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March 23, 2011
Tonight: Ototo Food and Wine Bar's Pinot Noir-tasting and benefit for Japan
Over the past week, Ototo Food and Wine Bar, Izakaya Den and Sushi Den have raised over $50,000 for the Japanese Red Cross. Each of the restaurants will have donation buckets out for the rest of the month, so that diners can make direct contributions to relief efforts. But from 6 to 8 p.m. t ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Three more old world wines worth checking out
Last week I threw down a challenge: taste an old world wine next to its new world counterpart and judge for yourself whether old world wines truly deserve their reputation as best in class. Even though I screwed up and included tasting notes from a Rhône wine instead of the Burgundy I was t ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
The top three reasons why food and wine pairings absolutely matter
You know how hard you've been working to master the basics of food and wine pairing? Well, if you've been reading the same handful of recent articles we have, then you might be wondering if all that effort has been a big fat waste of time. The flames of this controversy have been fanned by a ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Taste of Vail
You know how hard you've been working to master the basics of food and wine pairing? Well, if you've been reading the same handful of recent articles we have, then you might be wondering if all that effort has been a big fat waste of time. The flames of this controversy have been fanned by a ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Five best burger-worthy wines for less than $20
Last week, we gave you the lowdown on our picks for Denver's top five burgers, piquing the ire of quite a few local burger-loving peeps. In the spirit of fueling potentially even more controversy, we felt it only proper for us to spark a whole new debate: What kinds of wine pair best with bur ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Three mouth-watering reasons to make torrontes your new spring white
There are a few key elements that seem to magically define what makes a perfect spring wine. Much like the lighter foods you're likely craving come April or May every year, your ideal wine should be as clean, bright and flavorful as a salad of just-picked berries and as aromatic as the seaso ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Are organic wines worth the hype? Here are four worth trying
You're a wine lover. You love our planet. So how many bottles of organic wine did you drink on Earth Day? Oh, yeah, that's right -- zero. And if our guess is correct, it's not because you didn't want to; it's because you had no idea how to drink organic wine. Getting to the straight-up truth ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Get ready to run for these five winning rosés
We knew something was up when we noticed Denver-area wine shops stocking up and tasting customers on the 2010 rosés a good four weeks ago. And by "something," we mean the notion that maybe -- just maybe -- dry rosés have finally kicked that monkey of pink wine-prejudice off its undeserving ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Moscato: The wine to drink when you don't feel like getting drunk
Last weekend's back-to-back Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby party shenanigans left us feeling more than a little ready to lay off the sauce for a minute. Yet by noon on Sunday, there we were, staring down the wine list at brunch, feeling that familiar urge. That's when it hit us: There is a ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Four zesty New Zealand sauvignon blancs to sip while you wait for summer
While the arrival of summer is mere weeks away, it's been too damned cold here to think about any of the best springtime wines, never mind all the fantastic rosé that's piling up on liquor and wine shop shelves around town. But while it's still chilly outside, in our hearts and minds we're a ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Three major sommelier service don'ts
A few months ago, we ranted about four all-too-common restaurant wine service mistakes that drive us absolutely mad. And while it's one thing to have a less-than-transcendental wine experience when there's no trained sommelier on staff, it's quite another to have one when there is. After a f ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Four perfect-for-summer Italian wines
Italian wines can be hard to love. They're unabashedly old world, full of mouthwatering acidity, brazenly tannic, and as terroir-driven as they come. They're also endlessly intriguing. Each of Italy's winemaking regions tells the unique, richly historic tale of its evolution from independent ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
A Wine Time
Italian wines can be hard to love. They're unabashedly old world, full of mouthwatering acidity, brazenly tannic, and as terroir-driven as they come. They're also endlessly intriguing. Each of Italy's winemaking regions tells the unique, richly historic tale of its evolution from independent ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Five Colorado wines (finally!) worth drinking by the case
Have you ever gotten the impression that Colorado wines kinda suck? If you're really, really honest with yourself, you probably answered yes - and you're not the only person who feels that way. A glance at the wine list of many of Denver's top-rated dining destinations routinely reveals fewer ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Three great reasons to think inside the box (wine, that is)
Let's face it: Boxed wines are not exactly perceived as the pinnacle of wine-drinking chic. Don't believe us? Just try showing up with a box of wine -- any box -- at next week's graduation/barbecue/baby shower and observe the look of utter disdain creep across your friends' faces. Yeah, they' ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Four stay-cool wines to savor this summer
Last week we celebrated the official first day of summer, and the veritable heat wave that followed only served to drive the point home. Several days of 90 degree temps later, we found ourselves forced to confront what surely must be the most pressing question of the season: What sort of win ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Five things every man needs to know about wine
Men: You don't have to get Sideways, but you should be able to navigate a wine list.True story: We recently made the acquaintance of the creator of a local website dedicated to all things male. After we inquired about the topics typically featured on the site, the author responded with someth ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Reader question: so what IS the proper temperature for serving red wine?
