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    May 23, 2012

    Four reasons (and seven wines) that prove it's time to drink chardonnay again

    "I'll have the chardonnay, thanks." After overhearing this from a nearby diner during a recent restaurant meal, followed immediately by the withering response, "Seriously? A chardonnay?" from said diner's snarky companion, we realized that chardonnay still has a bullshit reputation.

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    May 22, 2012

    Wine events pour out the fun tonight

    If you were hoping to attend tonight's vintage wine dinner at Le Central, 112 East Eighth Avenue, and don't have a reservation, you're too late -- that event is sold out, although the restaurant does have a waiting list. There are still some spots left at these two events, however:

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Elitch Gardens wants to thrill patrons with two specialty Wynkoop beers

    Amusement park lovers are going to find a few thrills this summer when it comes to the beer selection at Elitch Gardens -- something that hasn't always been true in the past. Beginning tomorrow, Elitch's will be pouring two beers that Wynkoop Brewing made just for the park: Elitch Gardens Orchard Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Strange Brewing opens biergarten, talks about expansion

    Strange Brewing, which opened during American Craft Beer Week two years ago this Saturday, will debut its new patio this weekend.

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    May 17, 2012

    Elevation Beer Company, opening this weekend, compares itself to a winery

    Elevation Beer Company may be located in Poncha Springs, but the brewery's four co-founders don't think of their place as a local hangout. "We are more like a winery than a typical brewpub," says Xandy Bustamante. "We could have done this from anywhere in country, so we figured, why not pick a place ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Four fantastic Languedoc wines that taste like a vacation

    We are so ready for a vacation. With five full weeks to go before the official start of summer, the last few days of sunshine (especially after all that rain) have been damn near torturous. You could say that weather like this brings out the hedonist in us -- and as such, brings on a craving for wi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2012

    A Toast to Beer

    We are so ready for a vacation. With five full weeks to go before the official start of summer, the last few days of sunshine (especially after all that rain) have been damn near torturous. You could say that weather like this brings out the hedonist in us -- and as such, brings on a craving for wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Colorado beer calendar: Colorado Beer Week meets American Craft Beer Week

    In the annual overflow of beer weeks, Colorado Beer Week kicks off today, just two days before American Craft Beer Week begins its run. The former is a series of beery events hosted around town by a private events company. The second is a national orgy of beer activities created and promoted by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Seven ways Twitter will take your wine lifestyle to the next level

    Imagine a magical tool that would bring together -- in a single location -- myriad information sources that fuel your passion for wine. An online (or mobile, for that matter) destination that collects on your behalf all manner of insightful information designed to keep you up to date -- on a moment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Three Colorado winemakers worthy of Drink Local Wine week love

    A little more than nine months ago, we ruffled a lot more than a few feathers by voicing our opinion on the local wine industry. Everyone from the Front Range Winery Association to hobbyist vintners juiced over where we got the balls to speak our minds on such an -- unbeknownst to us -- unbelievabl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    $714 million a year and other fun facts about Colorado's craft beer industry

    The Colorado Brewers Guild provided proof today of what most Colorado residents have known for a while: beer is good for us, economically at least. On Tuesday, the Guild, which represents craft breweries in the state legislature, said Colorado's 139 licensed craft breweries pump $714 million a year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Four delicious California wines to [re]acquaint yourself with

    There are two kinds of wine drinkers: Some seek out new wines like so many blind dates, eager to make the acquaintance of a lover more intriguing than the last; others are more like serial monogamists -- they form long-standing relationships with specific grapes, regions or winemakers to whom they r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Five incredible pink wines to kick off rosé drinking season

    A sun-soaked, 75-plus degree afternoon for the Rockies' home opener. Buds blooming on the trees outside our terrace. Flip-flop adorned feet everywhere we look. Seems it's been an age since Denver enjoyed a springtime as warm and inviting as this one -- and the early onset of balmier temps has brough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Reader: Randy Layman pours out some love for the cocktail scene

