2016 Harvest at Bookcliff Vineyards - Best grapes and best weather

The harvest at Bookcliff Vineyards is in full swing. We are crushing reds on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The grapes are absolutely gorgeous this year. What a blessing. And the weather is cooperating. Sunny and dry with cool nights and warm days. This year Bookcliff will be making Late Harvest Muscat Blanc again. These are perfect conditions.

Feast in the Vineyard at Bookcliff Vineyards 9/16/16

Feast in the Vineyard at our Palisade Vineyard
A five course dinner amongst the vines. The dinner is prepared by Eric Skokan from the Black Cat Bistro in Boulder and each course is paired with award-winning wines from BookCliff Vineyards. The views from the vineyard extend from Debeque Canyon all the way down the valley to Grand Junction.
Come and join us on Friday before the tasting in the park on Saturday during Palisade Winefest. This is a great start for a weekend enjoying Colorado wines.
Seating is limited, so don’t wait to sign up.
Date: Friday September 16th, 2016
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Hawk Ridge Vineyard, 676 39 Road, Palisade, CO 81526
Cost: $110.00 plus tax
Reservations: https://www.secureclub.net/bookcliffvineyards/asp/sh1.aspx?guest=true&WcrShopID=WC0000010

Colorado Mountain Winefest 2015

We are just days away from traveling to Palisade for the Annual Colorado Mountain Winefest! This is the biggest wine event held every year in Colorado, which showcases the best food and wine offerings from our beautiful state! BookCliff Vineyards and Black Cat Farm Bistro will be hosting wine and dinner the evening of Friday, September 18th, in Palisade. What makes this dinner so unique is the fact that you will be surrounded by the vineyards that are carefully grown and maintained to make the wine characteristic to Grand Valley, and enjoying locally grown food by Eric and Jill Skokan of Black Cat Farm Bistro. This is an opportunity to sit back, relax and enjoy the great offerings from your local growers. Cheers!

For dinner reservations, please visit BookCliff Vineyards Events.
For more information about Colorado Mountain Winefest, please visit Colorado Wine Events.

Merlot in Bloom at BookCliff Vineyards

Most people are not aware that grapes bloom, let alone what they look like. It is a rare sight, as just for one week in late spring the tip of the grape clusters burst into tiny yellow flowers emanating a sweet smell. This year is especially magnificent as the cluster in particular of the Merlot grapes are almost twice the size of usual. I was fortunate to visit the vineyard in Palisade this week and snapped a picture. Enjoy!

Spring in the Vineyard at BookCliff Vineyards

Chardonnay after the storm

2015 has been an early spring in Colorado with warm weather starting in March. Orchards and Vineyards are about three weeks ahead of schedule. But, on April 16th we had a little bit of a scare by having a snowstorm pass through wine country, covering the sprouting vines in a white coat. Luckily the temperatures warmed up and snow turned into rain, gradually defrosting the vines (Chardonnay). Everything is well and good in the vineyard. The vines are looking good just two weeks later.

Riesling two weeks later

Colorado Mountain Winefest

What a beautiful weekend it turned out to be in Palisade for the annual Colorado Mountain Winefest. We hosted a farm to table dinner Friday night, then was up early with the roosters on Saturday morning, setting up for Winefest! Thank you to everyone who attended the weekend with us! We loved having you and enjoyed getting to spend more time with you! Eric and Jill with BlackCat put on a beautiful dinner! Ask anyone who was there and they'd say the same. The weather was absolutely perfect the entire weekend and if you missed going this year, sign up for our newsletter to receive updates for the upcoming dinners and next year's winefest dinner. Now, we are back in Boulder, ready to receive fruit this week from the vineyards in Palisade. Muscat Blanc and Viognier have already started fermenting in the tanks and we can't wait to get the other varietals into the cellar! We hope everyone had a great weekend as well! Cheers!

Harvest Season

Harvest season has arrived! John and Ulla have been down to Palisade quite a bit this summer, walking the vineyards with Prescott- our vineyard manager, to estimate crop production for this year's harvest! Muscat Blanc will be the first varietal picked and trucked up to Boulder to kickoff harvest! We can't wait to start receiving fruit in a couple of weeks! Come on over to the winery this September and October to check out the crush pad! Cheers!