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…
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…
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 with…
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,…
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 habits don’t seem to…
Happy Place: The Wine Loft, 1527 Wazee Street, 303-284-3493 The Hours: Monday through Friday, 4 to 7 p.m. The Deals: All wines by the glass $10 & under are $5; $11-$15 are $10; $16-$20 are $15. $15 red sangria pitchers; $5 sangria by the glass; $8 signature cocktails; discounted small…
The wine world’s practically been doing head spins over the past six months as notable hip-hop players Nelly, Drake, Kanye West, and even poor, misbegotten Lil Kim spit verses praising moscato, a fairly under-the-radar wine known by most as a sweet wine from Italy. It seems that a few vaunted…
Drinking wine and writing about it for a living is hardly anything to complain about. In fact, we’re positively jazzed about how far the wine programs at many of our favorite Denver haunts have come. One particularly inspiring development in recent years has been the opening of several wine bars,…
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…
Happy Place: Elway’s Downtown, 1881 Curtis Street, 303-312-3107 The Hours: Daily from 2 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $5 selected wines by the glass; $7 cocktail of-the-day; $3 draft beers; half-priced selected appetizers Were We Happy? Flip the page to find out…
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 celebrating that special someone with a bottle…
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,…
Happy Place: Cellar Wine Bar, 2556 15th Street, 303-455-9463 The Hours: Daily from 5 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $5 select glasses of wine, $5 wine cocktails, $1 off all beer selections Were We Happy? Flip the page to find out.[page]…
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…
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 savor;…
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 homage to pinot noir. And believe it when we…
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 reason to stop drinking white wines once the…
Actually, let’s stay away from the word “resolution.” Because we all know how well those New Year’s resolutions tend to work out, don’t we? For 2012, we’d like to recommend you take a radical yet stunningly simple approach when it comes to drinking wine: Make it a lifestyle…
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’re…
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…
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…
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…
