BookCliff Vineyards Releases Flagstaff Star Wine 2013

As it is our tradition BookCliff Vineyards has released the Flagstaff Star Wine for the holiday season. This year the wine is the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon. As usual $1.00 for each bottle purchased goes to the Flagstaff Star fund at the Boulder Chamber of Commerce and pays to keep the star lit on the mountain. This year's art on the label was used for the first time in 2003, the first release of the Flagstaff Star wine. The artist is Gail Crites.
The Flagstaff Star wine is available at the following local liquor stores:

• Alfalfa's 
• Atlas Valley Wine and Spirits
• Bailey's
• Harvest Wine and Spirits
• Hazel's World Beverage
• Liquor Mart
• PettyJohn's Wine and Liquor
• Superior Liquor

Getaway after the 2013 Harvest

We, at BookCliff Vineyards, are finally done with harvest. The last grapes from the 2013 harvest were pressed last week. The capstone to the harvest was a wonderful and tasty harvest dinner served at the winery including Neuer Wein, half fermented wine still cloudy from the yeast. The Riesling was a superb pairing with the onion tart (Zwiebelkuchen) a tradition in the Southwest of Germany.
Now, its time to head to the hills. But, first we make a stop at the vineyard in Palisade. Then for a two-day getaway in Paonia, at the Fresh and Wyld bed and breakfast before the season's closing. Fresh and Wyld is a paradise summer or winter, beautiful scenery, great breakfast and enjoyable hiking; just bundle up this time of year. Catch the inn on Fridays for a home-style dinner or for Thanksgiving; everything from the kitchen is local. Enjoy the quiet.

Join BookCliff Vineyards at the Denver Harvest Week

The Denver Harvest Week is a fabulous tradition. Every year around September/October restaurants from the Denver Independent Restaurant Network put on an all-week feast, Sunday through Friday. Every evening chefs from the best restaurants in Denver put together a feast of flavors that dance in your mouth. If you still have time and no plans, buy tickets here. Local wine, beer and spirits will accompany the food. BookCliff Vineyards will serve the wine on Wednesday 9/25/13. The cocktail hour starts promptly at 6:00pm at the Growhaus on 4751 York Street , Denver. The price is $75.00 including tax and gratuity. The motto of the evening is a Platte River Luau presenting delicious pigs/pork in many different ways.
Come join us.

Taste BookCliff Wines at PettyJohn's in Boulder

Ann Coppinger, owner of PettyJohn's Liquor and Wine in Boulder, Colorado, is a great supporter of Colorado wines. Ann has made Colorado wine the Wine Focus at the store for the months of September and October. This is in celebration of the harvest and Colorado Mountain Winefest in Palisade the weekend of September 21st, 2013. Ann is bringing in a great selection of Colorado wines that are showcased during the Friday in-store tastings. BookCliff Vineyards' wines will be poured for taste on Friday 9/27/13 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm and the owner will be present. Malbec, Ensemble, Tempranillo and Chardonnay will be offered for taste.

BookCliff Vineyards at Alfalfa's Market and In Season

BookCliff Vineyards will be out and about tasting wine with customers at Alfalfa's Market in Boulder, COand In Season in Louisville, CO.
This is a great opportunity to taste before you buy. If you find something you like this is also a great way to support local businesses with your purchase.
I hope you can join us.

Alfalfa's Market
Location:  1651 Broadway St  Boulder, CO 80302
Date: Tuesday 7/30/13
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

In Season Market
Location: 924 Main Street, Louisville, CO 80027
Date: Friday 8/2/13
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

BookCliff Vineyards at Second Annual Chip N Sip Pet Microchip and Wine/Beer Tasting Event at Liquor Mart

Join Liquor Mart and the Humane Society of Boulder Valley for our Second Annual Chip and Sip pet microchipping and customer wine/beer tasting taking place at Liquor Mart! We know what your thinking, what is "Chip N Sip"?
Chip: Get peace of mind with low-cost microchips for your furry friends (from 2-4pm). For only $10, your pet will receive a mini-microchip implant performed by a licensed veterinarian.
Sip: During the event, you'll have the opportunity to taste wine and beers from a variety of vendors including Volio Vino, Natural Wine Co., Bookcliff Vineyards, Boulder Beer, Left Hand Brewing, New Planet Gluten Free Beer, and Upslope Brewing. Cost to attend the event is just $5 with all proceeds being donated to the Humane Society of Boulder Valley
When: Sat, July 13, 12pm – 4pm

