First Ever Ouray Winter Wine Festival Announced
Attendees will get an intimate experience sampling from eight wineries and two distilleries at this inaugural festival taking place in Ouray, Colorado.
OURAY, CO— Held in the beautiful and historic mining town of Ouray, Colorado, the Ouray Winter Wine Festival boasts unique and upscale offerings from Western Colorado’s vineyards and local purveyors within the culinary and retail markets.
Held at The Wright Opera House on February 11, 2023, attendees will get an intimate experience sampling from eight wineries; Sauvage Spectrum, Chill Switch Wines, LaNoue DuBois Winery, Vines 79 Wine Barn, The Storm Cellar, Stoney Mesa Winery, Sutcliffe Vineyards, and Qutori Wines, and two distilleries; Clark & Co’s Distilling and Storm King Distilling Co, all of which are from Colorado’s Western Slope. By the glass and/or bottle purchases can be enjoyed fireside amongst several lounge seating arrangements throughout the venue. Attendees will also be able to enjoy the sounds of local musicians Elevated Acoustic and Sound and the Messenger as well as culinary delights from Beyond the Board, Bonfire Oyster and Brrrnana.
The festival’s retail options are anything but typical. Attendees will experience interactive retail such as permanent jewelry from Rose Bird Designs, hands-on customization from Natalia’s Hat Bar, and art demonstrations from Adams Artco. And speaking of art, miniature chocolate masterpieces from Alpen Confections will temp attendees taste buds.
General admission to the festival will include a wine tote and custom wine glass that attendees can take around to each of the wineries and distilleries to sample product from. Attendees have the option to attend Session 1 from 11am to 3pm for $45 a ticket or Session 2 from 4pm to 8pm for $75 a ticket. Session 2 includes general admission plus passed appetizers. And for those looking for something extra special, a VIP party at Sauvage Spectrum from 8pm - 10pm can be added to the Session 2 ticket for just $40. The VIP party includes an entry glass of wine, buffet, music, and the opportunity to mingle with the winemakers.
The Ouray Winter Wine Festival will be a warm and inviting event. The festival was designed to include luxury items that can be experienced on an approachable and comfortable level. “We want to create an experience that’s similar to the feeling one gets when they slip on a pair of fuzzy slippers, plop down on a comfortable couch next to a roaring fire, pour a glass of red wine, and converse with good company,” explains event planner Krysta Cossitt with Elevation Weddings and Events.
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Krysta Cossitt
Elevation Wedding and Events
krysta@elevationweddingsandevents.com
(970) 233-2202
Sauvage Spectrum and Peach Street Distillers Debut Bourbon Barrel-Aged Red and Red Wine Barrel-Aged Bourbon For Wine Fest in Palisade, Colorado
A Peach Street Distillers bourbon barrel-aged red wine made by Sauvage Spectrum, Devil’s Prey, and a rendition of Peach Street Distillers Colorado Straight Bourbon aged in Sauvage Spectrum's Red Wine soaked Oak Barrels.
PALISADE, CO— A Peach Street Distillers bourbon barrel-aged red wine made by Sauvage Spectrum, Devil’s Prey, and a rendition of Peach Street Distillers Colorado Straight Bourbon aged in Sauvage Spectrum's Red Wine soaked Oak Barrels, will be available Thursday September 15 to officially kick off Palisade Colorado’s annual Wine Fest weekend.
ABOUT THE WINE
Devil’s Prey is Sauvage Spectrum’s first foray into barrel-aged red wine. “We couldn't think of requesting the help from a better local partner,” says Winemaker and Co-Founder
Patric L. Matysiewski about his neighbors Peach Street Distillers. For Peach Street who are passionate about expressing the bounty of Colorado’s small farms in their final products, Sauvage Spectrum’s request was well-received.
To create Devil’s Prey, Matysiewski and his team took their most approachable red wine and aged it on Peach Street barrels for three and a half months. The experience begins with dark fruit jam and Bourbon aromas, followed by notes of dark cherries, tobacco, vanilla, brown sugar, and a hint of spice.
“This project is called Devil's Prey due to the fact the innocent wine lay victim to the spirit,” says Matysiewski. “Normally upon evaporation of wine or spirit you'd call that the "Devil's Cut", but here we take advantage of the Bourbon flavors from the previously used Peach Street barrels to help infuse some local flavor into this ever popular and growing style of wine. The flavors previously housed in the barrel actually seep back into the product as the wine starts to evaporate from the oak.”
ABOUT THE BOURBON
Peach Street Spirits transferred their handcrafted three-year-old Colorado Straight Bourbon into a freshly emptied Devil's Prey-soaked Oak Barrel for an additional 6 months of aging to craft this novel spirit. This single barrel, number 753, was then packaged as a single barrel celebration of this season's Colorado Wine Fest and in collaboration with Sauvage Spectrum Devil's Prey release. The resulting bourbon boasts a rich mahogany hue that’s several shades darker than Peach Street Colorado Straight Bourbon’s traditional amber hue, with notes of dark cherry, vanilla and jam balanced by sharper edges of rye and spice, and a touch of sweet corn.
As drinkable as they are prime for a few years of aging, these storied and full-bodied bottles are ones to savor in good company. If you’d like more information about this collaboration or either of these beverage expressions, contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com.
ABOUT PEACH STREET DISTILLERS
Peach Street Distillers was founded in 2005 in the heart of Colorado’s fruit and wine region, Palisade Colorado, where the high desert meets the mountains. The warm days and cool nights in Palisade make the local fruits and grains unimaginably delicious. Living the very definition of “craft” Peach Street does everything the hard way to turn these fermentable raw materials into extraordinary spirits. Peach Street Distillers is Colorado’s oldest independently owned and operated distillery. Visit the distillery online at peachstreetdistillers.com for more about the spirits and the spirits squad.
ABOUT SAUVAGE SPECTRUM
Representing a juxtaposition between the wild untamable elements of grape growing and the artisan craft of winemaking coming together to create nuanced wines. Hand-harvested, estate-grown fruit from our sustainably farmed 60 acres of vineyard. We grow 26 varietals, researching and developing the land and vines to produce one-of-a-kind nuanced wines for your enjoyment. Our team not only farms the land and grows the grapes, but also vinifies the wine with nominal interference in the cellar to truly express the unique high desert terroir. Our range of clean, ethically produced wines have little to no sulfite additions and are always gluten-free, 100% vegan, and non-GMO. If you have enjoyed Colorado wine before, you have most likely tasted our grapes. Now we present them to you as the Grapegrower intended. Find the winery online at sauvagespectrum.com.