Axiom Wines and Dines at the Arboretum

Many of us from Team Axiom spent yesterday evening at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum for their Toast and Taste in the Gardens event.

The Toast and Taste in the Gardens is a fundraising event for the Arboretum where people can sample food and drink from Minnesota restaurants, wineries and breweries.

The good:

• The Savgn Blanc and Sweet Red wines from the Cannon River Winery were fantastic.
• Schell's Brewery had a 150th anniversary dark beer that was great, and I'm usually not a fan of dark beer.
• When it came to food, the bruschetta-wrapped scallops from Crave were my personal favorite, and the food from LocoVores BBQ was a big hit with us as well.
• The biggest surprise for me was the zucchini bread cupcakes with goat cheese frosting topped with an edible snapdragon flower garnish. I don't really eat zucchini-based baked goods, flowers, or anything with goat cheese, but it was actually really good.
  

The not-so-good:

• There was a basketball-sized wasps' nest near one of the walking trails. And even though the wasps seemed well-behaved, I hate wasps and did my best not to scream like a girl when I saw them.

Wasps' nests aside, it was a fun night of wine, great food and lots of beautiful flowers and trees to walk around and look at. Add in the fact that the weather was gorgeous, and it's hard to imagine the evening going any better. Be sure to check out our Facebook page to see all of our photos from the event.