Where: 1750 15th St, Boulder, CO 80302

 



BookCliff Vineyards Winemaker Dinner at Arugula Boulder

Join us right near the summer solstice for a wonderful nearly all local meal.  All the wines are made right here in Boulder by BookCliff Vineyards.  100% of the grapes come from their own vineyards in Palisade, at the head of Colorado’s Grand valley.  All grapes are grown using sustainable farming practices; never using pesticide and herbicide and only using compost as fertilizer.  Founders, owners and winemakers John Garlich and Ulla Merz will be at the dinner to present and discuss their wines.  Chef’s Alec Schuler and Sven Hedenas created the adeptly paired menu using Italian culinary inspiration and as many local products as possible.

Date: Tuesday 6/25/13

Time: 6:30pm

Location: Arugula, 2785 Iris Ave, Boulder, CO 80304

Cost: $40/person for the meal with an additional $29/person for the wines (+tax & tip).

Reservation: 303.443.5100

  

THE MENU

Smooth hakurai Japanese turnip* soup topped with pea shoot* puree,
 walking onions* and toasted hazelnuts

Muscat Blanc 2010

Pan seared King salmon with spicy braising greens*, smoked apricots*
 and Italian style parsley* salsa verde

Zinfandel 2011

Handmade potato gnocchi with pulled duck confit, kale*, bing cherries*,
 orange zest and Greek feta cheese

Ensemble (Bordeaux blend) 2011

Long Farm pork belly* & pork tenderloin* porchetta with roasted yellow beets*, spring
 radishes* and garlic scapes*; with Dijon-Cabernet wine sauceCabernet Franc Reserve 2010

Strawberry-rhubarb* pie with short bread crust and lemon sorbet

Late harvest Muscat Blanc

*denotes local products

Wine and Cheese Pairing Class at BookCliff Vineyards

For the past month Haystack Goat Dairy and BookCliff Vineyards invited people to the winery for a wine and cheese pairing class. The class starts out with a welcome glass of Viognier. Haystack and BookCliff are two local gems that are dedicated to making an awesome local product and the two of them double up for a great experience. You get to taste six cheeses from fresh to wash rind perfectly paired with six wines (three red and three white) each accompanied with cold cuts and crackers from Cured in Boulder. You will learn about wine and cheese making from the people involved in doing it. The evening concludes with a light fare and more wine and every guest receives a courtesy gift.
Here is what some attendees said:
"This was an awesome experience overall. It is was well worth the price of the event as you left with a free bottle of wine and package of cheese. There was absolutely no pressure to buy anything else, but trust me, you'll want to!"

"Lots of good information, wines & cheeses were in abundance and wonderful!!"
Date: Friday March 1st
Time: 6:00pm- 8:00pm
Cost: $70.00, use discount code "cheese-3-1-13" to receive a 50% discount
Location: BookCliff Vineyards Winery and Tasting Room, 1501 Lee Hill Road #17, Boulder, CO 80304
Reservations: [Click Here]

BookCliff Vineyards’ Wine and Food Pairing with Local Chefs



Fifth annual spring series of Wine and Food Pairing with Local Chefs at BookCliff Vineyards. Treat yourself to a five course dinner exquisitely prepared by great local chefs and perfectly paired with wines from BookCliff Vineyards. This is an evening for you to relax and enjoy good food and wine with your friends.
Date: Thursday 1/24/13 Eric Skokan with the Black Cat
Date: Thursday 2/21/13 Bradford Heap with Salt
Date: Thursday 3/21/13 John Platt with Q’s
Date: Thursday 4/11/13 Kelly Whitaker with Basta
Time: 6:00pm
Cost: $65.00/dinner
Location: BookCliff Vineyards Winery and Tasting Room, 1501 Lee Hill Road #17, Boulder, CO 80304
Reservations: [Click Here]

