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The Grapevine

Wine: a vector for conversation and personal stories

Most sommeliers have a story about the first wine that made them pause and think, “Wow, this is delicious!” Sommeliers…

March 27, 2017

Local News

Amateur winemakers may soon be allowed to compete under Colorado bill

would put them under same rules as homebrewers

February 23, 2017

Business

Wine Shop reborn from closed business

will sell food to go

October 11, 2016

Business

Wine Merchant closing up shop

brought in expertise and variety to town

July 19, 2016

Local News

Beer, wine ballot effort ends

on grocery store sales won’t be challenged

July 1, 2016

Local News

Grocery store liquor, beer sales coming to Colorado

allows full-strength alcohol sales in Colorado grocery stores

June 10, 2016

Local News

Grocery store alcohol battle turns to governor

Coalition asks Hickenlooper to sign compromise bill

May 24, 2016

Local News

Will Colorado beer battle end in a truce?

Colorado lawmakers think they may have found compromise

May 6, 2016

Local News

Liquor joins beer, wine ballot battle to enter Colorado supermarkets

Distillers propose initiative to allow liquor in grocery stores

March 25, 2016

Local News

Colorado lawmakers struggle to find compromise on alcohol sales

proposal would ask voters to allow beer, wine sales in grocery stores

March 5, 2016

Local News

Grocers target liquor laws in Colorado

Initiative would allow stores to sell full-strength beer and wine

October 21, 2015

Local News

Beer battle brewing in Colorado

stores, craft brewers boil as grocery stores seek to expand offerings

May 27, 2015

Local News

Beer and wine in grocery stores?

Several are hesitant to raise a glass to just such an effort

March 19, 2015

Food

A very good year

winemakers expect great results from 2014 harvest

October 7, 2014

Food

These sweet pairings make Easter treats for grown-ups

When paired with fruit-flavored jelly beans, a glass of Treana white wine cuts the sweetness of the candy.Matthew Mead/Associated Press…

April 15, 2014

Food

Craft beer reaches for skies

reflects customers’ preference for specialty brews

April 8, 2014

Food

Starbucks to introduce beer, wine to more cafes

The coffee company says it is looking to expand alcohol sales to “thousands of select stores” over the next several…

April 1, 2014

Food

TV gets into wine business

Wines That Rock, the company that produces Downton Abbey wines, also produces wine for rock groups such as the Rolling…

March 25, 2014

Culinary Corner

Is that wine past its prime?

The big day arrives – your birthday, say – and you uncork it to blissful expectation. But it’s tinged brown…

March 16, 2014

Travel

In Calif. wine country, follow an olive oil trail

Olive oil flavors can be sample at the Olive Press tasting room in Napa, Calif. Olive oil production in the…

March 15, 2014

Food

Nouveau Chile

vintners are shaking up a once-prosaic wine scene

February 25, 2014

Food

Valentine wines: From sweet to sassy

Romantic labels all about puns, innuendo and irony

February 4, 2014

Culinary Corner

Local vineyards surviving winter

“We did have some cold temperatures in December, but it didn’t go below zero, so we’ve been okay,” said Sutcliffe…

February 1, 2014

Food

Beaujolais wine is not just ‘Nouveau’

Nora Boutemeur enjoys a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau in Lille, northern France, at the start of the wine world’s best-known…

November 26, 2013