    Do you want a shot of attitude with that beer? Laura Shunk's interview with Adam Hodak, the Green Russell bartender who doesn't think bartenders should be pretentious, hit a few people in their funny bones, not to mention wallets lightened by the cost of craft cocktails. The comments keep flowing o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Four ways in-home wine tastings help release your inner wine geek

    We get it: You love wine. You subscribe to Wine Spectator, the staff at your neighborhood wine shop know you on sight, and you're contemplating an addition to your home to accommodate your burgeoning collection of bottles. There's more to being a wine lover, though, than simply drinking everything ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    The owner of Kate's Wine Bar in Littleton is opening Jake's Brew Bar

    Downtown Littleton, claims Vanessa Menke, has neither a java joint nor a craft beer bar, so why not pimp both under one roof? Menke, along with her mom, Jayne Barth, who runs Kate's Wine Bar on Littleton's Main Street, plan to integrate both beans and beer when they open Jake's Brew Bar in early Jun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Bartending superstar Jim Meehan descends upon the Mile High City next week

    We might all be Manhattan and martini connoisseurs now, but not even ten years ago, properly made classic cocktails were a lot more difficult to find not just in Denver, but in any city. And cocktail bars -- at least the trendy cocktail bars that keep proliferating today -- were virtually non-exist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Four ways to conquer your fear of Lambrusco (and the wines that'll help you do it)

    Remember a couple of weeks ago, when we systematically broke down the entirely undeserved bad rap (pun intended) on moscato? That put us in the mindset of another, equally beleaguered wine that we now feel compelled to turn you onto. We already know this one's gonna be a tougher sell, because people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Eat, drink and soak up the scenery at the Taste of Vail

    The gather and huddle in the early afternoon, often under the threat of ominous skies threatening to dump buckets of snow in their champagne flutes and on their foie gras. But that doesn't stop the hearty oenophiles and gastronauts from making the airborne gondola pilgrimage to the mountaintop picni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Pizzeria Basta will roll out cocktails next week

    Changes have been at the works at Pizzeria Basta, the Boulder-based restaurant that has served Napolitano-inspired -- but American-sourced -- pizzas paired to a wine and beer list for the past two years. A couple of months ago, chef/owner Kelly Whitaker rolled out a menu of housemade pastas to suppl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Four unexpectedly delicious spring white wines

    As you may have noticed, spring has been threatening to commence here in Denver for the past several weeks. In spite of the fact that our split-personality-disorder-of-a-weather-pattern may at any moment revert to what we should have been subjected to since February, our seasonal wine drinking habit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Bean Lab Coffee Roasters sets its sights on the Lower Highland neighborhood

    As Denver's coffee culture expands, Travis Gilbert and Greg Gerken, both coffee shop veterans, want to give consumers the chance to go deeper into exactly what they like about their cups of Joe because, claims Gilbert, "a lot of people don't know much about why they like coffee."

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    John Denver puts the Tourism Hall of Fame on a Rocky Mountain High

    Tourism boosters must think longingly of the days when Colorado needed no more advertisement than a Muppet-haired troubadour on a "Rocky Mountain High," singing about how he was born in the summer of his 27th year, when he discovered the joys of campfires and really good pot, and moved to the state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Hugo's will open in Capitol Hill this summer selling Colorado craft beer and spirits

    It's an idea whose time has come. In June,Hugo's Colorado Beer & Spirits will open in Capitol Hill, selling primarily craft brews and spirits cooked up in Colorado. "My goal is to get everything I can get my hands on, and that includes stuff from small breweries," says Joe-Michael Wright, a former ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Frasca empire sommelier Matt Mather gets big props from Food & Wine

    Bobby Stuckey's wine team at Frasca Food and Wine is one of the most formidable in the state, and the crew is frequently praised for its deep, well-built cellar and the knowledgeable, well-spoken sommeliers who create unforgettable pairing experiences for diners, whether their taste is California Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Photos: Josh Burbank makes root beer at Jax Fish House