In my review of Row 14, I had very little to gripe about, since the restaurant served me one of the best meals I've had in a long time. But I did take issue with the temperature of a glass of pinot noir, which hit my table a few degrees too warm. This problem isn't unique to Row 14. In fact ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Three reasons why Colorado wines still suck (and three Colorado winemakers who are getting it right)
Last month we attended the first annual Colorado Winefest - Denver, and for the first time tasted a number of truly delicious, locally produced wines we could recommend to you without pause. So you can certainly understand how we were legitimately fired up about an already scheduled wine-tast ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
The five best rosés for mid-summer sipping
So many delicious rosés, so few languid, warm-weather days to enjoy them. This is simultaneously our favorite and most dreaded part of the summer; the temps are sizzling (which we love), but the days are getting shorter (which we hate). The sad fact of the matter is that there are only about ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Gary Vaynerchuk takes notice of Colorado wines, and so does the Washington Post
Gary Vaynerchuk, New York Times-bestselling author and host of the Daily Grape video podcast, has real power with wine purchasers. And when he said that the 2007 Guy Drew Vineyards Metate, from a vineyard in Cortez, was "surprisingly good," the viewers that regularly leave 700-plus comments o ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
200-year-old bottle of Chateau d'Yquem sets record for most valuable bottle of white wine ever sold
The Antique Wine CompanyWhat could you buy with $117,000? A really nice luxury vehicle. Some sort of tricked-out boat. A home away from home. Or one bottle of wine.
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July 27, 2011
Tired of rosé? Pour one of these supremely quaffable wines instead
We almost choked as we typed the words "tired of rosé" just now. While there's simply no other wine we'd rather drink on a sultry summer evening, we're willing to concede that not everyone is as equally enamored as we are. More optimistically, we prefer to consider alternative scenarios to t ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Three reasons why somms adore grüner veltliner (and you should, too)
We sommeliers have a tendency to spend an inordinate amount of time sussing out all kinds of weird and interesting wines (partly because it's our job, partly because we're total wine geeks). And most of the time, those slightly off-kilter bottles are best appreciated by, well, let's face it ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Three great reasons to judge a wine by its label
It's a well-known fact in the wine industry that the majority of consumers decide which bottle of fermented grape juice to spring for based solely on their attraction to the label. If you'd count yourself as a member of that particular buying demographic, we feel compelled to tell you're gen ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Top five porch-pounding wines of summer 2011
A great many learned individuals spend a significant amount of their time advancing the notion that the enjoyment of wine is an incredibly serious, sophisticated pursuit. And some of these people, having spent countless hours in pursuit of the ever-nebulous nuances of what makes a particular ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Three September Colorado wine events you won't want to miss
With Labor Day behind us and summer's sun-soaked days and sizzling temperatures vanishing before our eyes, we aren't traditionally all that psyched to welcome the month of September with open arms. This year, though, we're seeing things differently, given the tantalizing array of wine event ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Five rockin' rosés that transition from summer to fall..and beyond
Congratulations, wine lovers: In 2010, the good ol' U. S. of A. officially consumed more wine than France for the first time ever. And as we predicted earlier this year, America's love affair with pink wine just keeps getting hotter -- evidenced by the fact that exports of rosé (and red) wi ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Six Denver fast-casual restaurants with super-cool wine lists
Madison Street is a good-looking restaurant, made better by its wine list. Why is it that so many of Denver's more moderately priced (referred to in the industry as "fast casual") restaurants have wine lists that make the oenophiles among us want to just give up and order a beer? It's as if t ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
The Boulder Wine Merchant will host a Burgundy festival later this month
Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman, who took over at the Boulder Wine Merchant just over a year ago, was recently consulting on a customer's cellar when a conundrum led to a new activity. "The client said, 'I want to reload with a bunch of Burgundy, but I don't get a chance to taste those thing ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Four crave-worthy harvest season wines
It's finally October, and our crisp, cooler weather serves as a harbinger of harvest season. This time of year also has our mouths watering for fall's more luxurious, soul-satisfying menus. And you know what that means, right? Richer food calls for wines that can step up to the challenge. I ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Three Cool Things To Know Before You Try Infinite Monkey Theorem's Monkey Shine
Last Friday night, at a pop-up speakeasy on the rooftop of Ghost Plate & Tap, Denver wine lovers had their first opportunity to sample the latest cool kid offering from The Infinite Monkey Theorem: Monkey Shine, the winery's brand-spanking-new keg wine. IMT certainly isn't the first to join ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
The latest Colorado company to jump into winemaking? Colorado State University.
