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Denver Wine Radio
by Paul Bonacquisti
Join winemaker Paul Bonacquisti as he interviews Colorado musicians, taste-tests the best wine on the shelves, tells you about amazing tourist destinations, and plays great music- all recorded from the cozy Bonacquisti Wine Company in Denver. Taught by his father, who was a passionate winemaker himself, Paul has been a passionate Sommelier since 2006. His wines have earned several bronze, silver and gold medals in the Colorado Wine Governor's Cup Competition, as well as international recognition. Paul's wines- and the Denver Wine Radio show- are all about changing the way people experience wine.
Episodes
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Denver’s Little Italy: Preserving North Denver’s Italian History
Denver once had a thriving Little Italy in the heart of North Denver. Italian-owned bakeries, markets, restaurants, social clubs and churches helped define the neighborhood, but as Denver has changed, much of that history has slowly disappeared. In thi...
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48: A Taste of Tempranillo and Kingman Estates Winery
This time Paul and 'Cha get together to sample some Tempranillo and go over some of the robust flavors that emit from it. We also hear from Doug Kingman from Kingman Estates Winery. 10 acres and a barn in the Grand Valley of the Colorado River, near Palisade. Really, it started with a dream and a...
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47: Tasting Vinnie Fera Wines from Boulder
Cha-Cha's back again! This time we're trying a well-bodied 2019 Malbec from Vinnie Fera Wineries in Boulder, CO. It's called Hogback, which might sound like an odd name, but it makes sense once you hear founder Tim Moley explain it. Vinnie Fera has been around since 2016, and they say they pick...
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46: G Brown: Colorado Music Experience founding director and author
Paul is joined by Colorado Music Experience founding director and author, G Brown. G covered popular music at The Denver Post for 26 years, interviewing well over 3200 musicians, including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and Kurt Cobain. He's also amassed an archive of close to…
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45: Carboy Wines
ChaCha's back! And we're back to wine tasting. This week, we've got a lovely selection from Carboy, a fast-growing and award-winning winery with four locations across Colorado. We test their 2019 Riesling from Grand Valley, and it's quite the treat. We also get a special audio clip from Tyzok...
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44: Wine Week Panel Discussion
I recently attended a wine tasting event hosted by Blanchard Family Wines in downtown Denver. Four winemakers each presenting one Colorado wine to an enthusiastic and thirsty crowd during Colorado Wine Week. In attendance was Doug Kingman from Kingman Estates Winery, Tim Moly from Vinny Fera…
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43: Italian Heritage Wines
Nationally, October is Italian Heritage Month and since 2019, Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a proclamation designating October as Italian Heritage Month in Colorado. The Dante Alighieri Society of Denver drafted the proclamation noting the many different ways in which Italians helped…
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42: Alwyn "Fitz" Fitzgerald: Wisconsin Wines
Paul sits down with Alwyn "Fitz" Fitzgerald, the former President of Fisher King Winery which closed in 2020 when there were staffing shortages. In this episode you will find out first hand that it is not too cold to grow amazing grapes in Wisconsin, and that Paul finds similarities between...
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41: A Latino Story: Puerto Rican Nocturne with Angel Mendez-Soto
First of all, a disclaimer: No wine bottles were opened in this week's episode, but you certainly don't need a drink to enjoy this week's guest. Angel Mendez-Soto grew up in New York City’s East Harlem (El Barrio), and he's a man with a storied career in theatre. He has been a member of Su…
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40: A Surprise Visit with Dan and Michelle of Continental Divide Winery
Fate and a combined passion for the wine industry brought two families together to create Continental Divide Winery. Part-time Breckenridge residents Jeffrey and Ana Maltzman owned two successful wineries in California. Ten years ago the Maltzmans, their two daughters and their two Australian...
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39: Jenne Baldwin-Eaton
Jenne Baldwin-Eaton started her career in winemaking with Plum Creek Cellars in 1994. For 22 years, Baldwin-Eaton made award-winning wines from 100% Colorado grown grapes and was involved in all aspects of running a commercial winery. The success and growth of the Colorado wine industry is very...
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38: Brad Page: The Colorado Cider Company
This week, Brad Page from Colorado Cider Company in Denver joins Paul to try ciders from his esteemed cidery. Colorado Cider Company is the oldest operating cidery in the state. Owners Brad and Kathe Page have also been planting cider and heirloom variety apples and pears at their property in...
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37: Colorado vs The World Sauvignon Blanc Tasting with Jacob Harkins
This week on Denver Wine Radio, Jacob Harkins joins Paul to taste four wines from around the world (of course one is from Colorado) in another episode of Colorado vs. the World. Jacob Harkins is a self-described wine geek, former wine journalist, and recovering ski bum. His current gig is running...
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36: A Visit with Cassidee Shull
After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Management and Human Resource Management from Colorado Mesa University in 2011, Cassidee was hired in 2012 as the executive director of Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology (CAVE), the only non-profit dedicated to the winemakers and grape...
