Quick—what do a former aerospace engineer, a computer tech industry entrepreneur, and a trained geologist who spent most of his career traversing the globe to find rare earth substances all have in common?
If you answered “they all now make fine wine in Colorado,” you’d be correct, though chances are pretty good that you cheated to find the answer.
Such is the draw of Colorado’s Western Slope, where a pioneering spirit has combined with high-elevation grape-growing potential to attract well-off, intrepid, would-be winegrowers to capitalize on what might be one of the last U.S. fine wine frontiers.
Continue reading Joe Roberts' account of his visit to Colorado Wine Country at Palate Press: The Online Wine Magazine.
