To most winemakers — to most wine drinkers — Sauvignon Blanc is an afterthought, “a dramatic dress rehearsal for the rest of harvest,” as winemaker Christopher Christensen puts it.
Denver is experiencing an urban winery boom. Casual spaces to gather, taste great wines and grab a bite to eat are cropping up around the city, giving wine aficionados and those with a curiosity about beverages made from grapes alternatives to distilleries, breweries and the bar scene.
This edition of The Press is dedicated to new members of the Carboy Winery family – new wines, new wineries, and new soon-to-be wine lovers alike.
Enough of this Fifty Shades of Grey stuff. What we really need on Valentine’s Day, when love is in the air, is a few shades of luscious light to dark chocolate and the different hues of plum red and straw yellow that mark incredible wines worth sharing with your Valentine.
Like Laverne and Shirley, wine and cheese just seem right together, so much so that it’s hard to mention one without the other.
It’s not always what you know, but what you sound like you know and what others think you know. Like wine, wine lovers can be organized into a few categories based on the level of their knowledge. And who does the categorizing? Well, everyone else. It’s a subtle judgment thing.
