The Breckenridge Bucks hosted the Colorado Rampage for the Bucks’ final regular home game series on Valentine’s Day Weekend. The Bucks won the series 5-2 and 7-5. Saturday night drew one of the biggest crowds of the season for a fun night of hockey, Valentine sweets, music from U4 Balance, and Bucky, the team’s mascot, … Continue reading
The Breckenridge Bucks and Glacier Yetis faced off January 29-30, 2016, at the Stephen C. West Ice Arena. The Bucks won the series 15-7 and 7-3. Outside it was a snowy weekend, but inside hockey fans enjoyed fast-paced hockey, and tasty food, wine, beer, pizza, coffee, and hot buttered rum. The Lost Cajun provided Crawfish … Continue reading
Settembre Cellars joins BookCliff Vineyards and Boulder Creek Winery, making for a totally awesome trio of Colorado wineries located in North Boulder. Memorial Day Weekend ushered in a new era with Settembre Cellars making the leap from a home-based winery to a formal winery with tasting room. Owner-winemaker Blake Eliasson and his wife, Tracy, were … Continue reading
Boulder Creek Winery hosted its annual barrel tasting dinners, an excellent opportunity for wine lovers to sample the newest releases from winemaker Jackie Thompson, paired with the cuisine of chef Willem DeFroy. The dinners sell out quickly, and this year was no exception. Once wine lovers have discovered these dinners, they tend to become an … Continue reading
With Memorial Day Weekend upon us, we can mark the unofficial start to summer. The first of the season’s Colorado Wine festivals kicks off tomorrow night, Friday, May 23: the Breckenridge Wine Extravaganza. Events for the indoor wine festival will be held at the Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center: Friday, May 23 – Winemakers’ … Continue reading
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
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
Colorado Wine Week is off to a fantstic start! The festivities began today with a patio party at Row 14 in Denver. It was a great place to sample the first of the many Colorado wine pairings for $15 at area restaurants. Row 14 offered a glass of Guy Drew Riesling paired with Colorado’s Alamosa … Continue reading
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