Colorado wine

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SFJoe

Joe Dougherty
I had no idea that there was a wine industry in the western part of Colorado, with vineyards at 4,000-7,000 ft (1200-2100 meters). It's vinifera, too. I've never been out that way in the winter and didn't realized that they didn't get a hard freeze. Has anyone tasted the wines from the region?

Articlefrom the NYT with a tourism focus.
 
Somewhere I heard that there are vineyards producing wine in every state. Certainly, not all vinifera but I am no longer surprised to read stories like the one you link to.

BTW, I love the new fad; subdivisions being developed around vineyards. Essentially, the homeowner's association operates a small winery and the residents tend and harvest their own plots of grapes which eventually wind-up in the communal winery.
Everyman as winemaker.
Well, more accurately, everyman with money as winemaker.
Even so, a fascinating idea and evidently one that is picking-up steam.

I suspect that when Dr. Lisa is rich and famous, Chris will be drinking Domaine Coad cabernet.
Or not.
Best, Jim
 
There was a winery in southern Nevada that tried to do something like this. The winemaker argued he was being devastated by predation from wildlife (all the way from wild horses down to birds and rabbits and squirrels) and asked the Bureau of Land Management for a bunch of federal land to build a buffer around the vineyard. The BLM said no. But I wonder if that's what happened in Colorado.
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
Chris will be drinking Domaine Coad cabernet.
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Why so formal, Jim? I'll put a five spot on DoCoCab. Well, at least that's what Perry will call it.

Cheers,

Dave
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
Colorado wineI had no idea that there was a wine industry in the western part of Colorado, with vineyards at 4,000-7,000 ft (1200-2100 meters). It's vinifera, too. I've never been out that way in the winter and didn't realized that they didn't get a hard freeze. Has anyone tasted the wines from the region?

Articlefrom the NYT with a tourism focus.
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Thanksgiving 2002 we had:

2001 Carlson Vineyards Gewrztraminer Laughing Cat

My eloquent note, in its entirety: "Off-dry. Really not bad."

But I remember it well. It really wasn't bad. No Schwach, but better than some I've had from California. Didn't try it with laughing Cow cheese, perhaps its natural partner.

I have another bottle, ostensibly to see how well it ages, waiting to pounce at the next Cull Party.

Charles
 
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