Boulder Winery Passport - Join us

The four Boulder wineries - Augustina's Winery, BookCliff Vineyards, Boulder Creek Winery and Settembre Cellars - offer an exciting pre-spring touring opportunity. Purchase a passport to visit any of these four wineries at your convenience on two consecutive weekends, March 17th & 18th, 2012 and March 24th & 25h, 2012. You will receive a free tasting of five wines of your choice at each winery and a $3.00 coupon for each winery towards the purchase of a bottle of wine; light snacks will be served. This is a great opportunity to meet the winemaker and get to know the wines and the winery more closely. Don't miss this opportunity and purchase your passport here: http://www.boulderwinetrail.com/PassportEvent2012

Join us for Another Winemaker's Dinner in March

We have another dinner planned for our spring Wine and Food Pairing with Local Chefs. These dinners provide a special experience where you can chat with the chef and hear from the winemaker while enjoying an exceptional five course dinner. Often times in additional to our current releases we serve wine from our library collection, such as our 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon or our 2003 Cabernet Franc. This is a leisurely experience European style - not to be missed. On March 22nd we welcome Kelly Whitaker from Pizzeria Basta at the winery. Kelly is an outstanding chef serving not only pizzas. Here is the menu from our dinner with Kelly last year.

Kamilche Sea Farms Mussel’s Toast “Rouille” -paired with Basta White (Muscat Blanc)
Beet Ravioli Homemade Ricotta Fennel Froth -paired with Syrah 2008
Grant Family Farm Pork Shoulder Celery Root Puree Red Cabbage -paired with Petite Sirah 2009
Sous Vide Short Rib Smoked Potato Dinosaur Kale -paired with Reserve Syrah 2009
La Passtiera – the ultimate dessert from Naples -paired with Allegretto

For reservations please visit: http://localchefs2011.eventbrite.com/

Winemaker's Dinner with Local Chefs - 2/23/12

You don't want to miss this. This Thursday 2/23/12 we will have the second dinner with local chefs at the winery. This time it is the chef from Salt Bistro in Boulder. Salt has been a great supporter of Colorado wine, showcasing an extensive list of Colorado wines by the glass. We will also have some beer during the dinner. Avery made a barrel aged beer with Cabernet Sauvignon from BookCliff Vineyards. We and (you) are the lucky ones who get a chance to taste this special beer that was sold out in two hours during their release on February 11th - the Recolte Sauvage. Check out the menu below and if you like what you see you can join us by making a reservation here: http://localchefs2011.eventbrite.com/

Menu

First Course – 2010 Viognier
Scallop Crudo
smoked paprika & pickled lemon

Second Course – 2010 Petite Syrah
Seared All Natural Duck Breast
orange thyme coriander gastrique,
Colorado black quinoa, choy

Third Course - 2009 Petite Syrah
Gnocchi
Hazel Dell Mushrooms, tuscan potato gnocchi

Fourth Course – 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon
Avery Brewing Barrel Aged Wild Ale Recolte Sauvage
Braised Short Rib
black flame grapes, sweet onion, carrots, parmigiano soft polenta

Fifth Course – Finali Port Style Wine
Seven Layer Flourless Chocolate Cake
warm bing cherry compote, lavender whipped cream

Colorado wine is HIP

Or, Colorado wine will be hip after this year's Drink Local Wine Event held in Denver Colorado Saturday April 28th. And you can be part of if. There are lots of interesting talks and of course lots of drinking including a Twitter Taste Off with the motto, drink, tweet and repeat. To find out whether you want to participate and sign up check out the schedule http://www.drinklocalwine.com/2012-conference-schedule.html and sign up http://www.drinklocalwine.com/purchase-tickets-for-dlw-2012.html

Two of the wines will be from BookCliff and I am curious to find out what people think. This should be fun.

Valentine's at BookCliff Vineyards

Saturday 11th, 2012, 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Sunday 12th, 12012, 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Why wait until Valentine's Day? Come and visit the tasting room on Saturday the 11th, 2012 and Sunday the 12th, 2012 for wine, chocolate and music. You have our permission to indulge yourself and enjoy a flight of three wines perfectly paired with three chocolates from Concertos in Chocolates while listening to live music from 2pm - 5pm. Light snacks will be served. Receive a complimentary rose while it lasts.
The Saturday attraction is Molly Greacen and the Sweet Brazilian Jazz Band and Sunday will feature Phil Robinson.

Super Bowl Sunday at BookCliff Vineyards

Not a football fan? No worries. Come and visit the BookCliff Vineyards' tasting room and have a great time tasting more than 15 different wines. Tastes are complimentary (FREE) on Super Bowl Sunday 2/5/12. And we are open from 1:00pm - 6:00pm. Bring a friend, as sharing wine is always more fun.

Wine and Food Pairing with Local Chefs

This is the third annual "Wine and Food Pairing with Local Chefs" dinner series. This year are including two new chefs, Bradford Heap from Salt Bistro in Boulder and Hunter Pritchett from Luca. The next dinner is on Thursday February 23rd, 2012 when Bradford Heap will be the chef. During this dinner guests will get a chance to taste one of the special beers from Avery Brewery where grapes from BookCliff Vineyards were used to co-ferment with the beer. This will be a great adventure and a one of a kind opportunity. Stay tuned to learn more about the menu of the night. [Click here for reservations]