If you’re anything like us, then at times your veins may seem to be pumping pure bubbly. But if you’re not, then we reckon there are at least two guaranteed occasions upon which you find yourself consuming drinks made with sparkling wine: Sunday brunch and New Year’s Eve…
Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be another day dedicated to the celebration of…well, anything, oenophiles around the country will raise filled-to-the-brim glasses to toast National Cabernet Day on Thursday. While it’s easy to dismiss these booze-filled events as just another excuse to tie one on, in truth they’re…
Right or wrong, French wines seem to conjure up images of wood-paneled studies where “serious” oenophiles sip Burgundy and debate Bordeaux futures. Italian wine perceptions run the gamut — you’ve got Barolo fanatics who kneel before the throne of King Nebbiolo along with fans of simpler stuff like pinot grigio…
Is Bobby Stuckey, co-owner of Frasca Food and Wine, Wine Enthusiast’s Sommelier of the year? He just might be. But even if he isn’t, one thing is for certain: Bobby Stuckey is a rock star…
As Denver’s restaurant scene contunues its evolution into one that can compete with more widely-known culinary meccas, the wine programs at some of the city’s top eateries have tightened up their game significantly, too. That’s great news, right? Trouble is, one foodie’s wine list nirvana can be perceived as another’s…
Something interesting happened at the delicious end of three recent meals — at Root Down, Frasca Food and Wine and twelve restaurant — everyone at our table enjoyed a round of Fernet. We’ll admit it: Denver’s seemingly boundless fascination with fernet is kind of blowing our minds. Seems like sometime…
Wine — just like every sport, art form, hobby or leisure pursuit — has a language all its own. And while someone just learning to cook would likely realize that the intimidating task of understanding what terms like “sauté” or “chiffonade” mean is simply another step in that process, why…
There are almost too many reasons to love (and drink) pink during summer. When the living is easy, wine should be, too; nothing fussy or elaborate needs to be uncorked (or more often these days, unscrewed) when it’s too damned hot to do anything but lounge. And the very best…
Last week we ruffled a few feathers (and piqued some serious ire for not naming names) with our post on a recent spate of rather unfortunate Denver restaurant-based wine service fails. And while that handful of experiences ran the gamut from mildly annoying to straight-up shitshow, we can confidently report…
There’s nothing more delicious than an evening spent in the company of friends, enjoying the magical experience that is the simultaneous consumption of inspired cuisine and grape-based libations — otherwise known as food and wine. Layer on top of that the fact that we can enjoy these heavenly events at…
Tomorrow is Independence Day. For most of us, that translates into a day off from work, and hopefully, a meat-filled feast shared with family and friends. We can’t deny that wine may not be the very first beverage that comes to mind when most people are shopping for their Fourth…
Seems like there’s no escaping the blazing temperatures we’ve been dealt for the past two weeks. Or is there? Instead of whining incessantly about the heat, we’re planning to soothe our blistered palates with carafes of the most delectably downable white wines we’ve sampled lately — all of which happen…
The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary this year, is the gastronomic and vinous equivalent of every foodie and wine lover’s mecca; it’s our golden fleece, our Holy Grail, our industry’s version of the Olympics…
True confession: We rarely go to Jax Fish House in search of amazing wine. That’s not to say that we never go there. In fact, we’ve had more meals at Jax than you can shake a fish stick at. Way back in the day when folks were still a bit…
It’s only Wednesday, people. But it’s already been one helluva week for the Colorado Urban WineFest…
What do Governor John Hickenlooper and chef-restaurateur Frank Bonanno have in common?…
Happy Place: Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria, 410 East 7th Avenue, 303-861-9463. Happy Hours: Daily from 3 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close The Deals: $5 glasses of wine on all pours under $10; half price on any glass of wine over $10; $3 Peroni drafts; $3 well…
It took everything we had not to start giggling uncontrollably…
“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…
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…
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 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 –…
