The Storm Cellar

Events

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From wine tastings with the winemakers here at our tasting overlook and chef dinners in the vineyard, to special events at external locations, we invite you to continue in joining us this year, as we celebrate our second vintage release. We are working hard to make sure we can host you here, as we navigate the changing rules and guidelines during this health crisis.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

We know everything is on hold right now, so we will continue to keep this page updated as events move around. We are going forward with our schedule, along with the Colorado FIVE team, unless the shelter-in-place directive continues.

We can’t wait to see you soon!

Events at the Winery

  • SOLD OUT!! – Wednesday, July 29th, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Join us for an outdoor Asado at the Winery with returning favorites, Chefs Nicole Carrillo and Mirasol Gomez of the Forage Sisters, here at The Storm Cellar. Purchase tickets and get more information HERE.
  • SOLD OUT!! – Sunday, August 2nd, 11:00 – 1:30 p.m. – 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. Purchase tickets and get more information HERE.

South Pearl Street Farmers Market

Join us at the South Pearl Street Farmers Market on the following Sundays, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Although we cannot pour samples, we can offer wines to enjoy by the glass and a rotating selection of wines to purchase. It’s so great to be back at our favorite farmers market and see so many familiar faces there!

  • Sunday, July 26th
  • Sunday, August 9th
  • Sunday, August 16th
  • Sunday, August 23rd
  • Sunday, August 30th
  • Sunday, September 6th

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!

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!

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!!

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