Treat yourself or give a gift

BookCliff Vineyards and Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy are collaborating and presenting a Cheese and Wine Pairing classes. The classes will be held  at the BookCliff winery on 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit #17 starting in January 2013 through March 2013 on Fridays from 5:30pm through 7:30pm. This is an opportunity to hear from the Haystack cheese monger explaining the different types of cheeses and their flavors. And the winemaker will talk about making  wine from 100% Colorado grown grapes. You will be able to taste how the right pairings bring out the best in the wine and cheese. Through December 3rd, sign up for a special price through LivingSocial.

The Flagstaff Star Wine is Available

As our holiday tradition we release the Flagstaff Star wine every year. This year the wine is the 2010 Ensemble, a gold medal winner at the 2012 Governor's Cup and a Jefferson Cup winner at the Thirteenth Annual Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition. The label shows the beautiful oil painting from Sallie Smith, a Boulder artist. We used this image back in 2005, and the wine we chose back then was the 2003 Ensemble. This is our tenth year of supporting the Flagstaff Star fund . This year especially it will be helpful, as for the first time in many years the Flagstaff Star was vandalized again. BookCliff Vineyards donates $1.00 for each bottle of the Flagstaff Star wine sold. The total donation will pay for the utility bill to light the Flagstaff Star for one season. Create your collection of uniquely labelled wine or give it as a holiday gift to a co-worker, friend or relative. The Flagstaff Sar wine is available at our tasting room and also at the following local liquor stores:

Superior Liquor

100 Superior Plaza Way
Superior, CO 80027
303-499-6600

Boulder Wine Merchant

2690 Broadway St  Boulder, CO 80304
(303) 443-6761

Pettyjohn's Liquor and Wine

613 S. Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305,

(303) 499-2337

Harvest Wine & Spirits

3075 Arapahoe Avenue  Boulder, CO 80303
(303) 447-9832

Baileys Wine & Spirits

4800 Baseline Road  Boulder, CO 80303
(303) 494 3685

Liquor Mart

1750 15th Street  Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 449-3374

Join us for the Good Life Holiday Market

Mark your calendar: Sunday, November 18th, 2012

Come to THE GOOD LIFE HOLIDAY MARKET at BookCliff Vineyards winery and tasting room where you can find prepared dinners  and fabulous pies to purchase. Eric Skokan from the Black Cat Farm will offer his prepared dinners and My Mom's Pies will have a selection of pies to sample, for purchase and to order. Buy some Colorado fruits and vegetable in a jar from MMLocal; everything from tomatoes to pickles, peaches, cherries and chiles. And not to forget sample and purchase some of the fabulous cheeses from Haystack Goat Cheese made right here in Boulder County. And to add to the fun you can taste five wines for free to find the perfect pairing to go with the food.

Don't forget to bring your shopping bag.

Date: Sunday November 18th, 2012
 Time: 2:00pm -5:00pm

Location: 1501 Lee Hill Road, Unit #17, Boulder, CO 80304

Cost: FREE

BookCliff Vineyards supports PBS

Join BookCliff in participating with the 2012 Rocky Mountain PBS online auction. BookCliff donated a dinner for two of our Local Chefs Food and Wine Pairing in the spring of 2013. Choose any one dinner of the series from January through April. I think it is great fun to bid on the items during the online auction and it can hardly be easier. You can buy Christmas gifts, expand your horizon and visit remote areas you have never been at or treat yourself to something fun. And all this for a good cause, great programing from educational to entertaining. I am looking forward to season 3 for Downton Abbey.



Celebration Weekend at Fresh & Wyld

BookCliff Vineyards will be part of the celebration weekend at the Fresh & Wyld Farmhouse. an organic farm offering CSA shares and a bed and breakfast in Paonia, Colorado. We will be serving our wines during the Friday Art Walk About and the Saturday Party with Music at the Farmhouse. Fresh & Wyld is my favorite place to stay in Paonia, a small town located in the West Elks AVA area in Delta County, just over and down McClure Pass. You can also get there via I-70, the Grand Mesa and Cedaredge or drive all the to Grand Junction heading down to Delta and East into the West Elks.
Fresh & Wyld is the ideal getaway for a relaxed afternoon on the farm, great country breakfast and beautiful Colorado views. Quiet and far away from the hub-bub.

