Monday, January 26, 2009

Wine Chat

All you wine aficionados take note, from now on in our monthly newsletter we will be releasing a new monthly series of articles about wine called "Wine Chat". We will be discussing various wine related topics and answering some of your questions about wine. We will also print some recipes and food and wine pairings. If you have some great recipes including wine or to pair with a specific wine, or if you have questions that you'd like answered, let us know. You can email us at winery@bookcliffvineyards.com. Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter, you can do that on the upper right side of this blog or at http://www.bookcliffvineyards.com/. Thank you from all of us at BookCliff.

Monday, January 12, 2009

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!