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From wine tastings with the winemakers here at our tasting overlook and chef dinners across the state, to special events at external locations, we invite you to continue in joining us this year, as we celebrate our third vintage release.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Dinners and Events in Colorado

We will add details and ticketing links, as these events approach. For now, save the dates! Due to high demand, there are no waiting lists for these events. We promise to let you all know as tickets go live, so please don’t call – love you all!

  • Saturday, May 1st, 2021 – SIP INTO SPRING WINE FESTIVAL – Along with ten other Colorado wineries, we are kicking off the spring season at the Orchard River View events center in Palisade. Get tickets to this two-session wine festival, via the morning link or the afternoon link.
  • Sunday, May 9th, 2021 – MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH – We are hosting a multi-course brunch at the Midway Schoolhouse, in Hotchkiss, featuring the cuisine of chef Brandt Bishop and our 2020 wine release.
  • Monday, May 17th, 2021 – COLORADO FIVE DINNER – Led by chef Josh Oakley, we are hosting, along with the 2021 Colorado FIVE team, a Western Slope-themed, multi-course dinner at Avelina in Denver. Get details and tickets via this link.
  • Friday, June 4th, 2021 – ROSÉ PARTY AT CARBOY WINERY – Carboy Winery is hosting a celebration of Colorado rosé, and we’ll be pouring our two new 2020 rosés at this ticketed event.
  • Sunday, June 20th, 2021 – FATHER’S DAY BRUNCH – We are hosting a multi-course brunch at the Midway Schoolhouse, in Hotchkiss, featuring the cuisine of Chef Brandt Bishop.
  • Monday, June 21, 2021 – COLORADO FIVE DINNER – Led by chef Arden Lewis, we are hosting, along with the 2021 Colorado FIVE team, a multi-course dinner at Comal in Denver. Tickets will be posted soon.
  • Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 – ROSÉ DINNER AT CARBOY WINERY – Join us for a six-course, wine-paired dinner, featuring three of Colorado’s leading rosé producers. Details to follow.
  • Saturday, July 10th, 2021 – MIDSUMMER WINE DINNER – We are going all-out in this celebration of our valley’s summer bounty and hosting another multi-course dinner with chef Brandt Bishop, at the beautiful Midway Schoolhouse, in Hotchkiss.
  • Monday, July 26th, 2021 – COLORADO FIVE DINNER – Led by chef Tajahi Cooke, we are hosting, along with the 2021 Colorado FIVE team, a multi-course dinner, located to be determined. Tickets will be posted soon.
  • Friday, July 30th, 2021 – ADASO AT THE FARM – We are partnering with our two favorite lady chefs, Nicole and Mirasol of Forage Sisters, to host a multi-course wine dinner at Deer Tree Farm, in Hotchkiss.
  • Monday, August 9th, 2021 – COLORADO FIVE DINNER – Led by chef Natascha Hess, we are hosting, along with the 2021 Colorado FIVE team, a multi-course dinner, located at Ginger Pig in Denver. Tickets will be posted soon.
  • Saturday, September 11th, 2021 – PALMER LAKE WINE FESTIVAL – Join us on the Front Range in Palmer Lake, as we pour our 2020 wines at this beautiful, end-of-season wine festival, featuring your favorite Colorado wineries, located halfway between Colorado Springs and Castle Rock. Tickets are LIVE.
  • Monday, October 18th, 2021 – COLORADO FIVE DINNER – Led by chef Jake Bickelhaupt, we are hosting, along with the 2021 Colorado FIVE team, a multi-course dinner, located at Konro in Denver. Tickets will be posted soon.
  • Sunday, October 24th, 2021 – HARVEST ASADO – Chef Brandt Bishop and the Forage Sisters are joining forces with us, as we host an end-of-season, multi-course dinner here in the North Fork Valley. We’ll release details soon on this one!
  • Friday, December 31st, 2021 – NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION – Get ready for the valley’s most exciting and eclectic celebration of 2021! We are throwing a multi-course, paired wine dinner, featuring a stellar menu from Chef Brandt Bishop and live music.

PAST EVENTS

Valentine’s Day Dinner with Chef Brandt Bishop at Wisehart Springs Inn

Friday, February 14, 6:00 p.m. – SOLD OUT – Join us at Paonia’s Wisehart Springs Inn for a 6-course dinner, featuring the seasonal and creative cuisine of returning favorite, Chef Brandt Bishop. We will be sharing two unreleased wines from our 2019 lineup, in addition to some of our favorites from 2018. Get your tickets here for this cozy dinner, held at one of the valley’s most beautiful venues.

