Dear Colorado Wine Club Member,

It’s been a wild and wooly holiday season for us, and we hope it’s been filled with laughter and memorable moments with family and friends.  With the new year approaching, it’s time to reflect on the past, make plans for the future, and have some fun in between, whatever that might mean to you.  Thank you again for your continued Wine Club membership.

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

Debeque Canyon Winery 2003 Chardonnay

Here is an unusual example of a buttery styled Chardonnay.  We’ve carried it for some time now, but noticed we’ve never shared it with our Vintner’s Choice members.  It’s smooth, soft texture will caress your mouth.  It’s incredibly complex spectrum of flavors will sweep your taste buds off their feet.  You would never guess the alcohol to be 16.4% . . . it is well-concealed under multiple layers of flavor.  The finish is broad and buttery.  Some say this wine is so buttery it’s like walking into a movie theatre.

Plum Creek Cellars 2005 Riesling

This Riesling shows a beautiful light gold color and wonderful scents of peach, apple and citrus.  It is lightly sweet in the mouth, showing apples, pears and citrus, with a long, clean finish.  This wine is really very nice as an aperitif or for pairing with milder foods such as fresh vegetable trays with a creamy dip, cheese and crackers, or flatbread with an artichoke cream cheese spinach dip.  It would also be very nice after dinner with a light fruit tart dessert, but nothing too sweet or rich.

As always, enjoy the wines in good health!

Sincerely,

Glenn & Natalie Foster