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LaNoue DuBois Provides Unique Events and Easy-drinking Wines (Montrose Press)
LaNoue DuBois Winery has only been open for two years, but it’s a family business decades in the making. It has been in Owner Lee LaNoue’s family for decades, since his maternal grandparents bought more than 250 acres in the 1940s. When LaNoue approached his grandfather with the idea of winemaking back in 2001, he was so excited to see

An Oral History of the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen at 40 (Food & Wine)
Ask 30 participants about the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and you’ll get 30 wildly varying, occasionally intersecting accounts of what it’s like to be a part of this legendary 40-year-old food festival. And we do mean legendary.

Grande River Vineyard Introduces Sparkling Wine (The Business Times)
Grand River Vineyards will celebrate the launch of Sante! Sparkling Wine produced in the Methode Champenoise at its seasonal pickup at the winery in Palisade on Saturday, June 17. The party, is open to the public and will feature live music by Tony Rosario as well as homemade Mexican food by the El Ray food truck.

GOCO Awards $45,000 Grant (KKCO11 News)
Today the Great Outdoors Colorado Board awarded a $45,000 grant to Colorado West Land Trust to protect a portion of Avant vineyards near Palisade. The GOCO grant is part of Keep it Colorado’s transaction cost assistance program. The program re-grants GOCO funds to nonprofit land trusts to help cover the costs associated with creating easements on portions of land.

Carboy Winery Debuts Its Grand Line of Sparking Wines (Advisor WIN)
Carboy Winery, one of Colorado’s most well-known and largest wine operations, is ecstatic to announce the launch of its new line of sparkling wines: The GRAND series. The six new wines in the GRAND portfolio join Carboy’s ever expanding line of premium still and sparkling wines.

Grand Valley AVA Nominated for Best Wine Region (Advisor WIN)
The Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology (CAVE), is excited to announce that USA Today 10Best has nominated the Grand Valley AVA for Best Wine Region. USA Today 10Best is a travel and lifestyle website that provides advice from experts around the world.

Move over White Claw: This will be the summer of wine seltzers if Colorado beverage makers have a say (Denver Post)
Using wine adds natural sweetness, eliminating the need for artificial flavors, according to these local companies. Colorado may be an undisputed beer mecca, but as summer temperatures set in, it’s impossible to ignore the prevalence of hard seltzer when drinkers look for ways to beat the heat.

Grand Valley AVA Orchardists Wait Out Wet Winter Fallout (KKCO11News)
It’s been a winter of records. Record snowpack. Record rainfall. And now, in the shadow of Mount Garfield and the Grand Mesa, Grand Valley AVA growers count on spring in the wake of a long winter.

North Fork Uncorked June 9 – 11, 2023 (West Elks AVA)
The wineries of the North Fork Valley invite you to come to Paonia and Hotchkiss to enjoy a fun-filled weekend of culinary events, wine and cider, music, and barrel tastings to celebrate the beginning of the 2023 summer season. New releases of limited production wines will be available for tasting and purchase. Fun activities for everyone!

Colterris adds to its Brand with New Tasting Room, Museum Plans (The Daily Sentinel)
Those driving along U.S. Highway 6 on the west side of Palisade likely have noticed a new name on a familiar sign. Plum Creek Cellars, which was one of the state’s oldest wineries, was purchased in December by Colterris owners Scott and Theresa High.

Alcohol Beverage Festival Participation Bill is Signed into Law! (Advisor, WIN)
The Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology (CAVE), is excited to announce their bill, SB23 -264, was signed into law by Governor Polis last week! The Alcohol Beverage Festival Participation Bill allows a licensee (including wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries) to participate in up to fifty-two (52) festivals…

Doug Caskey Announces Retirement from the CO Wine Industry Board (Advisor, WIN)
When I officially announced during the May 18th Wine Board meeting that I am retiring at the end of June, there was spontaneous applause. I am not sure if that was elation that I am finally leaving, or an acknowledgement that I’ve been doing this for a long time. Probably both.