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35: Mark & James Blanchard: Blanchard Family Wines
Blanchard Family Wines is the story of how wine can bring people together, build bridges and ignite passions that make dreams come true. This boutique winery expresses the vision of two brothers and the uniting qualities of great wine shared among friends and family. A first-generation wine...
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34: Jayme Henderson & Steve Steese: The Storm Cellar Winery
Jayme Henderson + Steve Steese of The Storm Cellar Winery join Paul this week to try two more of Colorado's finest wines. The Storm Cellar is a collaborative vision between Steve and Jayme; during their many years in the restaurant industry, whether for business, study, or pleasure, they spent…
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33: ChaCha Chavez Returns
This week, ChaCha Chavez (re)joins Denver Wine Radio to try two fantastic Colorado wines. ChaCha is a radio personality who has spent 30 plus years on the air in Denver, Colorado, as a Program Director and on air talent at these legendary radio stations: KS104, KS107.5, Alice 105.9, Jammin 92.5,...
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32: Doug Caskey: The Colorado Industry Wine Development Board
Doug Caskey will be the first to tell you that he has one of the best government jobs in Colorado. At one point Doug was the store manager at the Boulder Liquor Mart. Now the executive director at Colorado Wine Industry Development Board, Doug shares thoughts about this week's wines, his thoughts...
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31: Jack Hadley Drops a New CD: Daybreak In Alabama The Langston Hughes Project
Blues guitarist Jack Hadley drops by to talk about his new CD, Daybreak In Alabama The Langston Hughes Project. A two year project in the making that features the poetry of Langston Hughes and Jack's music. Show Notes: [0:44] Who is Langston Hughes? [4:44] How did you get the idea for this…
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30: The Persevering Aspen Peak Cellars
This is the final part of our meetup for C.A.V.E., Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology. Marcel and Julie Flukiger of Aspen Peak Cellars have the most incredible story of starting and rebuilding their winery not once, but twice. Show Notes: [1:46] Lightning strikes the winery [3:10]…
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29: Meet Up Part Two: Vino Salida Wine Cellars
This is the second part of our meetup for C.A.V.E., Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology. We sat down with Steve Flynn, owner and winemaker at Vino Salida Wine Cellars in Poncha Springs, Colorado. Show notes: [1:44] Local Italian influnce [4:22] They do mead. [8:08] Let's taste some...
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28: Meet Up with Carboy Winery
Last month we hosted a meetup for C.A.V.E., Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology. Winemakers and wine people who belong to the organization getting together to taste and talk about the wine industry in Colorado. We sat down with a few of the wineries and talked to them about what's...
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27: Northside Interview with Bobby LeFebre
Bobby LeFebre is a writer and poet who lives in our Northside Denver neighborhood and wrote a play about it. He and cast member Angel Mendez stopped by to talk about the sold out show at Su Teatro and help us give away some tickets. About the play: Two couples vie to buy Mrs. Lujan’s home, as the...
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26: and...we're back! with Christopher C. Romero
Christopher C. Romero is a busy guy these days. Whether he's performing his record Rocknrolla, creating abstract art or acting in movies, he's always willing to take the time to sit down and talk with us. Show Notes: [2:30] Romero talks about his movie premiere of Vault in theaters June 14th....
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25: Canned Wine Show
We hit the canned wine isle and tasted 6 different wines including: Canterris Colorado White Wine Tangent Sauvignon Blanc Underwood Pinot Noir (Oregon) Canterris Colorado Red Wine Essentially Geared Red Wine (California)
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24: Part 2: Jo Mama and Guy Drew Vineyards
Tasting wine from Guy Drew Vineyards with Jo Mama Myers. [2:50] Guy talks about his chardonnay [7:56] Growing grapes in the Four Corned area. [11:07] Guy Drew Syrah: One of two wines that proves Colorado is the next wine region to watch. https://goo.gl/7PqZEv [17:38] Who was your favorite rock…
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23: Jo Mama and Guy Drew Vineyards Part 1
If you grew up in the Mile High City listening to the radio, then you should remember Jo Mama Myers from KBPI, KAZY and KIMN. She stopped by to talk and taste some Colorado wine. We start off with Guy Drew Vineyards Chardonnay and later in Part 2, Guy Drew joins us on the air.
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22: Showdown: Denver Wine Radio Meets Wine Two Five Podcast
It's always nice to make new friends, but when they're fellow winos in Colorado, it makes it a lot more special. Stephanie Davis and Valerie Caruso from the Wine Two Five Podcast stop by to talk wine education.
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21: The Prosecco Show with Jelena Meisel from Zonin
Paul and Cha Cha talk Prosecco with Jelena Meisel from Zonin International.
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20: Father's Day Cabernet Sauvignon
Our show from Father's Day Weekend, Paul and Cha Cha compare dad's to Cabernet Sauvignon and taste Chateau Beauregard-Lagupeau, Two Rivers-Colorado, Altocedro Ano Cero-Argentina and Edge-Alexander Valley. Plus, a live studio audience and special things dad's say to kids. Thanks for listening.
