Put Some Altitude in Your Glass

This is the second part of our meetup for C.A.V.E., Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology. 

We sat down with Steve Flynn, owner and winemaker at Vino Salida Wine Cellars in Poncha Springs, Colorado.

Show notes:

[1:44] Local Italian influnce

[4:22] They do mead.

[8:08] Let's taste some wine!

[8:50] What is barrel fermenting.

[12:10] Bourbon barrel Cabernet Sauvignon

Congratulations to Vino Salida for winning Double Gold at the 2019 Colorado Governor's Cup for their Vino Vermouth.

Last month we hosted a meetup for C.A.V.E., Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology. Winemakers and wine people who belong to the organization getting together to taste and talk about the wine industry in Colorado. We sat down with a few of the wineries and talked to them about what's going in their world of wine. First up was Carboy Winery, located in Littleton. At the time, they were a couple weeks away from opening their Denver location at the old Governor's Park at 7th and Logan, which is open now. 

Show Notes:

[1:01] Meet Ty, Kevin and Jason crushing 140 tons this year

[3:39] New location at Governor's Park

[7:17] What's pouring at Carboy

Bobby LeFebre is a writer and poet who lives in our Northside Denver neighborhood and wrote a play about it. He and cast member Angel Mendez stopped by to talk about the sold out show at Su Teatro and help us give away some tickets. 

About the play: Two couples vie to buy Mrs. Lujan’s home, as the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood is now appealing to suburban dwellers, Teo and Luna must fight to return to where they grew up and are now being priced out of home ownership. A tale of where the heart lives. 

Christopher C. Romero is a busy guy these days. Whether he's performing his record Rocknrolla, creating abstract art or acting in movies, he's always willing to take the time to sit down and talk with us. 

Show Notes:

[2:30] Romero talks about his movie premiere of Vault in theaters June 14th.

[6:18] What was the first movie you were in? How he got the part in Things to do in Denver When Your Dead.

[9:57] Killer Ink and Chewbaca came over for dinner

[14:20] Rocknrolla coming out on vinyl!

[20:22] Frustrations of being an independent artist

[22:45] Cha flashback to Alice and Fleetwood Mac

[29:00] Grateful that people still want to buy a cd with pictures.

We hit the canned wine isle and tasted 6 different wines including: Canterris Colorado White Wine

Tangent Sauvignon Blanc

Underwood Pinot Noir (Oregon)

Canterris Colorado Red Wine

Essentially Geared Red Wine (California)

Tasting wine from Guy Drew Vineyards with Jo Mama Myers.

[2:50] Guy talks about his chardonnay

[7:56] Growing grapes in the Four Corned area.

[11:07] Guy Drew Syrah: One of two wines that proves Colorado is the next wine region to watch. https://goo.gl/7PqZEv

[17:38] Who was your favorite rock star you met

If you grew up in the Mile High City listening to the radio, then you should remember Jo Mama Myers from KBPI, KAZY and KIMN. She stopped by to talk and taste some Colorado wine. We start off with Guy Drew Vineyards Chardonnay and later in Part 2, Guy Drew joins us on the air.

It's always nice to make new friends, but when they're fellow winos in Colorado, it makes it a lot more special. Stephanie Davis and Valerie Caruso from the Wine Two Five Podcast stop by to talk wine education.

Paul and Cha Cha talk Prosecco with Jelena Meisel from Zonin International.

Our show from Father's Day Weekend, Paul and Cha Cha compare dad's to Cabernet Sauvignon and taste Chateau Beauregard-Lagupeau, Two Rivers-Colorado, Altocedro Ano Cero-Argentina and Edge-Alexander Valley. Plus, a live studio audience and special things dad's say to kids. Thanks for listening.