PDC X Small Hours Dinner Party: An Evening in Jura
Join us for a long-table dinner inspired by Jura. This extraordinary wine region, tucked into the mountains of eastern France, is known for its deep connection between distinctive wines and generous cooking.
The evening will feature a six-course menu by Paris Dining Club, with Sarina’s meaningful wine pairings alongside each dish.
Ticket includes dinner + wine pairings. Seating is very limited.
About Paris Dining Club
Created by James Beard-nominated chef Jamie Malone, Paris Dining Club is a French-inspired dinner club devoted to beautiful food and the ritual of gathering.
Paris Dining Club creates special dining experiences at home with its monthly dinner subscription. Each month brings a new theme and a fully prepared, multi-course French dinner delivered to doorsteps throughout the Twin Cities. And at their dining studio, an artist loft in the North Loop, they host intimate dinner parties, weddings, and celebrations.
For Paris Dining Club, everything begins at the table, with the belief that great food, shared with people you love, is what restores us and makes life beautiful.
Wine School | Jura, Up Close
Burgundy is one of those wine regions that can feel like it was designed to keep people out. The names are complicated, the hierarchy is complicated, and the most famous bottles are wildly expensive. But underneath all of that is something much simpler: really good wines that reflect where they come from and are meant to be enjoyed at the table.
We’ll taste wines from Beaujolais, Chablis, and the Mâconnais, and talk about why these places make such different wines, what gives them a sense of place, and how producers shape the way we experience that place.
We’ll also talk about Burgundy as a pairing wine. These are wines that make sense at the table, whether you’re drinking a bottle of Chablis with dinner, Beaujolais with something grilled, or a bottle of Pouilly-Loché with a plate of cheese.
The goal is not to memorize Burgundy’s hierarchy. It’s to understand why the region is so interesting and to leave with a better sense of how to find wines you actually want to drink.
Wine School | Jura, Up Close
Burgundy is one of those wine regions that can feel like it was designed to keep people out. The names are complicated, the hierarchy is complicated, and the most famous bottles are wildly expensive. But underneath all of that is something much simpler: really good wines that reflect where they come from and are meant to be enjoyed at the table.
We’ll taste wines from Beaujolais, Chablis, and the Mâconnais, and talk about why these places make such different wines, what gives them a sense of place, and how producers shape the way we experience that place.
We’ll also talk about Burgundy as a pairing wine. These are wines that make sense at the table, whether you’re drinking a bottle of Chablis with dinner, Beaujolais with something grilled, or a bottle of Pouilly-Loché with a plate of cheese.
The goal is not to memorize Burgundy’s hierarchy. It’s to understand why the region is so interesting and to leave with a better sense of how to find wines you actually want to drink.
Guest Selector Series Ft Lemony
Lemony is a Minneapolis DJ, community builder, vinyl lover, graphic tee connoisseur, and more. Playing music and bringing people together is at the center of his practice, whether that’s through his BYOV (Bring Your Own Vinyl) Nights or lending a hand in creating unforgettable sonic experiences with GREYPHORIA SOUND.
DIIV "ZIRP!" Listening Party
We’re partnering with In Sheep’s Clothing to bring you to bring you an exclusive advance listen to DIIV’s new album “ZIRP!”. We'll play the new record in full on our hifi system during our normal dinner service on Thursday, October 29th in the 7 o'clock hour.
Reservations for the evening are available via RESY now.
Guest Selector Series ft Tati Arbelaez
Tati is a local visual artist and the host of NTS Radio's "Cosmic Peekaboo" program, a monthly affair of eclectic mid-century music and soft-spoken commentary. She'll be bringing records, some previously spun on the broadcast, from her personal collection. Come say hi and listen to some colorful curations over some wine.
The Classical Influence
Molly Sonsteng is a trained opera singer with a background at Carnegie Hall and the Manhattan School of Music. She has been hosting intimate listening evenings in her home, sharing the music she loves alongside the history and culture surrounding it. For this evening at Small Hours, she's bringing that experience to a wider room. Molly brings her deep knowledge and genuine enthusiasm for classical music to these listening salons, creating an entry point into a piece through the world around it.
For this evening, Molly will take us into one piece of music and the time it came from: the history and politics of the day, along with its art, fashion, inventions, and other details of everyday life. We'll listen to the piece together, then talk about what we heard and where the piece shows up today.
It's an intentionally analog evening: sitting together, listening closely, drinking wine, and spending time with something you may or may not know much about. You can simply enjoy the experience, or leave with something that makes you want to keep digging.
