Some people still have trouble believe there are more than 100 wineries in Colorado. We’re going to prove it to you. Participating wineries along the Front Range will be inviting a friend from the Western Slope to hold an open house. Sip on wines made near Denver from Palisade grapes alongside wines made in the [...]
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April 12: Luca D’Italia wine dinner at Bookcliff Vineyards
One of Denver’s premier chefs is heading to Boulder for an intimate winery dining experience. Hunter Pritchett at Luca D’Italia will stop into Bookcliff Vineyards for a multi-course, wine-paired dinner. Luca is a high-end Italian restaurant on Capital Hill owned by Denver restaurateur Frank Bonanno. Tickets are $65. 6 p.m., April 12 at Bookcliff Vineyards, 501 Lee Hill Road [...]
A brief history of Colorado wine and a vintage 1998 Cabernet Franc
For a dash of Colorado wine history, it takes little more than a trip to Doug Caskey’s cellar (which should be noted is an actual dirt floor, back bending cellar) in Boulder.
March 22: BookCliff Vineyards wine dinner with Pizzeria Basta
Pizza and wine, is there any better combination? That’s what BookCliff Vineyards aims to find out on Thursday when it teams with Kelly Whitaker of Pizzeria Basta for a wine dinner at the winery in north Boulder. The menu will expand far from pizza (but still using the same wood-fired oven that creates Basta’s highly [...]
Feb. 23: Salt the Bistro wine dinner at Bookcliff Vineyards
Bradford Heap, the farm-to-table chef guru behind both Salt and Colterra will stop into Bookcliff Vineyards for a multi-course wine-paired dinner in the winery.
Drinking in the morning with Denver Diatribe
The good folks over at Denver Diatribe offered an invite to join them for this week’s podcast, themed “Red lights and white wines.” That latter being my expertise, at least when it’s in the realm of Colorado wine. So I introduced them to four offerings, trying to prove that the local juice doesn’t suck anymore.
1/13-16: Estes Park Winter Festival
The 3rd annual winter festival in Estes Park returns with a variety of entertainment, food and drink options to keep you entertained. The Chili Cookoff, on both Saturday and Sunday, highlight a full schedule of events over the weekend. Plus nine Colorado wineries will showcase their award-winning wines too: Snowy Peaks Winery, Turquoise Mesa Winery, [...]
#DenverWineCru find: Colorado hangs with the world
First rule of #DenverWineCru: Taste your wines blind. Is that a cliche enough intro to a surprising story about Colorado wine vs. the World? Thought so.
Bookcliff Vineyards 2009 Petite Sirah
The tragic thing about this review is the timing. It took us too long to get our hands on a bottle of the Bookcliff Vineyards 2009 Petit Sirah. So we are about to tell you about a great wine that is pretty much sold out.
Celebrating the harvest at Spuntino: A Club Wino recap
With 20 people cozied into the booth seating at Spuntino on Wednesday, Club Wino No. 3 took advantage of the eve of fall by introducing wines that embraced the harvest season. Each of the selections came from Colorado winemakers who also tend the vines. It was a nod to the massive amount of work they are pressed with year round.