Passion for Pinot Tasting!

At the Passion 4 Pinot Tasting in September we sat down and contemplated 6 Pinots paired with a carefully articulated amuse bouche plate!

What is the secret to great Pinot Noir? Some say it is the cooling fog, afternoon winds and good sun exposure that lengthen the growing season. Hang time! This increased time on the vine allows the grapes to develop complex flavors while keeping their attractive, crisp acidity.
California and Oregon have made their mark...commanding attention across the globe. Amazing recent vintages have produced intensely structured, balanced wines allowing, small producers to showcase their talent!

California enjoyed a stellar vintage in 2007 (some say 2009 may rival it!) and the Willamette Valley in Oregon enjoyed one of their best vintages in 2008! Great Pinots are to be had at the moment...Carpe Pinot!

A to Z Pinot Gris Oregon 2009

Adelsheim Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, OR 2008

Handley Pinot Noir Mendocino, CA 2007

Lucia Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands, CA 2007

Hitching Post Pinot Noir Santa Maria, CA 2006

Adelsheim "Deglace" Pinot Noir Dessert Wine 2008

A fabulous night had by all...

See you at the next one!

Babes in the Backcountry Tasting & a Sat Nite full house!

Super fun night with Babes in the Backcountry! After they hit the trails all day ...they had earned their wine! Breckenridge Cheese & Chocolate hosted a "Wines Off the Beaten Path" wine tasting...and we all had a fabulous time! Super fun wines. Leslie, Babes in the Backcountry owner/innovator, was an old college classmate of mine @ Union College, Schenectady, NY. We've known eachother a long time...so it was great to do a joint event with her! If you don't know about her operation check out her web-site http://www.babesinthebackcountry.com/ and go on a women's mountainbike weekend or tele clinic!

Expansion Complete!

12 More seats and construction complete! The newly expanded Wine Bar @ Breckenridge Cheese & Chocolate !

June Demolition for Expansion!!

Long before June...the ideas were in our heads for our EXPANSION!

But...on June 1...the demo began...and our dream all of a sudden was becoming a reality!

After planning commission approval...we began knocking down the walls!

Larry created the arches and opened the space up with amazing results...much better than we had envisioned. Suddenly the ceiling seemed taller and the whole upstairs became a broader and more unified space. This is what the space needed all along!

We ordered 3 more tables, 12 more bar stools and more of our beautiful stemware!

Meanwhile Mike and Kenny got to work on the new bar...which will ultimately contain our gorgeous state of the art Wine Preservation System! The Enomatic from Tuscany will hold 8 reds and refrigerate 8 whites...while pressurizing and preserving the wines with an inert gas! This will keep our wines amazingly fresh...fresh enough to have them in the system for up to 3 weeks without fading due to oxidation!

4th of July Cupcake Extravaganza!

This July 4th we held the 2nd Annual Cupcake Competition and Bake Sale! Everyone did their best to outdo themselves! Amazing! What an array of fabulous cupcakes. And...we had 4 All-Star Judges...(the fabulous: Sam, Kelley, Dave and Susan) who examined, dissected and tasted every one of the entries! All 37 of them! They deliberated for hours...seriously...and came up with some great winners!

"Best Looking" Stacey Stang with her "Mariposa Butterflies"

"Most Interesting Ingredient" Alaina Smith with her "Mojitos"

"Most Delicious" Alex Kendall with her "Quadruple Lemon Delights"

"Best Theme" Stacey Stang with her "Popcorns"

and....DRUM ROLLLLLLL...

"Breck's Best Cupcake 2010"

Katie Warren with her "S'mores"

Great Job by all...411 SOLD and $822 raised for The Carriage House Early Learning Center and Team Breckenridge. 2 Great Non-Profits who do their part to enrich the lives of kids in Summit County!

Amazing time had by all...see you again next year for the 3rd Annual!

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Terra Valentine Wine Dinner

Just making you aware of a great wine event happening in Breckenridge this Thursday, June 17th, 2010!

4 Course Wine & Culinary Experience

at

Hearthstone Restaurant

To Benefit the Gene Baker Outdoor Classroom

at Colorado Mountain College Breckenridge

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

6:00pm - Welcome Reception

7:00pm - Winemaker's Dinner

Featuring the wines of

Terra Valentine

One of Napa Valley's Premier Vineyards

"A Hidden Gem of Spring Mountain!"

with

Sam Baxter, Winemaker - Terra Valentine

Michael Halpin, Executive Chef - Hearthstone Restaurant

$125* per person - Limited Seating (75)

For reservations,please call:

Hearthstone Restaurant, 970 453 1148

For more information, please contact:

Joanne Casey (bhh Partners) 970 453 6880 jcasey@bhhpartners.com

Phyllis Martinez(Colorado Mountain College)970 485 0813 corkscrew@comcast.net

* $85 of each ticket is a tax deductable donation to the CMC Foundation to benefit the CMC Outdoor Classroom