Wine School | Burgundy, reconsidered
Burgundy is one of those wine regions that can feel like it was designed to keep people out. The names are complicated, the hierarchy is complicated, and the most famous bottles are wildly expensive. But underneath all of that is something much simpler: really good wines that reflect where they come from and are meant to be enjoyed at the table.
We’ll taste wines from Beaujolais, Chablis, and the Mâconnais, and talk about why these places make such different wines, what gives them a sense of place, and how producers shape the way we experience that place.
We’ll also talk about Burgundy as a pairing wine. These are wines that make sense at the table, whether you’re drinking a bottle of Chablis with dinner, Beaujolais with something grilled, or a bottle of Pouilly-Loché with a plate of cheese.
The goal is not to memorize Burgundy’s hierarchy. It’s to understand why the region is so interesting and to leave with a better sense of how to find wines you actually want to drink.
2 Year Anniversary Party
We made it! Come celebrate two years of Small Hours with a night full of guest selectors and our favorite wines poured by the glass.
Wine School | Burgundy, reconsidered
Burgundy is one of those wine regions that can feel like it was designed to keep people out. The names are complicated, the hierarchy is complicated, and the most famous bottles are wildly expensive. But underneath all of that is something much simpler: really good wines that reflect where they come from and are meant to be enjoyed at the table.
We’ll taste wines from Beaujolais, Chablis, and the Mâconnais, and talk about why these places make such different wines, what gives them a sense of place, and how producers shape the way we experience that place.
We’ll also talk about Burgundy as a pairing wine. These are wines that make sense at the table, whether you’re drinking a bottle of Chablis with dinner, Beaujolais with something grilled, or a bottle of Pouilly-Loché with a plate of cheese.
The goal is not to memorize Burgundy’s hierarchy. It’s to understand why the region is so interesting and to leave with a better sense of how to find wines you actually want to drink.
Wine School | The Loire: A region in Motion
The Loire: A Region in Motion
We’ve previously spent time getting to know the Loire Valley with an in-depth series covering every corner of this wild river valley. This time, we’re looking at it a little differently.
Why does one part of the Loire make Sauvignon Blanc while another is devoted to Chenin Blanc? How is it able to produce every style of wine from sparkling, to sweet and everything in between? We’ll taste across the region to explore how grape varieties became associated with particular places, how producers are pushing against, or redefining, those traditions, and how a changing climate is beginning to reshape the wines of this famously cool-climate region.
This is a class about the Loire as it exists now: diverse, in many ways intimate, and evolving.
We’ll taste a selection of wines from across the Loire while talking about:
Why particular grape varieties thrive in different parts of the region
How producers influence the way we understand a place
The tension between tradition and experimentation
How climate change is affecting ripening, acidity, harvest dates, and wine style
Where the Loire might be headed next
Wine School includes a flight of four wines and snacks from our kitchen. Price is inclusive of tax.
Haruomi Hosono "Sincerely" Advanced Listening Party
We’re teaming up with In Sheep’s Clothing HiFi again, this time to bring you an exclusive advance listen to Haruomi Hosono’s new album “Yours Sincerely”. We’ll play the new record in full on our hifi system during our normal dinner service on Thursday, September 10th in the 7 o’clock hour. Reservations for the evening are available via RESY now.
Some words on the record from Hosono:
“It started with a simple question: how do you express the Japanese ideas of omoiyari（思い遣り), jihi（慈悲）or boseiai (GE) in English? I searched, but no word felt quite right. Each came close, yet carried a slightly different nuance. Perhaps the nearest was ‘compassion.’ It is often translated as ‘omoiyari’ in Japanese, but its original meaning is ‘to suffer together! It tends to carry a sense of sympathy or pity-something that feels distinct from the Japanese sense of omoiyari. In Japanese, omoiyari also includes the feeling of ‘rejoicing together!’ In that sense, it may even seem like the opposite. The perspective, the emotional angle-subtly but fundamentally different. For that reason, I chose not to use ‘compassion! Instead, I turned to a more familiar word often used to close a letter: ‘Sincerely!”
José Pastor Takeover
Mark Lindzy is coming to Small Hours!
We're spending the evening with our friend Mark and a selection of wines from José Pastor Selections. José Pastor has been one of the importers we've loved following for years, with a portfolio full of growers and wines that we genuinely love drinking.
We'll have José Pastor wines by the glass throughout the evening, a special flight for anyone who wants to explore a little further, and we'll be highlighting our tinned fish to go along with them.
Mostly, we're just excited to have Mark here. Come have a glass, eat some fish, talk about wine, or just hang out with us.
