It is one thing to appreciate wine pairings at restaurants or wine dinners, where chefs and winemakers choreograph the flavors and textures to create the perfect pairing. It is another thing to try your hand at it, then shrug off the misses. On occasion those years of experience in wine tasting pay off in a … Continue reading
Uncorked Denver: Tasting Bliss Family Vineyards’ wines at Sonoma’z
One of the best wine-tasting events in town is the monthly offering by Uncorked Denver/Denver Wine Meetup. Organized by Stacey Gilbert, Uncorked Denver hosts a winemaker or other winery representative who shares his or her thoughts on the wines being sampled that night. Stacey works with a chef at the venue to design hors d’oeuvre … Continue reading
The Curtis Club: Fit for foodies
A cross between an upstate New York hunting lodge, Wyoming ranch house, and the housewares department at Gorsuch, The Curtis Club offers fantastic food in a rustic urban setting. The same care that went into the hand-built décor made largely from reclaimed wood – including the hand-built tables with embedded horseshoes – is seen in … Continue reading
The Infinite Monkey Theorem Wine Lab: Choose your flight
The Wine Lab at The Infinite Monkey Theorem (IMT) urban winery makes for either a great destination or a stop on the way to one of the nearby RiNo eateries. Located on the first floor of the winery, The Wine Lab offers a large, open space with ample room for groups of all sizes to … Continue reading
Tasting at The Populist: Swirl, sample, sip, repeat
The buzz around dinner at The Populist in Denver includes that it is a hip place you go dressed in all black, that dinner seating is community style, and that you have to be a fan of house music. To be on the safe side, this former New Yorker did wear all black, but that … Continue reading
Tasting Bordeaux: Learning by the glass
Learning Bordeaux wines could be a lifetime pursuit. With more than 8,000 châteaux or wine makers located in a 500-square mile region of France, just sorting out the basics is a formidable task. In the end, perhaps simply learning by tasting is a good place to start. Last Thursday, January 23, offered such an opportunity … Continue reading
Lou’s Food|Bar: “Comfort food and cocktails”
One of our favorite restaurants in Denver is Lou’s Food|Bar. It is reliably good, starting with the housemade sausage and pâté of the day (excellent to share), followed by the French Onion soup. The pâté is often in the coarse country style, mixing ground pork and liver with nuts and farm-fresh ingredients. Those three items … Continue reading
The Blog is Back!
As you may know, for 18 months I worked as a nurse by day and wine writer by night. It was great fun for a single girl, but then I met Stuart! Writing three articles each week became too demanding. When we were dating, Stuart and I shared a number of adventures in Colorado wine … Continue reading
Garfield Estates S2 pairs well with vegetable terrine
Colorado’s 2011 Garfield Estates S2 paired very well with a vegetable terrine at a dinner party Saturday night. S2’s blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc has a bright acidity that cut through the cream cheese and egg common to the layers of pureed broccoli, sweet potato, cauliflower, and beet. The picture shows a cross section of the color … Continue reading
Happy Anniversary, Charcoal!
Today Charcoal Restaurant in Denver celebrated its first anniversary with a gathering of friends, food, wine, beer, and cocktails. It was a warm, relaxed get-together. Owner Gary Sumihiro circulated in the bar and restaurant, sharing stories about Charcoal’s first year of operation. The chefs were hard at work the whole night, preparing trys laden with everything from roast beef … Continue reading
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