For those who love wine and live to ski, no place on earth is better suited for indulging in these dual passions than The Little Nell hotel. At the Nell, Chris Dunaway curates the ‘Best Hotel Wine List in the World’.
In this exclusive interview on Glass of Bubbly we speak with Patric Matysiewski, the Co-Founder and Winemaker at Sauvage Spectrum in the United States of America, let’s discover a little about his life in the wonderful world of wine.
In 2004, Peony Lane Wine planted its first plot of Pinot Noir in one of the highest elevations for wine-growing in North America—Paonia, Colorado. Owner Ben Justman takes a unique approach to winemaking, marrying a process that dates back thousands of years with a modern-day approach to business operations.
In a state with a 150-year history of apple growing, there’s inevitably going to be 150 years of hard cider. But the good ol’ days? That’s right now. Colorado used to produce some of the best apples in the country, and southwest Colorado, in particular, was a powerhouse growing region. Today is the moment when Colorado’s cider is at its peak.
Deep Roots Winery is moving to Golden, making it the second winery leaving RiNo this month. The eatery and taproom at 2875 Blake St., which has operated there since 2021, will close on Dec. 15 and reopen in mid-January at 1375 Catamount Drive. But its kitchen and food won’t be making the trip west.
When Colorado voters were asked in 2022 to allow grocery stores to sell wine — lifting a 107-year restriction the industry repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to beat back legislatively for decades — proponents billed it as a win for consumers’ pocketbooks and the leveling of the playing field for alcohol sales statewide.
On the heels of Election Day 2022, Megan Bennett and Geno Anaya marked their signatures on a five-year lease for Wine and Spirits Boutique, at 10355 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., across from the King Soopers store in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood.
Colorado has long been praised for its thriving craft beer scene. There are currently over 400 breweries operating in Colorado. But how about a thriving wine scene? What are the 15 best wine bars in Denver?
Odell Brewing, which was founded in Fort Collins in 1989, has won plenty of beer awards over the decades, but on Friday, the company’s wine operation won a coveted award as well. The OBC Wine Project took home “Best in Show” for its Colorado Red blend during the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board’s tenth annual Colorado Uncorked event.
The winner of the 2024 Governor’s Cup for best wine is actually a well-known Colorado craft beer brewery. The OBC Wine Project in Fort Collins, with winemaker Travis Green took the cup with its 2023 Colorado Red. It’s a division of Odell Brewing, and the wine bar is right next to the brewery.
Estes Park’s only winery, Snowy Peaks Winery, is celebrating their 20th year of turning Colorado-grown grapes into award winning wines. Their first vintage was in 2005, the year the winery and tasting room opened in downtown Estes Park. Many things have changed since then, but one hasn’t, the high quality of the wines produced at this high-altitude winery.
Innovation defines the sixteen years of the Infinite Monkey Theorem’s existence as a Colorado winery. Founder Ben Parsons bottled his first wines in 2008 and sold them from an old warehouse near West Fifth Avenue and Santa Fe Drive. The business would still have been a trailblazer even without those innovations.
