Date: 18-Feb-02

From: Doug Caskey, executive director
Colorado Wine Industry Development Board
Phone: 720.304.3406
TO: All Colorado Wineries

RE: Committee opportunities and other announcements
The Colorado Wine Industry Development Board met November 26-27, 2001 in Glenwood Springs to establish goals and priorities for the 2003 fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2002. Improving the quality and the public’s perception of the quality of Colorado wines was identified as the number one priority of the CWIDB.

Three committees were formed to begin the process of planning programs and budgets for FY 2003: Research, headed by Steve Smith of Grande River Vineyards; Marketing, headed by Ken Theobald of Classic Wines in Denver; and Quality, headed by Bob Witham of Two Rivers Winery, who is also our new Wind Board chairperson. (Congratulations and thanks to Bob!)

Membership and service on these committees is open to anyone who would like to volunteer their time. The CWIDB is eager to get input from all elements of the wine industry as we plan for the upcoming fiscal year. If you have questions about the committees, their function or meetings, please contact the committee chairs or me. The first meetings are noted. Even if you can’t participate on a committee, we welcome your input and ideas.

Also, please note the "Great Deals" opportunity offered by the Colorado Tourism Office through www.colorado.com. If you are offering a holiday deal, discount or package, you can list that on www.colorado.com for free through February. I am attaching the information I received by e-mail last Friday. Please contact PRACO or the CTO with any questions about this offer. Since the wine industry is considered to be a "tourism related business," especially in light of the great success Grand Junction has had promoting that city as "Colorado’s Wine Country" and the positive impact that promotion has had on our entire industry state wide, your business is eligible for this promotion.

Finally, the CWIDB has voted to continue the consulting enologist program for another year, by making the services of a consultant available to any licensed winery at greatly reduced costs. Details of this program will be forthcoming in the next few weeks. It will most likely be nearly identical to last year’s program, allowing you to sign up for either 4 hours or 8 hours of consultation at $75 or $150 respectively.

To clear up some confusion, when Richard Bruno gave his seminar last June, he mentioned the sterile bottling facility that Canyon Wind has installed in the past year. It is a tremendous state-of-the-art facility to be sure, but it creates labeling issues when another winery brings wine to Canyon Wind to be bottled. Grande River has a portable bottling line that they have made available to other wineries for nearly 10 years now. Using a portable bottling line alleviates any labeling issues, since your wine would be bottled at your facility. Talk to Steve Smith or Kevin Sweeney at Grande River in Palisade for more information.

And speaking of Richard, he has sent me the final invoice for his consultation. If any of you who participated in his consultation last spring have not received your written reports, please let me know immediately! I won’t submit the invoice for payment until I am sure everyone has received their reports.

Last Call for wineries to participate in the Colorado Food and Wine Pairing Competition at the CO Restaurant Association’s trade show on January 29, 2002. While we will have a tasting for the show’s attendees in conjunction with this competition, you do not need to be present or participate in the "public" tasting in order to have your wines considered for the competition. So far, Canyon Wind, DeBeque Canyon, Trail Ridge, Cottonwood Cellars, Balistreri, Bookcliff and Redstone Meadery have agreed to participate. You will need to provide samples for the chefs to match and to pour for the judges during the competition.

Any wine you pour at the tasting for the "public" will be reimbursed by the CWIDB at the 50% of retail value or 25% off wholesale that we normally pay. We will be inviting key retailers to attend this tasting, as well.

Keep in mind that at many recent events, the CWIDB will also pay for the wine you poured at our normal rates: Taste the Seasons at Cortez, Confier Chamber Tasting in Bailey, Denver Bar Assoc. Young Lawyers Tasting, and so forth. If you have any questions about a promotional event at which you poured wine, please call me.

Thanks to all of you who have been working so hard to promote Colorado wines! Have a wonderful holiday season.
 
 
 

Subject:        Re: Colorado Wines
Date:        Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:04:38 -0700
From:        "James Molesworth" <jmolesworth@mshanken.com>
To:        <dcaskey@qwest.net>

Dear Doug:

Thanks for spreading the word.

One slight amendment to the requirements. Wineries need not send 1 white and
1 red -- they can send any two wines of their choice, as long as the wines
are from Colorado grown grapes, as opposed to grapes brought in from outside
the state.

Should any one have any questions, they can always contact me directly.

Regards,
James Molesworth
Tasting Coordinator
Wine Spectator
387 Park Ave. South
New York, NY 10016

tel. 212-684-4224 ext. 601
fax 212-481-0724
email: jmolesworth@mshanken.com
www.winespectator.com
 

> From: "dcaskey" <dcaskey@coloradowine.com>
> Reply-To: <dcaskey@qwest.net>
> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:47:30 -0700
> To: "'James Molesworth'" <jmolesworth@mshanken.com>
> Subject: RE: Colorado Wines
>
> Mr. Molesworth,
>
> Thank you for the notice. I will definitely pass the information along to
> our Colorado wineries immediately.
>
> Doug Caskey, executive director
> Colorado Wine Industry Development Board
> 4550 Sioux Drive
> Boulder, CO 80303-3733
> Ph: 720.304.3406 / Fax: 720.304.3405
> www.coloradowine.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Molesworth [mailto:jmolesworth@mshanken.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:52 AM
> To: dcaskey@coloradowine.com
> Subject: Colorado Wines
>
>
> Dear Mr. Caskey:
>
> Wine Spectator is planning a report covering wine across the United
States.
> We are inviting U.S. wineries from several states to submit their wines
for
> review in conjunction with this report.
>
> If you would like to contact your member wineries and advise them that we
> are accepting samples for review, we would appreciate it.
>
> Due to the scope of wineries we intend to cover, we are asking that
> participants only submit two wines -- one white and one red -- of their
> choice. Wines should be sent to our New York office, attention tasting
> department. Along with the wines we ask that the wineries provide us with
> the suggested retail price and case production amount for each submission
on
> their winery letterhead, along with complete contact information. We also
> ask for two bottles of each submission, and that they be current releases.
> The deadline to receive samples for inclusion in our tastings for this
> report is January 11.
>
> If they have additional information on their wineries that they wish to
> submit, they should feel free to include that as well.
>
> Should you or any of your members have any questions about this report, or
> our tastings in general, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
> Please note that this tasting is separate from our always ongoing tastings
> to which wineries can submit their wines at any time throughout the year.
>
> Thank you for your help with this..
>
> Sincerely,
>
> James Molesworth
> Tasting Coordinator
> Wine Spectator
> 387 Park Ave. South
> New York, NY 10016
>
> tel. 212-684-4224 ext. 601
> fax 212-481-0724
> email: jmolesworth@mshanken.com
> www.winespectator.com
>