    As bartenders in this town dive deeper into their craft, we've seen a lot of housemade sodas pop up on lists. Several places make their own tonic, for instance, and a few turn out their own ginger beers. We know of places trying to work out the kinks of more ambitious sodas, too, and at least one -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    The Med and Boulder Wine Merchant team up to showcase sherry

    Sherry, a fortified Spanish wine that ranges from light and dry to round and sweet, has fallen by the wayside as a fashionable beverage. In fact, we're willing to bet that today more people associate sherry with old ladies or cooking wine than with something they'd pair with dinner. Brett Zimmerman ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Baby-ccinos? Five coffee drinks for niche markets

    Cappuccinos for kids? On a recent episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert tipped his hat to Brooklyn baristas for creating the diminutive coffee drinks and "hooking babies on the foam dragon." And why not? Getting our nation's spawn to recognize the dual benefits of espresso addiction and eff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Four bottles that prove it's high time to get hip to Portuguese wines

    It's technically February 29, but if it weren't a leap year, today we'd be flipping the page on the calendar over to the month of March. Seems like mere days ago we were ringing in the new year and plotting all manner of ways to help you live up to the only resolution we urged you to pursue: to make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Mitch Bechard on Glenfiddich's just-launched Cask of Dreams

    Glenfiddich, known for its single malt Scotch whisky, "has the spirit of a pioneer," says Edinburgh native Mitch Bechard, the spirit's national brand ambassador. "It was the first single malt marketed outside of Scotland, and we were laughed at when we did it."

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Local deals on National Margarita Day

    Happy National Margarita Day!​It's National Margarita Day, and although that's not an official holiday, several local restaurants are getting into the celebration with specials today. Among the party places:

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Celebrate National Margarita Day with one of Denver's five best

    Yesterday may have been a day of indulgence for those of you who used Mardi Gras as an excuse to stuff yourself with pancakes and get sloshed on Hurricanes. But if you're still going strong, you'll want to know that today is probably the best arbitrary hedonistic holiday of the whole year. That's ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Beer calendar: Get hopped up at Denver Beer Co; get Deviant at Highland Tap

    Tomme Arthur, the legendary owner of Port Brewing/The Lost Abbey, is in Fort Collins today to collaborate with New Belgium Brewing Company on an upcoming beer that will be part of its Lips of Faith series. Then, at some point soon, brewers from New Belgium will travel to California to brew a second ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Three lust-worthy Valentine's Day wines

    Forget romance: drink lust-worthy wines.​Romance, shmomance. We've had it up to here with all the laughably predictable recommendations and ill-advised wine pairings that show up like clockwork every year at this time. We're not hatin' on love or anything -- but since when is the notion of cel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    At Pinche Taqueria, an irreverent cocktail program complements the food

    As Kevin Morrison drew up plans for Pinche Taqueria, a brick-and-mortar version of his Pinche Tacos food truck, he gave a lot of thought to how to best use his newly acquired liquor license, creating a beverage board that would embody the cheeky nature of his brand.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Two new wild ales from Avery Brewing bridge the gap between beer and wine

    Beer is made from fermented barley. Wine is made from fermented grapes. So what do you call a beverage that uses both? The answer is Récolte Sauvage.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Beer calendar: show your love for beer at these heart-y beer events

    The resumes were long and detailed, the qualifications extreme, but the ten finalists in the Wynkoop Brewing Company's annual Beerdrinker of the Year contest have been whittled down to three -- and these guys know their beer. The man who eventually claims the title for 2012 will be determined at an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Five stellar wines from Sutcliffe Vineyards

    We recently saw something on a Denver restaurant wine list that made us do a double take: A total of eleven -- you read that right, eleven -- Colorado wines available by the glass. Crazy, right? It gets even crazier: Four of those local wines were from a single producer, and it's one we're betting y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Bols Genever re-launches in Colorado this week

