Tonight: Bourdeaux blending seminar at Strings

Vintners blend wines made from different grapes to improve or enhance the flavors and textures of wine -- and you can do the same thing at home with a little know-how and practice. Learn more from 6:30 to 9 p.m. tonight, when Vic Bourassa of Napa's Bourassa Vineyards will host...

By Amber Taufen

March 25, 2010

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Vintners blend wines made from different grapes to improve or enhance the flavors and textures of wine -- and you can do the same thing at home with a little know-how and practice. Learn more from 6:30 to 9 p.m. tonight, when Vic Bourassa of Napa's Bourassa Vineyards will host a Bourdeaux Blending Seminar at Strings, 1700 Humboldt Street.

The seminar will be followed by a three-course meal paired with Bourassa Vineyards wine; the evening costs $75, meal included .

The vineyard also offers a Napa Valley Wine Blending Party kit via, available here, that's on sale for only $39 (normal price is $75).

For more details on the seminar, call 303-831-7310 or visit www.stringsrestaurant.com; for more information on Bourassa Vineyards, visit www.bourassavineyards.com.

For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings.

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Amber Taufen has been writing about people, places and things in Denver since 2005. She works as an editor, writer, and production and process guru out of her home office in the foothills.

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