Best of the Chippewa Valley

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The Best of the Chippewa Valley 2022

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Best Wine Selection (Bar, Restaurant, or Winery)

You can enjoy quite the range of wine in the Valley! Here’s proof. 2 Roots Art & Wine Gallery (216 S. Barstow St., Eau Claire) is host to an expansive range — both for buying bottles to take home or to enjoy through self-serve pours. Helix Wine, Craft Bar & Café (1444 Front Porch Pl., Altoona), too, has a large range of accessible and fine wine. Hive & Hollow’s (222 Main St. E, Menomonie) recently expanded Menomonie location is also home to a coffee, mocktail and wine bar, adding to what is already a multi-sense experience thanks to its lounge area, vintage goods for sale, and floral operation. —McKenna Scherer