August 28, 2006

Up and Coming Wines from Colorado

We've never really thought of Colorado as a big wine place - vodka maybe, but not wine. Turns out there are a bunch of wineries there and they're starting to make a splash. Apparently they're not quite up to the level of consistency and quality of other North American wines, but they're giving it a try - good luck y'all.

Colorado is not there yet. Save for a handful of producers, the wine isn't on the level of that from Texas, let alone California or France. The owners and winemakers are an eclectic assortment of lawyers, venture capitalists, oilmen and geologists, even a former British army commando. They are still struggling to find the right grapes and methods for Colorado's peculiar weather and soil.

The state has more than 65 wineries, 12 times what it had in the early 1990s (and about two-thirds of Texas' total).

But what the wineries lack in consistency, the owners make up for in enthusiasm and determination. "Yes, we have a long way to go," says Drew, who was a trucking and shipping executive before opening his winery in 1998, with 155 acres on a hay farm. "But we're going to get there.

from Star Telegram.com

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