Those who call northern Wales home will think of Trawsfynydd as a village. Those who call Colorado home will scratch their heads in wonder as they try to pronounce the name on the label of a rich red wine blend from Sutcliffe Vineyards.
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Anemoi Wine 2009 Boreas
The winemaker wasn’t kidding. The guy behind the brand spankin’ new brand Anemoi Wine wanted to produce a bottle that was bigger, bolder and more new world than the vino he makes for his 15-year-old label, Canyon Wind Cellars.
9/1/11: 2nd annual Cabernet Day at Row 14
Celebrate the second annual Cabernet Day with Local Winos Media at one of 15 headquarters spread out throughout the world. #cabernetday on Twitter. Don’t forget to register in Denver and Internationally
Grande River Vineyards 2004 Meritage
In 2009, the 2004 Meritage from Grande River Vineyards won several awards including a double gold at the 2009 Taster’s Guild Consumer Tasting, a sliver at Colorado Mountain WineFest and a bronze at the Colorado State Fair.
Guy Drew Vineyards 2009 Rosé
The desert landscape cooks in the southwest part of Colorado come summertime. Maybe the heat is why Guy Drew Vineyards’ 2009 Rosé is so flipping good. Winemaker Drew has as big a need for a classic pink wine to sip on his property while overlooking Mesa Verde National Park and all the gorgeous desert canyons [...]
Using Alfred Eames and Infinite Monkey to Define Old and New
Ben Parsons of Infinite Monkey Theorem winery produces fine, New World style wines. His Colorado counterpart, Alfred Eames, (estate pictured below) makes his vino like an Old World vintner. If you’ve hung around a wine geek long enough, it’s a safe bet he or she has told you the wine in your glass was made [...]
Meet Franc, Colorado’s Cab
New World vintners love to slap a grape name, in big letters, onto their bottles. Subtlety has never been a strong suite in the modern world of wine. Despite generations of work in Bordeaux, Burgundy, and the Rhône Valley, it’s Napa that made Cabernet Sauvignon a rock star. Oregon has done the same for Pinot [...]
Hermosa Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc
When is a Cabernet Franc not a Cabernet Franc? Technically, never. If the grape is in the wine, then the wine is the grape. Or something like that. But ask Kenn Dunn about a typical Cabernet Franc and he’ll sputter. There’s nothing normal in his mind when it comes to a vintner’s wine, and his [...]
Whitewater Hill Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc
It’s been awhile since I’d popped a bottle Cabernet Franc, perhaps the star grape of Colorado’s reds. I’ll try to come back to it quicker next time. The 2007 version from Whitewater Hill Vineyards brought me back to all those typical flavors that have made this such a solid Colorado wine. On the nose, rich [...]
Bonacquisti’s Rowdy Red: A collegiate wine to benefit Metro State
The Denver wine business just got a little more collegiate. The Bonacquisti Wine Co., a fully operating urban winery at Colorado Winery Row in northwest Denver, recently partnered with Metro State to sell more than 80 cases of wine to the benefit of a scholarship fund. Along the way, Bonacquisti may have just developed a [...]