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Written by Jacob Harkins
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 05:48 |
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Mountain View Winery, way out in Olathe, Colorado, is perhaps a little more famous for its fruit wines than traditional vinifera. The 2008 viognier is one example. It smells of orange peels and apples, giving a hint of a nice, fruit forward viognier to come. In the mouth, this is a medium-bodied wine, with a medium-dry
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Written by Jacob Harkins
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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 03:07 |
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 Tempranillo is a grape I’d love to see grown more in Colorado. It seems to have so much potential in the Grand Valley, yet it’s pretty darn hard to find a local bottle of it. Most popular in Spain, tempranillo is also very common throughout South America, which features some of the only high elevation regions that are truly comparable to what we have here in Colorado. So we should be drinking more of it. Let’s hope that is the case in the coming years.
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Written by Jacob Harkins
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 11:35 |
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Petit verdot can be like drinking ink. That is if you can actually find it in a bottle of local wine. It’s one of those blending grapes that garnered respect in a Bordeaux as a 5 percent grape. On its own? It’s just not that common. Colorado is no exception – and that’s too bad.
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Written by Jacob Harkins
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Sunday, 22 August 2010 08:00 |
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 Forget what you’ve heard before, good pinot noir is possible in Colorado. It’s rare, but Alfred Eames Cellars has proved that greatness with this delicate grape that loathes high heat can come from the arid mountains of our fine state.
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Written by Jacob Harkins
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 15:37 |
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If I hear anyone else say they don’t like Rieslings because they are too sweet, I might just explode. Or at least open another bottle and sip it quietly on my porch and leisurely watch the sun set over the trees in front of my north Denver home.
To say Rieslings are too sweet is to admit to only trying a few. There is a broad range, in fact, going from dry to late-harvest sweet bombs for dessert. Most, especially from Colorado, fall into either the medium dry or just off dry category. Try a few before writing this grape off. Now that the rant is over, onto the review portion of this article.
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