this…thank you for everything you do for us…it is a pleasure to be your favorite liquor store….your friendship is a GIFT!

1010 Washington Wine & Spirits 4th Anniversary Sale - Now Through January 27th!

Has it really been four years?

When we opened back in the halcyon days of 2015, our goal was to establish a warm and inviting destination offering the best selection of wine, spirits and craft beer in downtown Minneapolis. With your help, we think we’ve done a pretty good job! And now, we’d like your help celebrating!

Through January 27th, we’ll be offering terrific deals storewide, helping you to both stock up - or replenish your bar or wine cellar, now that the holidays are safely behind us.

See the link below showing our full list of sale items - and we look forward to seeing you in-person soon!

1010 Washington Wine & Spirits - 4th Anniversary Sale!

Remember, too, to check out our list of upcoming tastings and events - including a Lopez de Heredia Spanish Wine Tasting, happening on Wednesday, January 16th! Call 612 339-4040 or send us an email at info@1010wws.com for information on any of our upcoming events or tastings.

Happy New Year From 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits!

Well, almost….

If YOU plan to have a Happy New Year, then make sure that you beat a path to 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits in downtown Minneapolis to check out all the special offerings of CHAMPAGNE, as well as craft BEER, WINE and SPIRITS!!! The shelves and displays are loaded with beverages just waiting to make your New Year’s celebration the most memorable ever.

Ok…so 2018 is almost in the rear view mirror. First of all, thank you for making it a great year for us! We celebrate 4 years at 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits next Saturday, on January 5th. Looking back, we are still amazed at the changes we have made in the store. I am not sure that there is a spot in the store that looks the same as it did four years ago. What is even more amazing …and truly gratifying…is the number of really good friends we have made. We believe that we have changed the entire mission of the store. What is truly gratifying is that YOU seem to have accepted and embraced what we are trying to do.

With this in mind, you should know that our 4th annual ANNIVERSARY SALE will begin on Wednesday, January 9th and run through Sunday, January 27th. Don, Rob, and Darren have already started working on getting you terrific deals to replenish you bar and wine cellar after the carnage wrought by Holiday entertaining.

On January 16th, we will be welcoming Monica Nogues, Founder and Owner of Think Global Wine Selections, to lead us in a terrific Spanish wine tasting. What differentiates the selections she has made is that all of the wines exhibit a real sense of place as well as being, as we said, fully aged so you can consume them at their optimum drinkability. I think we are in for a very exciting evening!

Call the store at (612) 339-4040 or send us an email at info@1010wws.com. As per usual, the tasting will be at the Aloft Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, MN at 6:30 PM. The cost of a ticket is $25.00, which can be credited against purchases from the tasting. We would really like to see you join us.

Thank you for four great years together. Thank you for your advice and counsel. Have a Happy and SAFE New Year! We look forward to 2019, and beyond, with YOU!

Visit Our Fall 2018 Craft Beer, Wine & Spirits Sale – From October 17th – November 4th, 2018!

Despite an early snowfall, the calendar indicates that we are still within the fall season. And the fall season cannot be allowed to pass without our annual craft beer, wine and spirits sale at 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits, in downtown Minneapolis!

This year’s sale runs from Wednesday, October 17th through Sunday, November 4th, 2018.

We look forward to seeing you soon – and invite you to get a sneak peak at our fall sale prices below!

1010 Washington Wine & Spirits – Fall 2018 Sale!

We also invite you to one or more of our in-store craft beer, wine and spirits tastings happening in October. See the full tastings schedule here!