Fetch Holiday Market, Weekends in December

We’ll be pouring tastes of our wines, alongside our friends at Blanchard Family Wines, at the Fetch Holiday Market. We are the very first booth, just inside the building! Join us on THREE weekends, where you can pick up last-minute wine gifts in Denver’s largest indoor holiday market, held at the Denver Sports Castle. Find more about hours, location, and details here.

  • Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 30th – Dec. 1st
  • Friday through Sunday, Dec. 6th – 8th
  • Friday through Sunday, Dec. 13th – 15th

Colorado Uncorked, November 15, 2019

Did you join us at the annual 2019 Colorado Uncorked event, along with the ten other wineries with double-gold winning wines, celebrating Colorado’s best-of-the-best? These 14 wines comprised this year’s 2019 Governor’s Cup collection, blind-selected by a panel of Master Sommeliers, Masters of Wine, and beverage professionals from around the country. We poured our Riesling and Dry Riesling, paired alongside the cuisine of fellow Colorado FIVE alum, Chef Josh Niernberg, of Bin 707 Foodbar and Chef Paul Nagan of Narrative Cherry Creek.

Old South Pearl Street Farmers Market

We hosted a pop-up tasting room at one of our favorite Denver farmers markets, the Old South Pearl Street Farmers Market.

Thank you for joining us in the months of August and September, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., where you got to taste and purchase our wines and say hello!

Seminars and Classes

We were so excited to work with Jenne Baldwin-Eaton, Professor of Enology at Colorado Mesa University and former Plum Creek Cellars winemaker, at two Sensory Analysis Workshops in Palisade and in Denver. Hosted by the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (CAVE), we led the tasting portion of the event and shared our thoughts, tips, and experience on wine tasting and pairing from our years as sommeliers.

Colorado Wine Festivals

We poured our wines at the following wine festivals over the 2019 season – thanks for stopping by and tasting and saying hello!

  • Telluride Wine Festival
  • Crested Butte Wine & Food Festival
  • Breckenridge Wine Classic
  • Colorado Mountain Winefest
  • Telluride Reserve

Dinners and Events at the Vineyard

We participated with our neighboring wineries in the West Elks AVA at the following events, held in the North Fork Valley this past season. Stay in touch, as we will add our upcoming 2020 events here, as soon as we schedule them. We already have an exciting lineup in the works!

  • Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 – We hosted an outdoor Asado at the Winery with returning favorites, Chefs Nicole Carrillo and Mirasol Gomez of the Forage Sisters, here at The Storm Cellar. Get more information HERE.
  • Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 – We are excited to host an al fresco Rosé Brunch at Wisehart Springs Inn, featuring the local culinary talent of the Forage Sisters. We have a stellar menu and are featuring three rosé wines for this multi-course brunch. Get more information HERE.
  • Friday, June 14th, 2019 – We hosted a Sommelier-Winemaker Dinner in the Vineyard as we celebrated the West Elks AVA’s annual “North Fork Uncorked” weekend and the inaugural release of our wines.
  • Friday, August 2nd through Sunday, August 4th, 2019 – This was our only official “open house” of the season, so we hope you didn’t miss out!
  • Friday, August 2nd, 2019 – We celebrated the harvest season with our second Sommelier-Winemaker Dinner in the Vineyard during Paonia’s West Elks Wine Trail weekend, where we paired our wines with the cuisine of the talented Forage Sisters for an Argentinian-influenced, asado-style dinner.

40 people gather underneath the new tasting overlook at The Storm Cellar winery in Hotchkiss, Colorado, overlooking the beautiful mountains of the West Elk Wilderness.