Flickr photoWay to support drinking, Colorado State University! Look for wines made by CSU starting next spring. Blended at Stoney Mesa Winery because CSU is still in the process of applying for the necessary licenses, the bottles with the CSU mascot -- called Ram's Point -- will sell for $10 ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
Five soul-warming Colorado wines to savor during the snowstorm
Like it or not, for years people have habitually lumped wines from Colorado into its own special (read: inferior) category of domestic winemaking. Bottles from other, more mainstream wine-producing regions in the U.S., like California, Oregon, and Washington State, seem to score all the props ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Boulder Wine Merchant's Burgundy Festival was a smashing success
Yesterday morning, sixty people huddled over rows of glasses in the new addition at The Mediterranean in Boulder, feverishly writing notes while sniffing and sipping. While they worked, a panel of master sommeliers highlighted comparisons and characteristics of wines from Burgundy, walking th ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Four wines that taste like a million bucks but cost less than $15
How come no one ever seems to talk about how expensive it is to be a wine drinker? Think about it: Thanksgiving is a scant three weeks from now, and according to the near-endless refrain of shopping mall adverts, Christmas shows up in precisely 54 days. Heap on top of that myriad holiday coc ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Beaujolais and Beyond, CANniversary and more on this week's culinary calendar
Oskar Blues is celebrating its CANniversary, the coveted Beaujolais varietal gets released, and there's a lot more in food-and-beverages happening in this week's culinary calendar. Here's a taste of what's ahead:
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November 22, 2011
Five wines that are guaranteed to make Thanksgiving feel like a party
Sometimes, just sometimes, big holiday celebrations can feel like a bit of a grind. Whoops, did we say that out loud? It's not that we don't love our families -- we do. But we suspect that you'd agree that occasionally these annual gatherings can feel like more of an obligation and less of a ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Four ways to give the gift of wine (and buy local) this holiday season
With all the talk lately about Occupy This and The X Percenters, if you're like us, you're wondering how to align your gift giving instincts with your urge to support businesses hustling to make ends meet just like you are. And since we can't imagine a better way to spread a little joy this ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Silver Vines Winery opens in Olde Town Arvada
Brothers Jeff and Danny Chayer are originally from Minnesota, but they've spent the past four years working in the Texas wine industry. "He was a winemaker," Danny says of Jeff. "I was a manager of one of the wineries." There, they learned the ropes of the craft, and, Danny says, developed ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
The twelve wines of Christmas 2012: part one
Much like the little elves busy helping Santa at the North Pole, we've spent the better part of the year hard at work. tasting of hundreds of wines -- all so that we can serve up this listing of bottles worthy of only one thing: drinking your way through the most stressful wonderful time of t ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
The twelve wines of Christmas 2011: the rest of the best
With only a few days to go until Christmas, it's time to 'fess up: Have you been naughty or nice? For goodness' sake, here's hoping you've been on your very best behavior this year -- because then you're fully deserving of these six stupendous bottles. Read on for the continuation of last ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
New Year's Eve bubbly: Five of the best bottles of you've never heard of
Over the past four weeks, we've ponied up a list of wines guaranteed to make your Thanksgiving a party, the perfect set of locally sourced, wine-themed gift ideas, and our picks for the twelve most holiday-worthy bottles of 2011. And you know what? We are officially exhausted. And because you ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Three reasons to embrace drinking white wines -- even during winter
Drinking white wines in winter is hot.Something's been bugging the hell out of us lately. We can't understand why, come the first frost, people suddenly become allergic to drinking white wines. While you might think it horribly uncool to wear white after Labor Day, there is absolutely zero re ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Elway's, Udi's and Cru proposals for DIA approved by council committee for vote
Denver International Airport has always been sadly lacking a real taste of Colorado cuisine (witness the cup of Nobel Sysco green chile I downed on Concourse A last Friday). And that makes the presentation before Denver City Council's Business, Workforce and Sustainability Committee yesterday ... More >>
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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 >>
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January 25, 2012
Four surprising reasons Silver Oak wines deserve a spot on your table
Silver Oak -- worth the hype.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 ce ... More >>
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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 h ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Five stellar wines from Sutcliffe Vineyards
Sutcliffe Vineyards' stunningly delicious dry rosé.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 wine ... More >>
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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.
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