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Hungry for summer? Salivating over plans for road trips and meetups and culinary celebrations? Marking your calendar with repeat favorites… READ MORE
Wine Soaked Grape Cake is from Sharon O’Connor’s Wine Tasting recipe box, “Small Plates for Wine.” I made a… READ MORE
(Follow-up post to “Eat, Drink, Plant Lavender” & “Cooking with Culinary Lavender” event at Glenwood’s Downtown Market) LAVENDER INFUSED… READ MORE
May days on East Orchard Mesa above Palisade are lush with post blossom greenery. Verdant grapes on the vines are… READ MORE
Cheers! Today marks the first day of the four day 2014 Colorado Mountain Winefest in Palisade, Colorado. Viticulturists, epicures,… READ MORE
“How do you not make a story out of harvesting 100,000 pounds of apples?”
~Jeff Schwartz, Delicious Orchards and Big Bs Faboulous Juices
The Western Slope of Colorado is home to an agricultural bounty. The founding pioneers began with sun-fed peach orchards, and now modern-day vintners are bottling award-winning wines. This history was distilled into the 2015 book, “Western Colorado Fruit & Wine: A Bountiful History.”