Politics Uncorked

A glass of wine with Crisanta Duran

7/15/2011
By Kimberly Dean
The Colorado Statesman

Since my last two pieces about wine contained no real politics at all, it is time to get back to our original theme. It’s been a while since Politics Uncorked contained a one-on-one with a local legislator, and now that the session is over, everyone is a bit easier to get in touch with.

Half Full, Half Empty, or the Wrong Glass Altogether?

7/1/2011
By Kimberly Dean
The Colorado Statesman

I never knew that the right glass could make all the difference in my experience with wine, but I have recently learned differently. Having been to several wine festivals in the last year or so, I had seen these little seminars setting up with glasses of varying shapes and sizes and eventually red and white wines poured carefully into said glasses before the seminar began. The area would be roped-off, and only the special ticket-holders were allowed to partake.

Colorado vine to table dinner

6/17/2011

Homegrown Colorado products were truly the stars last Friday night at a VIP dinner kicking off the Colorado Winefest.

Wine tasting at ‘Colorado’s Home’ hasn’t lost its charm

6/17/2011
By Kimberly Dean
The Colorado Statesman

The second annual event benefitting the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund took place the evening of June 9, over two months earlier than before.

Venice Ristorante and Wine Bar — that’s Italian

5/20/2011
By Marianne Goodland
The Colorado Statesman

When filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes to Denver, where does he go to eat and what does he drink?

You might find him sipping on a 2004 bottle of wine from the Villa Donoratico winery, which is what’s sitting in his wine locker this week at the Venice Ristorante and Wine Bar at 1700 Wynkoop.

Spring holidays call for wine

4/15/2011
By Kimberly Dean
The Colorado Statesman

As Passover and Easter re approaching and people are making plans for holiday and family dinners, decisions are being made on the menu, and naturally that includes the right wines.

Growing grapes in Colorado

3/18/2011
By Kimberly Dean
The Colorado Statesman

In keeping with our salute to National Agriculture Day we decided to highlight the big picture of the grape-growing industry in the state of Colorado.

Delizio’s delights! Monthly wine dinners a hit in Bega Park neighborhood eatery

3/18/2011
By Kimberly Dean
The Colorado Statesman

If you haven’t been to Delizio’s Café and Wine Bar in the last year then you really should go. They just celebrated their one-year anniversary on March 15, and deserve a lot of support for being gutsy enough to open a unique business this crazy economic climate.

Parker Dems discuss schools at Vines Wine Bar

3/4/2011
By Kimberly Dean
The Colorado Statesman

I met Robert Tait and his wife Jessie Alba Tait, committee members of the Parker Democrats, at their monthly meeting conveniently held at Vines Wine Bar on Mainstreet in Parker. Seemingly young for such organizers, they held their own and kept order as if they had been holding meetings for decades. Of course, plying people with wine never hurts.

D’Vine Wine and D’Vine Women

2/18/2011
By Kimberly Dean
The Colorado Statesman

At a recent meeting at D’Vine Wine on Champa Street in Denver, Charlene Meriwether, owner, told me about a Business After Hours event and Art Gallery Opening at the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce that I just had to attend. Charlene was going to be pouring her Wild Women Wines, so of course I needed to make an appearance.

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