“Colorado FIVE” Dinners

  • Sunday, April 7th –  SOLD OUT – “Regions of Mexico” Dinner, hosted by Chef Duane Walker, at Denver’s Lola Coastal Mexican. Along with fellow FIVE beverage team member, Jen Mattioni, we are pairing select Colorado wines, cocktails, spirit-free drinks, and beers with courses crafted by FIVE’s talented chefs.
  • Monday, May 13th – SOLD OUT – “Upscale Lowlife” Dinner, hosted by Chef Jim Pittenger, at Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dog’s on Larimer. This exciting, themed dinner is all about comfort food done up fancy. Think rosé jello shots, Riesling Otter Pops, and oysters with crumbled Cheez-Its, a Budweiser mignonette, and a grape drink granita.
  • Monday, June 24th – SOLD OUT – “Fire Pit and Beer” Dinner, hosted by Chef Kevin Grossi of The Regional in Fort Collins. We’ll be grilling out over a large, outdoor fire pit at the patio at Odell Brewing Co. and pairing Kevin’s cuisine with Odell’s selection of beers.
  • Monday, August 12th – SOLD OUT – “Knapp Farms” Outdoor Dinner, hosted by Chef Bryan Redniss of The Rose in Edwards. This is a breathtakingly beautiful venue, and we will be pairing our wines with Bryan’s cuisine at a high-elevation, outdoor dinner.
  • Monday, September 9th – SOLD OUT – Dinner Party, hosted by Chef Josh Niernberg of Bin 707, Taco Party, and Dinner Party in Grand Junction. More details on this event to come!
  • Tuesday, October 1st – SOLD OUT – The Colorado FIVE at the James Beard House in Manhattan for a unique, taste of Colorado cuisine, paired with some of the most delicious and innovative beverages from the state. This was such a bucket-list event for us!!

As more official dates and events are announced, we will keep this page updated and let you know the details within our newsletter. Be sure to sign up here to stay up to date!

Tickets for our Mother’s Day brunch, featuring a Tickets for our Mother’s Day brunch, featuring a multi-course menu from chef @brandtbishop, are flying fast! 💥  Join us on Sunday, May 9th, at 11:00 a.m., at the Midway Schoolhouse, as we celebrate the mothers in our lives.
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We’ll be debuting two of our spring releases from the 2020 vintage, and we can’t wait to hear what you think!
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Get the link to make a reservation, via our profile, and we will see you there for a spring-centric menu, new rosé, and floral-themed pairings.
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Next up in our Somm Series is Jessica Dupuy. 🥂 Next up in our Somm Series is Jessica Dupuy. 🥂 Jessica is a sommelier, wine writer, and author of The Wines of Southwest USA. Join us this Sunday, here on IG Live, as we open a bottle of our 2019 Chardonnay.
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We are excited to chat with @jessicandupuy to hear her recommendations on wines from the Southwest, especially some of her home-state Texas favorites, and hear her thoughts on the evolution of the rosé industry, wine writing, and her personal wine journey.
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We met Jessica, when she was researching wineries for her book, which is a guide to New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and Colorado wine regions. She is such a pleasure to chat with, and she has abundant wine stories to share.
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We’ll see you here on Sunday, April 18th, at 5:30 p.m. MST, with a glass of Chardonnay! Get more details on what we’ll be drinking on our last post.
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CHEERS!! 🥂🥂🥂
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GOLD and SILVER!! 🔥🔥🔥 We’ve been cleani GOLD and SILVER!! 🔥🔥🔥 We’ve been cleaning up and stocking up our tasting room, in anticipation for the upcoming summer season. 🤩  We are also excited to announce that the two wines we submitted medaled in the @sfchronwinecomp this year!
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🥇2019 Chardonnay, West Elks, Gold Medal

Our estate-grown Chardonnay, made from 30-year-old Old Wente clone vines, is a Chablis-style Chardonnay that exhibits notes of ripe apple and brioche. We whole-cluster pressed the grapes, fermented the juice in stainless steel, and allowed the resulting wine to rest on its lees with minimal aging in used, French oak. It’s lean, angular, and so food-friendly.
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🥈2019 Viognier, Colorado, Silver Medal

