Ever had a dry rose of Cebernet Franc? If not, Saturday is your chance as the Bonacquisti Wine Co. celebrates spring with the release of two warm weather wines, a 2011 Rosé and a 2011 Riesling. And what pairs better with Riesling than a little Chinese food? For our money, not much. Bambu Mobile Chinese, [...]
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Desert Moon Vineyards 2009 Shiver
Here’s the deal. Usually, when a wine is done in a short-cut style of a tradition, it’s not as good. Carbonated sparkling wine compared to the stuff done in Champagne method, for example. So it was with a little apprehension that I tasted the Shiver from Desert Moon Vineyards in Centennial.
A Colorado Thanksgiving wine guide
Turkey. Check. Twice-baked potatoes. Check. Jell-O mold. Check. Green bean casserole. Check. You’ve been thinking about the food for weeks but have you given the proper time to consider the vino you’ll be serving alongside the thousands of calories that’ll be on your table this holiday season? Well, get to it.
Guy Drew Vineyards 2009 Riesling
When talking about acidic wines in Colorado, it’s usually in reference to ones made from grapes at high elevations. In many of the lower-lying areas around Palisade, for example, the Colorado heat produces wines higher in sugar after long days of cooking on the vines.
Black Bridge Winery 2010 Riesling
The West Elks AVA wines continue to impress with their focus. These wines high up in the hills of Paonia — from virtually every vintner in the region — all pay homage to cold climate wines of Europe that lead with acidic structure.
Grilling TAG’s Jensen Cummings about wine pairing on the BBQ
How do you know when you are in over your head in a wine pairing discussion? How about when the conferring person suggests mako shark as a deft companion to the Sauvignon Blanc on the table. That was Jensen Cummings’ first insight when he stopped by to talk grilling wines. “Or something more approachable, like [...]
Whitewater Hill Vineyards 2009 Riesling
When putting the sweet into Riesling, it’s all about balance. Too much sugar, and the result will be Kool Aid (unless, of course, we’re talking delicate dessert sugar). Too little and you may wind up with a dry Riesling that isn’t dry enough for those who loath the touch of sweet. Whitewater Hill Vineyards 2010 [...]
Talon Winery 2009 Rosato
When is a rosé not a rosé? Well, technically never. If it’s pink it pretty much falls into that classification. There is the blush category, though. This is a style developed in California in the 1970s when demand for white wine far exceeded the supply of white grapes. So winemakers started tinkering with making red [...]
Building a Cult Winery in Colorado
Settembre Cellars is taking small-batch wine making to a silly level.
A Thanksgiving Colorado wine pairing guide
The medley of flavors at the dinner table – not to mention the myriad palates that will be sitting at it – can make pairing wines on Thanksgiving Day a brutal task. Sweet potatoes, fresh cranberry, soups, green beans, gravy, turkey, sausage stuffing, candied yams… The plentiful dishes are an exercise in complexity and gluttony. [...]