A keg party may bring to mind a wealth of images…none as chic as The Infinite Monkey Theorem Keg Party at The Black Pearl on May 14. The restaurant closed for the evening to celebrate spring in style with a crowd of appreciative wine- and food-lovers. We rang in the season on the patio wearing … Continue reading
Wine & Whey: It’s a Malbec!
Previously at Wine & Whey:https://coloradowineandfood.com/2014/03/22/wine-whey-beginner-wine-making-class/ Students in our Beginner Wine Class returned to Wine & Whey to bottle our baby Malbec. This turned out to be the easier and less time-consuming part of the wine-making process. A month earlier we had spent a leisurely afternoon at Wine & Whey tasting wine and choosing our kit, … Continue reading
Colorado Wine Tasting: BookCliff Vineyards Barrel Tasting Dinner
Attending a barrel tasting is like visiting an artist in the studio for a preview of what is to come. In the wine world, “raw wine” is the unfinished canvas. Colorado’s BookCliff Vineyards hosted its Spring Barrel Tasting Dinner on May 2 and 3, 2014. Attendees sipped multiple creations from BookCliff’s owner-winemaker John Garlich paired with … Continue reading
Colorado Wine and Food Tasting: #EatLocalDrinkLocal with Swirl Girl Denver
Jason Brumm and Kendra Anderson Colorado wine and food is the bomb. Really. Swirl Girl Denver aka Kendra Anderson hosted a recent gathering with Chef Jason Brumm of Second Home in Denver’s Cherry Creek North. “Eat Local, Drink Local – Pairing Colorado Wines and Food” treated tasters to a winning selection of local wines and … Continue reading
Tamayo: Far beyond Tex-Mex
Two words: Tamale Festival. Richard Sandoval’s Modern Mexican restaurant Tamayo, in Denver’s Larimer Square, is hosting its 1st Annual Tamale Festival. The word “tamale” comes from the Mayan word meaning “wrapped.” Today tamales are a traditional Latin American dish made of corn husks or banana leaves wrapped around masa or corn dough and other ingredients. … Continue reading
DAM Uncorked: So many wines, so little time
It has become a rite of spring: the annual Denver Art Museum DAM Uncorked fundraiser. On April 11, 2014, hundreds of wine tasters — novices and cellar connoisseurs alike – gathered to sample wines from around the world. Patrons paired them with hors d’oeuvres from Kevin Taylor Catering and some of the best people watching … Continue reading
Colorado Wine Tasting: WTF
WTF or Wine That’s Fun is the new label for Michelle Cleveland, winemaker for Colorado’s Creekside Cellars. The Evergreen-based winery makes a number of wines under its Creekside Cellars label. WTF represents a departure from the traditional with a red blend that is food-friendly and fun. It invites the taster to “swirl, sniff, sip, relax, … Continue reading
Taste Around Town: Zink Kitchen + Bar
It can be easy to overlook hotel restaurants, thinking of them as a place to eat room service food in a dining room, where attire beyond hotel bathrobes is required and there is not a TV in sight. This is not the case with Zink Bar + Grill, which is located adjacent to the DoubleTree … Continue reading
Wine Tasting: Jordan Chardonnay 2012 and Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
California’s Jordan Winery has a Colorado connection. The Sonoma County winery was founded in 1976 by Coloradoans Tom and Sally Jordan, Francophiles who set out to produce world-class Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay in the Old World Style. They succeeded, and today the winery is known for its highly rated wines. A few days ago, we … Continue reading
The Stanley Hotel: Hush Supper Club with Hosea Rosenberg
The view from the front porch of the Stanley Hotel. In September 2013 the unthinkable happened when epic flooding damaged vast sections of Larimer County and the Front Range. The town of Estes Park was essentially cut off when highways 7, 34, and 36 were washed out. The roads are now open and largely rebuilt, … Continue reading
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