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Consumer Perception of Colorado and Regional Wine

April 28, 2012 – 12:47 pm

The third Drink Local Wine session was led by Richard Mauro, Colorado Springs Gazette. The three panelists included Chris Anthony, professional skier; Jennifer Broome, Morning Meteorologist KDVR-TV and host of “Swept Away with Jennifer Broome”; and Jay Leeuwenberg, former NFL player. Richard Mauro began the session on consumer perceptions. He introduced the panel of wine […]

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Colorado’s Terroir and the Challenges of High Altitude

April 28, 2012 – 11:04 am

The first seminar focused on Colorado’s Terroir and the Challenges of High Altitude.  Richard Leahy, national wine consultant, moderated the session that included a panel with Horst Caspari, Professor & State Viticulturist, Colorado State University; Stephen Menke, PhD, Associate Professor of Enology, Colorado State University; and Bruce Talbott, Vice President, Talbott Farms. Horst Caspari gave […]

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Drink Local Wine Conference Kicks off with Media Welcome Dinner

April 27, 2012 – 11:38 pm

The 2012 Drink Local Wine Conference opened on Friday evening with a media welcome dinner at the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion. Media, wine growers, winemakers and state officials mingled as we drank a Bookcliff Vineyards 2010 Muscat Blanc and/or a Cottonwood Cellars 2008 Lemberger. We had the Muscat Blanc and paired it with […]

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Pre-Drink Local Wine Conference Winery Visits

April 27, 2012 – 9:25 am

We flew to Denver a couple of days ago to visit some of the wineries south of the city prior to the start of the Drink Local Wine Conference. Later today we will check into the Denver Sheraton and register for the DLW Conference. On Wednesday we visited Spero Winery and The Infinite Monkey Theorem […]

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An Ultimate Drink Local Experience

April 24, 2012 – 6:07 am

With the Drink Local Wine Conference coming up soon I thought about what may be the ultimate drink local wine experience. This experience would be different for everyone. For me, the ultimate drink local wine experience would be a wine made from grapes in my backyard vineyard, just a few feet away from our kitchen. […]

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Prepping for the Drink Local Wine Conference

April 23, 2012 – 5:40 am

Prepping for the Drink Local Wine Conference in Denver on Saturday. So exactly how does one prepare for a conference? Well, I looked at several hundred vineyard photos that I took a few years back while visiting wineries and vineyards in Colorado. Then another way to set your mind is to drink wine from the […]

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Colorado High Altitude Vineyard Scenes

April 21, 2012 – 8:13 pm

The 2012 Drink Local Wine Conference takes place in Denver, Colorado. Many of Colorado’s vineyards are growing in altitudes between 4000′ and 7000′. These photos are from two previous visits to vineyards and wineries in the breath taking beautiful state of Colorado. The Colorado Rivers runs past the vineyards at Canyon Wind Cellars in Georgetown, Colorado. […]

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Wine Tasting Thousands of Miles Apart

April 18, 2012 – 7:37 am

A group of writers used Twitter to renew our friendships and taste wines together. This was our first tasting together since February 4th in Napoli, Italy. This time we tasted four Messina Hof wines. The day also reminded Kathy and me about our first Drink Local Wine Conference that was held in Texas and featured […]

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IWINETC Blogger/Media FAM Wine Tasting

April 17, 2012 – 6:22 am

In the photo below the vineyard weeping does not correspond to our feelings on the day after taxes are due. Rather it is a sign of renewal and life about to spring forth. The last time our IWINETC blogger/media FAM group were all together, the February snows had made their way to Campania and whitened […]

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IWINETC Blogger/Media FAM Wine Tasting

April 13, 2012 – 5:54 am

When you spend a couple weeks with a group on tour you begin to establish bonds. In January and February of this year we went on a blogger/media FAM tour of wineries in Umbria and Campania Italy. The trip also included the International Wine Tourism Conference in Perugia. We arrived in Italy a few days […]

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