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19: Riesling Tasting with Jason Justice from Gumbo le Funque
One of the funkiest sax players in the Mile High City stops by to taste some riesling and play some music. It’s Jason Justice from the New Orleans style funk band, Gumbo le Funque. Recorded on March 17, 2018
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18: Memorial Weekend Box Wine Show
We're tasting three box wines that are great for weekend barbecueing. Kingman from Colorado, Bota Box from California and Capoeira from Portugal.
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17: The Label Show
Cha Cha picks out some wine based on the label and we tasted them.
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16: Italian Chardonnay tasting with Kyle Schlachter
In our final segment Kyle opens a half-botlle of 2007 Rossj-Bass Langhe.
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15: Colorado Chardonnay Tasting Part 2
In this segment we taste the 2014 Plum Creek Colorado Chardonnay and we take a phone call from Ray Ray!
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14: Colorado Chardonnay Against the World with Kyle Schlachter
In this segment we taste 2015 Joseph Drouhin LaForet Chardonnay and 2015 Folie a Deux Russian River Valley Chardonnay.
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13: Meet Kyle Schlachter from the Colorado Wine Board
Our guest in studio is Kyle Schachter from the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board. Kyle was featured in Wine Enthusiast Magazine as 40 Under 40 Tastemakers. And today we're tastiing Chardonnay. in this segment we start with 2015 Two Rivers Colorado Chardonnay...
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12: Winemaker's Playlists and Cha Cha Spills the Wine
More with Michelle Cleveland from Creekside Cellars, winner of the 2017 Colorado Governor's Cup. Grapes need to get happy in the winery and Michelle and Paul share their music playlists for crush season. Then at the [4:25] mark Cha Cha spills the wine, literally, in the studio! Also, Colorado...
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11: Cha Cha Expands Her Wine Vocabulary
Our Cabernet Franc tasting continues with Chinon and Colorado and Cha Cha's wine vocabulary is growing every week with adjectives like rustic, fresh and Denver Botanic Gardens.
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10: Cabernet Franc Tasting featuring Colorado Against the World
We're tasting Colorado's Cab, Cabernet Franc, on the show today. here's the line-up: Lo Fi 2016 Cabernet Franc – Coquelicot Vineyard $27, 2016 Le Grand Bouqueteau Chinon $18, 2016 Bonacquisti Cabernet Franc, Colorado $19, 2015 Creekside Cellars Cabernet Franc, Grand Valley $45. We also talk about...
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9: Meet Michelle Cleveland from Creekside Cellars
Michelle Cleveland, winemaker from Creekside Cellars, is our guest on Denver Wine Radio. Creekside Cellars has had a banner year scoring a 91 with Wine Enthusiast for their 2014 Colorado Cabernet Franc, winning the 2017 Colorado Governor's Cup and being named Winery of the Year from the Colorado...
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8: Visit Palisade and a surprise Colorado grape: Graciano
80% of the grapes in Colorado are grown around Palisade, Colorado in the Grand Valley AVA, a must visit with lots to do. Graciano is a spanish grape that John Garlich grows and happened to bring in for us to taste. Deeelish!
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7: Malbec Tasting Part 2: Colorado Grape Grower of the Year
Tasting two more Malbecs and a Bruno Mars Breakdown. And Congratulations to the Bookcliff Vineyards, named Colorado Grape Grower of the Year.
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6: Malbec Tasting Part 1: Cha Hair Highlights and Used Barrels
We did a live on-air tasting of four Malbec wines. One from France, one from Argentina and two from Colorado with John Garlich from Bookcliff Vineyards while Cha Cha discovered the color of Malbec would make a great hair color.
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5: Colorado Malbec with Bookcliff Vineyards
John Garlich from Bookcliff Vineyards talks about Malbec in Colorado.
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4: Welcome Cha Cha Chavez to DWR
Wine and Music: That's what Denver Wine Radio is all about.
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3: Colorado Grapes and Paul's Winemaking Style.
Paul and Doug talk about grapes grown in Colorado and how Paul aproaches those to fit his winemaking style.
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2: Colorado: Wine Enthusiast Top 10 Wine Getaways
Grand Valley, Colorado is named one of the top ten wine getaways in the world by Wine Enthusiast.
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1: Denver Wine Radio Debut and How Many Wineries in Colorado
Doug Caskey, Executive Director of the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board is our guest in the studio.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join winemaker Paul Bonacquisti as he interviews Colorado musicians, taste-tests the best wine on the shelves, tells you about amazing tourist destinations, and plays great music- all recorded from the cozy Bonacquisti Wine Company in Denver.
Taught by his father, who was a passionate winemaker himself, Paul has been a passionate Sommelier since 2006. His wines have earned several bronze, silver and gold medals in the Colorado Wine Governor's Cup Competition, as well as international recognition. Paul's wines- and the Denver Wine Radio show- are all about changing the way people experience wine.
HOSTED BY
Paul Bonacquisti
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Join winemaker Paul Bonacquisti as he interviews Colorado musicians, taste-tests the best wine on the shelves, tells you about amazing tourist destinations, and plays great music- all recorded from the cozy Bonacquisti Wine Company in Denver. Taught by his father, who was a passionate winemaker...
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