Wine School | The Loire: A region in Motion
The Loire: A Region in Motion
We’ve previously spent time getting to know the Loire Valley with an in-depth series covering every corner of this wild river valley. This time, we’re looking at it a little differently.
Why does one part of the Loire make Sauvignon Blanc while another is devoted to Chenin Blanc? How is it able to produce every style of wine from sparkling, to sweet and everything in between? We’ll taste across the region to explore how grape varieties became associated with particular places, how producers are pushing against, or redefining, those traditions, and how a changing climate is beginning to reshape the wines of this famously cool-climate region.
This is a class about the Loire as it exists now: diverse, in many ways intimate, and evolving.
We’ll taste a selection of wines from across the Loire while talking about:
Why particular grape varieties thrive in different parts of the region
How producers influence the way we understand a place
The tension between tradition and experimentation
How climate change is affecting ripening, acidity, harvest dates, and wine style
Where the Loire might be headed next
Wine School includes a flight of four wines and snacks from our kitchen. Price is inclusive of tax.
Sylvan Esso “Ow ∞” Advance Listening Party
We're very excited to team up with In Sheep’s Clothing Hifi to present an exclusive advanced listen to Sylvan Esso's new album “Ow ∞.” We'll play the new album front to back on our hifi system in the bar during our regular Thursday evening dinner service. Reservations are available via RESY.
Written across four years in the woods in Chapel Hill, the longest the band has ever spent writing a record, Ow ∞ (pronounced "Ow Infinity") arrives with an intense immediacy. Across their life as a band Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn have made songs from a tightrope, a central tension at the core of their songwriting from which everything else spiraled, a push-and-pull of the physical and existential, a dance floor to a dark corner, cerebral and instinctual - and here, finally, unleashed into something that is free.
Wine School | Part II: The Finger Lakes
Riesling remains the lens through which many people first encounter the Finger Lakes, and for good reason. We'll spend time with the grape and the producers who have helped define the region's reputation, while also exploring other wines that help tell the larger story of New York wine today.
Particular attention will be paid to the lakes themselves and the growing conditions that make this one of North America's most distinctive cool-climate regions. As a special treat, we will taste a personal cuvée created during a blending seminar to see if we can identify qualities such as acid and sugar levels in a blind wine.
Wine School includes a flight of four wines and snacks from our kitchen. Price is inclusive of tax.
Guest Selector Series ft. miCky Alfano
Our Guest Selector this week is our good pal Micky Alfano.
You'll recognize Micky as a Minneapolis industry vet, and the bass player for Night Moves. Mick has been gracious enough to play records a few times here behind the bar and we're happy to welcome him back. He always brings great stuff and great people along with him. Join us to see what he's got up his sleeve this time when he takes over the turntables from 7-10pm on Wednesday August 26.
Wine School | Part II: The Finger Lakes
Riesling remains the lens through which many people first encounter the Finger Lakes, and for good reason. We'll spend time with the grape and the producers who have helped define the region's reputation, while also exploring other wines that help tell the larger story of New York wine today.
Particular attention will be paid to the lakes themselves and the growing conditions that make this one of North America's most distinctive cool-climate regions. As a special treat, we will taste a personal cuvée created during a blending seminar to see if we can identify qualities such as acid and sugar levels in a blind wine.
Wine School includes a flight of four wines and snacks from our kitchen. Price is inclusive of tax.
Wine School | Part I: The Many Faces of Oregon
Pinot Noir will be at the center of our discussion, as it is at the center of Oregon's modern wine identity, but the class will also look beyond the state's flagship grape to better understand the broader context of Oregon wine. Along the way we'll discuss producer styles, climate, and the influence of the Willamette Valley's famously varied soils.
Wine School includes a flight of four wines and snacks from our kitchen. Price is inclusive of tax.
Guest Selector Series ft Aidan Dillon
Aidan Dillon is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Minneapolis with a background in urban planning and design. Aidan’s primary medium is large scale paintings that are influenced by his former studies, including using current and historic Sanborn maps and aerial photography. His other mediums include furniture, graphic design, and co-hosting nom supper club.
Aidan’s passion for music began at a young age with his involvement in local DIY scenes, including playing for Chicago indie sweethearts Friko. He has since been an avid collector of LPs, tapes, and CDs.
Wine School | Part I: The Many Faces of Oregon
Pinot Noir will be at the center of our discussion, as it is at the center of Oregon's modern wine identity, but the class will also look beyond the state's flagship grape to better understand the broader context of Oregon wine. Along the way we'll discuss producer styles, climate, and the influence of the Willamette Valley's famously varied soils.
Wine School includes a flight of four wines and snacks from our kitchen. Price is inclusive of tax.