First North Boulder Scavenger Hunt

Sign up for the first ever North Boulder Scavenger Hunt on September 22, 2012 from 1-4:30pm.   Learn about all the amazing businesses located in North Boulder near the BookCliff Vineyards tasting room and compete for prizes and glory while you do it.

Ticket price is $15 per person and includes a beer, $1 off pints in the Upslope taproom all day, 50% off all wine by the glass at BookCliff, an event t-shirt and raffle prizes.  So grab a few friends, build your team of four to six people and get registered.  Space is very limited, however, so register  by clicking here.

Reserve Syrah 2010 wins Best Red of Show

The Colorado Mountain Winefest is coming next month. The festivities start on Thursday September 13th culminating with the grand tasting in the park on Saturday 9/15/12. During the grand tasting the winners of this year's Best of the Fest wine competition will be awarded. Only wineries attending the grand tasting in the park are invited to submit wines for consideration. This year the BookCliff Vineyards Reserve Syrah 2010 received a gold medal and was awarded the best red of show. This is quite an honor and we appreciate the recognition. The wine is available for purchase in the tasting room, farmers markets (Boulder, Longmont and Vail) and at select liquor stores, Liquor Mart in Boulder, Chambers Wine and Liquor in Denver and Bubbles Liquor World in Castle Rock. Enjoy!!!

Terroir at the BookCliff Winery

Terroir, a Longmont restaurant, that uses locally sourced ingredients as much as possible is taking its dinners on a road trip visiting farms and wineries. Chef Tim Payne and Melissa Newell will be stopping at BookCliff Vineyards' winery on August 22nd 2012 to delight you with a five course dinner paired with wines from BookCliff Vineyards.

Date: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Time: 5:00pm

Location: BookCliff winery and tasting room
Cost: $75.00
Reservations:  Call Melissa at 303-651-0630  

Get Ready for Taste of Pearl

The third annual Taste of Pearl is coming up. We are excited to be at Wenger Swiss Army located at 1122 Pearl Street. We will be paired with Riffs Urban Fare a new restaurant across the street and next to the Boulder Bookstore. On Sunday April 22nd you can stroll the Pearl Street Mall from 2:00pm to 6:00pm and visit 15 stores where you can enjoy marvelous food from local restaurants and enjoy Colorado wine to go with it. We always enjoy seeing familiar faces, so come and stop by and say hello. For ticket information visit: http://www.boulderdowntown.com/events/taste-of-pearl

The Flagstaff Star - A perfect present from Boulder

Every year the Chamber of Commerce in Boulder commissions a piece of art with the Flagstaff Star. The Chamber sells holiday cards that have an image of the art and we sell the Flagstaff Star wine that has the image of the art on the label. $1.00 of each bottle goes to the Flagstaff Star fund to keep the star on the mountain lit throughout the holiday season. For many it has become a tradition to pick up a bottle for themselves or as a gift from Boulder. You can find the Flagstaff Star wine at the following liquor stores, Alfalfa's wine store, Bailey's Wine & Spirit, Boulder Wine Merchant, Harvest Wine & Spirit, Liquor Mart, Petty John's Liquor and Wine and Superior Liquor. We also sell the Flagstaff Star at our tasting room.

Kudos for the Friday's Folly

The Friday's Folly released in late August also doubles as our red keg wine currently served at Pizzeria Basta, Boulder and the newly opened Russell's Smokehouse in Denver. It is a fun wine that makes for easy drinking with its smooth finish, flavors of raspberries up front that turn into blackberries in the finish. It is an eclectic blend of Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Frontenac, sourced from Eastern Colorado where you can grow French hybrids that are winter hardy. Our 2010 Reserve Syrah also received a mention in a list of Colorado wines that will help you to get over the first snowy day this season. Check out the article in the Cafe Society blog of Westword.