    Gin may have come from genever, but you can't really put the two in the same box, according to Jacob Grier, Portland-based bartender and brand representative for Bols Genever. "Genever is really its own category," he explains. "We compare it to early tequila importers. They labeled the spirit 'Mexic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Five Italian wines your American palate will love

    Just tell the truth, already: you are totally freaked out by Italian wine. By "freaked out", we mean shaking like a leaf. Shivering in your shorts. Just plain scurrred. Ask a wine retailer which category they find most challenging to sell to less experienced consumers, and you're likely to hear the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Two craft beer radio shows will go head to head in Denver

    FacebookGary Valliere (left) and John Turk in the studio in 2011.​The hosts of what had been Denver's only craft beer radio show have gone their separate ways, an amicable split that has nevertheless created a somewhat awkward situation: two craft beer radio shows, both airing at the same time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Larimer Associates will open the Lowry Beer Garden in the new Hangar project

    Joe Vostrejs and his Larimer Associates partners traversed across the country to check out America's beer gardens before they came back to Denver to build their own -- and what they found, admits Vostrejs, was surprising.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Old Chicago scores two rare beers: Oskar Blues HGH and Deschutes Chainbreaker

    Old Chicago, which has put a renewed emphasis on serving craft beers over the past two years, has once again scored a couple of exclusive brews.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Four surprising reasons Silver Oak wines deserve a spot on your table

    Cult-favorite, pricey and snooty -- three adjectives you may have heard associated with Silver Oak Winery at some point in your life as an oenophile. The first two are true enough: A passionate set of followers obsess over the brand, hoarding prized vintages in cellars for future generations to savo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    It's Canned Craft Beer Day! Celebrate with Star Bar or by toasting Ska Brewing

    Update: The Cheeky Monk is also celebrating Canned Craft Beer Day at its Colfax and Westminster locations. Try two canned beers from Belgium, Wittekerke and Bavik Pils ($5), along with Maui Coconut Porter, Avery IPA and Ska True Blonde ($4). The canned craft beer revolution began ten years ago in L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Celestial Seasonings rolls out kombucha energy shots

    Like bubble tea and flavor-it-yourself water, kombucha is yet another trendy liquid. It's a tea-based beverage that's fermented with yeast and bacteria, which is supposed to yield some kind of "healthful" results -- or so we've heard. Healthful or not, the stuff does give you a bit of a boost, and n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Corvus Coffee will open a shop on South Broadway

    Coffee started as a hobby for Phil Goodlaxson, owner of Corvus Coffee. "I have a business degree, I did the corporate life for a bit, and when I'd had enough of that, I started looking for something that would be an artisan craft. I started getting more and more interested in coffee," he explains. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Beer calendar: Upslope Foreign Stout at Euclid Hall; Leopold Bros rye-aged porter at Yak & Yeti

    Breckenridge Brewing has joined fellow Colorado breweries Odell, Great Divide and Oskar Blues in offering four-packs of some of its limited-release beers. The brewery will start with 471 IPA and 72 Imperial, a double chocolate cream stout made with chocolate from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory; it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Eleven stellar pinot noirs (and eight rock-star winemakers) mark the Pinot Posse's return to Denver

    Kendra AndersonPinot...yummy.​Our wait was finally over. Last night, exactly 365 days after our first, utterly unforgettable evening with eight über-talented winemakers known as the Pinot Posse, we saddled up and ventured into the wilds of the Denver Tech Center for another wine-drenched homa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Seven Cups teahouse will dry up on South Pearl

    ​The South Pearl massacre continues! After three years on that street, Seven Cups is preparing to close its doors. The low-key tearoom's afternoon tea service and Mahjongg nights have already been canceled, but the store will remain open as it sells its remaining merchandise. This is the fo ... More >>

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