Our Viognier, made with grapes grown in the Grand Valley, is in a really great spot in its evolution. Fermented and aged in temperature-controlled stainless steel, our medium-bodied Viognier shows notes of passionfruit, honeydew melon, lemon curd, and freshly cut herbs, with a crisp, dry finish.
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We’ve loved catching up with some of you at our appointment-only tastings, while we gear up for pruning and bottling. We are so excited to launch our new 2020 releases and get after the summer wine season.
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Did you know?
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We are offering extended hours this year! We’ll be open Wednesdays through Sundays, from noon until 7:00 p.m., and we are expanding our outdoor seating options.
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And we’ve got chef @brandtbishop here for three Saturdays of the month, and he’ll be pairing small, seasonal plates with our current portfolio!
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We’ll be sharing more details soon.
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For now, join us this upcoming Sunday, April 18th, at 5:30 p.m. MST, for our seventh episode in our Somm Series, where we are chatting our 2019 Chardonnay with author Jessica Dupuy (@jessicandupuy) and her newly released book, The Wines of the Southwest USA!!
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See you then and see you soon at the tasting room!
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We are giving our 2020 wines a solid taste before We are giving our 2020 wines a solid taste before gearing up for filtration tomorrow. 💥💥💥 Steve is pouring out a glass of our 2020 Grüner Veltliner, made with grapes grown in Colorado’s Grand Valley.
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We are so excited for this wine. It’s lean, dry, and crisp, and it shows those classic Grüner notes of white pepper, with some complementary aromas of lemon peel and green apple.
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We let the finished wine, which slowly fermented for nearly two months, rest on its fine lees (super-small spent yeast cells) and even did a little bâtonnage (where we stirred the lees back into the finished wine) for added texture and aromatics.
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This is the wine that nearly killed us. It was SUPER challenging to press. We had to clean our filters probably 50 times because the juice pressed so gelatinously. 😬 We were nearly late to a seven-course wine dinner we hosted that evening, but we thankfully managed to sneak in a shower. Grape must is a sticky mess.
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We’ll be bottling the Grüner shortly and plan on releasing it with our fall lineup!
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After an Easter break, we are back with another ex After an Easter break, we are back with another exciting guest in our Somm Series — Warner Dowlearn, Certified Specialist of Wine. 💥 We met Warner last spring, via @thevintnerproject.
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Warner uses her voice within the wine industry on her account, @confidenceuncorked, where she shares tools with her followers to “become more confident buying and enjoying wine.”
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She is a lover of small-production and sustainable wines, and that’s where we come in. 🥂 Warner’s approachable and down-to-earth knowledge-drops dispel the complexity that often surrounds the subject of wine.
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We are excited to chat with Warner about her unique wine journey, her upcoming move to CA wine country, and our shared moment of adopting a quarantine puppy last year.
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Tune in tomorrow, Sunday, April 11th, at 5:30 p.m. MST, here on IG Live!
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Today was a big day for us!! 🐥 We got six baby Today was a big day for us!! 🐥  We got six baby chicks from @thedeltaelevator and even got a FaceTime chick-selecting call from Michelle of @sunshinemesafarm, so that we’d get a friendly, diverse flock that will eventually produce a wide assortment of colored eggs come late fall!
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We are sending out a BIG thanks to both David and Michelle (and for @emilyhartnett1 for making the final calls!) for ensuring we were super happy with our new family members.
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They are tucked away and safe from the cats and Captain Murphy. We are most likely going to be up late making sure their brooder box is set at the right temperature and that everyone is eating and drinking.
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What did we take home?
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1 Rhode Island Red
1 Barred Rock
1 Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
1 Whiting True Green
1 Salmon Faverolles
1 Whiting True Blue
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We are gearing up for another day of pruning tomorrow, but we’ll also be fixated on these ladies.
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Join us on Saturday, May 1st, at the @orchardriver Join us on Saturday, May 1st, at the @orchardriverview event space, in Palisade, Colorado, for the inaugural “Sip Into Spring: a Celebration of Colorado Wine” festival!! 🥂
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Get information on the event by scrolling through this post ➡️➡️➡️ and by visiting the link in our profile! There are two sessions that day, and each one features the vocal talents of @ajfullertonmusic and local favorite Donny Morales.
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Presented by Grand Valley Bank, this event is not to be missed! 😍 Get ready for tastes from ten of your favorite wineries, educational breakouts, food trucks, live music, and culinary vendors.
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SEE YOU THERE!! 💥💥💥 It’s a “stock your cellar” moment, where we’ll all be bringing out our new wines for purchase and enjoyment right along the Colorado River.
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We’ve been cracking the whip on each other this We’ve been cracking the whip on each other this week. 💥 Scroll through - - - >  From leaving the hose on and making an accidental ice sculpture and setting out fence posts, to finishing our stone fire pit and seeing the first flowers of spring, it’s been non-stop.
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April is coming in HOT. 🔥🔥🔥
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By the end of the month, we will have finished pruning, filtration, bottling, un-hilling our new plantings, adopting new chicks 🐥, and gearing up for an exciting wine festival on May 1st — more details on Monday!!
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We hope you have a great Easter weekend and set aside some time to relax and feel gratitude for the ups and the downs. This is such a season of growth for us all.
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Happy Easter!!
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