Denver Bars and Clubs - Denver Wine Bars
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With hot days and cool nights, Colorado’s high country wine country, centered on Palisades and Grand Valley, is an ideal setting for producing some of the finest wines in the world. Every year, the Denver International Wine Festival showcases over 400 wines from local vintners over four days every November. No doubt, the Napa of the Rockies supports some choice Denver wine bars offering delicate pinots, robust cabernets and woody chardonnays from boutique and venerable wineries from Colorado and beyond. Sample varietals in a wine flight and pair choice wines with signature bites at Denver’s sophisticated and charming wine bars, perfect for beginners and connoisseurs alike. Denver Trios Enoteca wine bar boasts live jazz and cigars to enhance the wine swilling experience; for a hip, direct approach, Denver’s Cru Wine Bar is the best choice.
Cru Wine Bar
1442 Larimer St., Denver, Colorado; Tel. 303.893.9463
Chic and romantic, the Cru Wine Bar in Denver caters to grape lovers of all levels of viticulture knowledge. The Cru Wine Bar offers over 50 wines by the glass on a regular basis for sampling and their eclectic cuisine of lighter fare spans the globe. Servers at this Denver bar for the new and old wine sophisticate can answer any questions you may have concerning their wines and do so without the pretensions one would expect from a lofty wine bar because, although hip and chic, Cru Wine Bar is totally down to earth. |
Trios Enoteca
1730 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colorado; Tel. 303.293.2887
Smooth jazz and fine cigars accompany the renowned wines poured at this Denver wine bar of understated sophistication. Trios Enoteca has an extensive selection of domestic and international wines and their extremely knowledgeable staff is always present for an unpretentious lesson on the finer points of the grape. Trios Enoteca also serves small plate appetizers that are a perfect compliment to this Denver wine bars other sumptuous offerings. |
The Village Cork
1300 S. Pearl St., Denver, Colorado; Tel. 303.282.8399
This charming little Denver wine bar takes seasoned connoisseurs and neophytes alike for a worldly tour of venerable, boutique and eclectic wineries. The knowledgeable staff at The Village Cork can help you with any questions you may have without talking down their collective noses at you; which is a definite boon to those just entering the realm of the almighty grape. Also, The Village Cork wine bar in Denver serves excellent small plate appetizers such as pates and cheese plates that pair perfectly with any of their wines, most of which are quite reasonably priced. |
—Denver bar and club reviews by Ryan Osterbeck
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