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Garrett Estate Cellars (http://garrettestatecellars.com) is a family owned winery and has been around since 2003. They have grown from 3 acres to 35 acres of land to grown their grapes. They are located on the Western Slope in a small town called Olathe, CO. Garret Estates went from 12 varieta read more

The annual Harvest Fest party at the Holy Cross Abbey is a super fun time! Lots of vendors selling their wares, food, and just fun things! Live music fills the air. People hanging out on the lawn as if they were having a picnic. I saw many people purchasing their lunch and a bottle of wine f read more

The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey (http://www.abbeywinery.com), kicked off their Annual Harvest Festival with their Winemaker's Dinner, held at Shadow Hills Golf Club (http://www.golfshadowhills.com/). The golf club had an incredible view. The sun was setting and the view was just amazing on this read more

This was my second year going to the Vino and Notes Colorado Wine Festival. I was really excited because I had so much fun last year that I knew this year would be just as great or better. I am just going to get this out now so I can move on to much more fun talk about the festival. This ye read more

As the summer starts to wind down there are fewer wine festivals to attend. Even though we have one final festival, Colorado Mountain Winefest (http://www.coloradowinefest.com), coming up in September in Palisade, CO, where most of the grapes are grown, I am bringing to a close my festival going fo read more

Marketing your winery may seem like an endless pit of energy and maybe even money. Well, in some cases you may be right. But if we think back to oh, 10 years ago, people were still using the "Yellow Pages" to advertise in and taking out ads in magazines that can be costly as well. Not sure if any wi read more

We can all attest that most of the time food compliments wine. Some wines require food to be eaten while drinking, while others are good all by themselves. What is the "Norm" for wineries. Also what do avid tasting fans like when they visit a winery? Personally, I love when a winery provides  read more

The Castle Rock Colorado Wine Festival happened this past weekend on July 23rd. This was the 2nd time I have attended this event. The first time was probably about 3 or 4 years ago. I remember it being tons of fun. This year, it seemed something wasn't quite right. Not sure if it was the fact th read more

Trio Vintners is a winery in Walla Walla Valley. Karen LaBonte (http://www.triovintners.com/about.html) is the owner and winemaker.I met Karen on Facebook.. She started following my WineyWomen Facebook Page. Karen said that she loved reading my posts. Wow, I thought.. someone actually likes what I h read more

Stoller Vineyards was my last stop, last winery on my one day touring. I am not sure if they were getting ready to close, but I was able to get in and taste and chat with other tasters. Ken Stoller, the son of Bill and Cathy was pouring, summer break for college students, and Emily was pouring  read more