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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
