Quiet Vineyards

As you can see, it is quiet out in Palisade. Not a whole lot going on during the winter months at the vineyard. There is some pruning and stuff like keeping our compost going. At the winery in Boulder we are quite busy getting the new tasting room up and running, as well as some filtering and bottling of wine. The 2008 Riesling is now bottled and will be available soon, hopefully in a store near you! This is our 2nd Riesling and it is a classic . Full of peaches and apples but with a great acidity and an underlying minerality that balance perfectly with the sweetness of the wine. The new Touch of Red is almost ready also. This is going to be a good Touch of Red this year. This year will see the release of a new white for us. It will be a blend of grapes and have just a hint of sweetness to it. Stay tuned to learn more about where and when you'll be able to find these wines. Also, if you haven't signed up yet for the newsletter, now is a good time. We will be having some opening events throughout February and these will be announced in the monthly newsletter that we email. Happy New Year everyone!

We're Moving!

That's right - we are moving! We have found a great spot in North Boulder that finally allows us to combine our winery and tasting room in one location. Moving our winery and tasting room is a huge project and because of that our new tasting room won't be open until sometime in late January or mid-February. Our last day at the Pearl St. location is Wed. Dec. 31 so we encourage you to come visit us and have a glass of mulled or chilled wine and bring in the new year with us. Thank you so much for your support over the years that has made all of this possible for us - we sincerely appreciate your patronage. Happy New Year from all of us at BookCliff Vineyards. Stay tuned for updates - we can't wait to have you see our new winery!

30% Off All Merchandise in December

With the exciting opening of our new winery location in North Boulder we are proud to announce that our tasting room will be moving to that location in January or February. We really appreciate your support over the years and have enjoyed getting to know you. It would be great to see you in December to wish you a wonderful New Year and share our excitement about the new winery with you. As always, we have a great selection of 100% Colorado wine for you to enjoy at the tasting room or at home with your friends and family. Some of our wine is only available at the tasting room at this point, so now would be a great time to stop by to pick some up.

All month long, all of our merchandise will be 30% off. This includes our beautiful BookCliff Vineyards wine glasses and dessert wine glasses, our great book about wine & cheese, all of our bottle stoppers and the organic gift boxes that we have for sale. These are some great gift ideas for the casual wine drinker or for the cork dork in your life.

Don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter (the box on the right), to learn about upcoming events and news about the winery and vineyard.

Music on Fridays AND Sundays

As usual we have music at BookCliff Vineyards' Tasting Room on Friday nights, but as December arrives we will have more music as we add acoustic guitar sets on Sundays. Bill Kopper and Phil Robinson will add atmosphere to our already intimate setting surrounded by fine wines from BookCliff and Belgian Chocolates from Belvedere each Sunday afternoon in December.

Friday, Nov. 28th 7:30pm - 9:30pm Joao Junqueira, Brazilian samba, guitar and vocals
Sunday, Nov. 30th 3:00pm - 5:00pm Phil Robinson, Folk
Friday, Dec. 5th 7:30pm - 9:30pm Bill Kopper, Guitar Brazilian music

Sunday, Dec. 7th 3:00pm - 5:00pm Phil Robinson, Folk
Friday, Dec. 12th 7:30pm - 9:30pm Peneplain, Jazz - keyboard and bass
Sunday, Dec. 14th 3:00pm - 5:00pm Bill Kopper, Guitar Brazilian music
Friday, Dec. 19th 7:30pm - 9:30pm Molly Greacen, Brazilian Jazz

Sunday, Dec. 21st 3:00pm - 5:00pm Phil Robinson, Folk
Friday, Dec. 26th 7:30pm - 9:30pm Joao Junqueira, Brazilian samba, guitar and vocals

BookCliff Wines and More at Mark Vann Foundation Benefit Show.

BookCliff Vineyards is proud to participate in the 6th Annual Mark Vann Foundation Holiday Benefit Concert on Saturday December 6th at the Boulder Theater.
Mark Vann was the founding Banjo player of one of Boulders legendary bands, Leftover Salmon. Sadly Mark passed of Cancer at the age of 39 back in 2002. In celebration of his life and music the Mark Vann Foundation was created to benefit local, national and international charities thru music and art events. Over the past 6 years the Mark Vann Foundation has helped fund organizations ranging from the Boulder Broomfield Community Food Share and Conscious Alliance locally; to the Tipitinas Foundation, the Steam Powered Preservation Society and Rock the Earth amongst more far reaching endeavors. You can even suggest worthy organizations to benefit when visiting the Mark Vann Foundation website.
This years concert will continue to celebrate Marks' life while benefiting people in need. The music will include Vince Herman and Great American Taxi featuring Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth, The Emmitt-Nershi Band and many other special guests announced and unannounced!
In addition to all of the music there will be raffles and a silent auction featuring art, music, concert and festival tickets, and BookCliff Vineyards Wines including one of the last 3 hand painted Scramble Campbell bottles of our 2003 Bordeaux style blend, Ensemble.
So please come on out and join me, your BookCliff Vineyards Sommelier, and plenty of friends you haven't met yet,(and probably some you have), bid on some great items to help get your holiday gift list finished, and enjoy great music while helping people in need and celebrating the life and music of Mark Vann! Remember, Saturday Evening, December 6th at the Boulder Theater.
See you there!
Cheers,
Mark M. Stephan
BookCliff Vineyards
Sommelier

An Evening with Artists Linda Sole Faul and BookCliff Vineyards

Join us Friday, December 5th, 2008 between the hours of 5:00 - 8:00 pm as Art Mart presents an evening with artist Linda Sole Faul. Enjoy a tasting of our award winning Colorado wines while viewing the work of this wonderful artist. Linda Sole Faul is the artist of this years Flagstaff Star painting. Admission is free. Art mart is located on the mall at 1222 Pearl St. Boulder, CO 80302, and you can reach them at (303) 443-8248.

Free Santa Claus Party at the Winery

Even Santa enjoys a good bottle of wine for the holidays. And we don't want you to be without a good bottle of wine from your local Colorado winery - BookCliff Vineyards. Santa decided that rather than bicycling to each and everyone, he'll invite you to the winery on his special day December 6th. Come and share with us a glass of wine, appetizers and live music and celebrate Santa Claus day.

Enjoy live music and appetizers, taste BookCliff wines - ALL FREE!

Special of the day: 20% off a case (12 bottles) of wine. VIP members take an additional 5% off.

Please join us on December 6th from 3:00pm - 6:00pm at the winery,
1501 Lee Hill Road #17, Boulder, CO 80305.
The winery is located in North Boulder across the Gateway amusement park. As you drive out of Boulder on 28th Street, just after you pass the Holiday Drive-in Theater sign, turn left onto Lee Hill Road and then take an immediate right into the parking lot on your right.


Date: Sat., Dec. 6th
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: 1501 Lee Hill Road #17, Boulder, CO 80305
RSVP: winery@bookcliffvineyards.com