If you hadn’t seen it in the recent E-News, we’re having another of our Wine Tasting 101 classes this Saturday!    Here’s the info, we still have space.

Join us as we sip and swirl our way to a better understanding of wine and its complexities. We will discuss such wine concepts as dryness, fruitiness, tannins, acidity, and any other topics you’d like to discuss. We’ll spend an evening sampling a variety of fine Colorado wines followed by light hors d'oeuvres.  Pre-registration with payment is required.  Call 858-6330 to register. This class takes place here at the Colorado Wine Room on Saturday, July 21 from 7 to 9 pm.  Cost is $30 for Wine Club members, $35 for all others.  Go ahead and eat a decent meal beforehand, but we'll have crackers & tapenades available afterwards.

Enclosed are your Wine Club bottles.  This month’s wines for the Dry Colorado Wine Club are:

2004 Cabernet Franc, S Rhodes Vineyards

The Cabernet Franc from S Rhodes has a gorgeous garnet color, and a bright, fragrant nose of cherries with a sweet, almost floral note to it.  It is equally bright and fruit forward in the mouth.  Fairly high alcohol at 15.5% makes it pretty hot, but it finishes clean and dry.  This will be a lovely wine to enjoy by itself or with a variety of foods.  Although it doesn’t have the weight to stand up to really heavy foods, it will be great with grilled meats of all sorts.  Kabobs with BBQ sauce, pineapple chunks, and red and yellow peppers come to mind.

2006 Vin Rosé, Garfield Estates Vineyard

It’s been pretty hot recently, and here is a reprieve.  This wine is delicately balanced, light and fruity, but dry.  This is a European style rosé.  Most Americans like a sweet rosé, not knowing how pleasant a dry, pink wine can be on a hot summer day.  We get strawberries, pie cherries, and light grapey qualities in this wine, but without all the sugar in the mouth.  It’s wonderfully refreshing.

As always, enjoy the wines in good health!

Sincerely,

Glenn & Natalie Foster