Minneapolis's Most Serious Wine List, Full Stop
North Loop · Minneapolis · Contemporary Tasting Menu / New American Fine Dining · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed June 8, 2026
Wingman Metrics
The wine list at Demi hits like the tasting menu itself — curated within an inch of its life, no filler, no apologies. You're not flipping through a laminated binder; this is a document someone clearly lost sleep over. Grower Champagne, Northern Rhône Syrah, old-world obscurities sitting next to natural-leaning producers — it signals immediately that the kitchen and the cellar are operating at the same altitude.
The list leans hard into France — Burgundy and Champagne anchor it, with Laherte Frères representing the grower side and Jean-Marc Roulot showing up at the serious end of the Bourgogne Blanc tier — but there's real range beyond the Loire and Rhône. Envinate's Lousas from Ribeira Sacra, Foradori Teroldego from the Dolomites, Radikon's skin-contact Slatnik from Friuli — these aren't token gestures toward the natural wine crowd, they're thoughtfully placed bottles that actually make sense alongside the food. The Beaujolais representation, anchored by Jean Foillard's Morgon Côte du Py, shows the list isn't using the appellation as a budget afterthought. Gaps exist — by-the-glass details aren't well publicized, and Southern Hemisphere coverage appears thin — but the depth where it counts more than compensates.
Specific by-the-glass options aren't published front-and-center, which is a mild frustration at a restaurant in this price bracket. Given the caliber of the bottle list and the sommelier presence, you'd expect a rotating glass program that matches the seasonal tasting menu; in practice, guests are likely steered toward pairing options or encouraged to order bottles. Worth asking the floor team directly — at Demi, that conversation is likely to go somewhere interesting.
Jean-Marc Roulot Bourgogne Blanc 2020 — $260
Yes, $260 is real money. But Roulot's village-level Bourgogne Blanc retails around $150 — a 73% markup is practically wholesale by fine-dining standards. On a list where bottles routinely run 155–200% over retail, this is the one the wine-literate diner grabs without blinking.
Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie 2021
At $58, this is the bottle most people skip because 'it's just Muscadet.' Marc Ollivier's Pépière is not just Muscadet — it's one of the benchmark expressions of the appellation, all tensile salinity and spent lees texture. Order it early in the tasting menu and watch it do work across three or four courses.
Foradori Teroldego Vigneti delle Dolomiti 2021
Foradori is a great producer and the wine is excellent — but at $98 on a $32 retail bottle, you're absorbing a 206% markup, the steepest on the list. The wine deserves better treatment than that margin. If you want to drink something interesting from Italy tonight, it's still worth ordering, but know what you're paying for.
Champagne Laherte Frères Ultradition Brut NV + Seasonal seafood course
Laherte's Ultradition is a grower Champagne with actual backbone — brioche and citrus pith, not just bubbles and sugar. Against whatever sea-driven course Demi is running this season, it adds acidity and lift without stepping on the kitchen's work. It's also the most logical way to open the evening before the tasting menu locks you in.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Demi is doing something rare in Minneapolis: running a wine program that's genuinely as ambitious as the food. Markups are steep and that's the honest truth, but the list's depth, the staff knowledge, and the overall intentionality make it the best reason in the Twin Cities to order wine with a tasting menu.
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Deep & Eclectic
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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Solid Range
Steep
Basic Stemmed
Knowledgeable & Friendly
Set & Forget
Proper
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Small but Thoughtful
Fair
Basic Stemmed
Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
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