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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.
ZenZen Gardens – Tasting Room and Oasis (High Country Shopper)
After many years of perfecting their skills, Cindie Sorensen of Zenzen Gardens and Alfred Eames Cellars have joined their visions together to bring the newest wine tasting room to the North Fork Valley.
1 Big Thing: Colorado’s Wine Industry Looks to Adapt (Axios Denver)
Colorado’s wine country is far from California’s famed Napa Valley. For one, it’s much harder to grow grapes here. “It’s not easy. We don’t have enough water … and the weather is just unpredictable,” says Doug Caskey, the executive director of the state’s Wine Industry Development Board.
Save the Date for This Year’s Colorado Mountain Winefest (American Vineyard)
The Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology (CAVE), is pleased to announce the details for the 32nd Annual Colorado Mountain Winefest, as well as the first scheduled events for this year’s Colorado Wine Week.The Festival in the Park will take place Saturday, September 16, 2023 in Palisade, CO.
Meet Colorado’s Winery of the Year (Westword)
It’s a big honor to have your peers nominate you for this award,” says Jayme Henderson, who owns The Storm Cellar with her husband, Steve Steese. The two were both working as sommeliers, co-writing a list of 750 wines at a Denver restaurant and regularly tasting 100-point massive California Cabernets, when they decided to purchase a vineyard four hours west