Colorado may be more widely known for its craft breweries, but it also produces some great wines. The Colorado winery business is relatively young with the earliest wineries only going back to the late 1960s to early 1970s. Most of the State’s wines come from vineyards on the western slope where the low humidity, long warm days and cool evenings create just the right environment for the grapes to retain the acids for premium winemaking. Today, I’d like to introduce you to one of my favorite sources for wine, the Gars and Grapes/Avanti Winery.
Whenever I can I try to buy from local producers to return money back to the community, so I was happy to find Avanti Winery one day while at the Farmer’s Market at Southwest Plaza. That day they were offering tastings of a couple of their excellent dessert wines, Peach Moscato and Raspberry Rose. I learned they have had their retail location since 2001 across the street at 9046 W. Bowles. They offer local and national wines. They also have an extensive tobacco and cigar selection-hence the “Gar” in their name. Inside the store is also a cozy tasting room in the back where they have wine tastings Thursday through Saturday.
You can buy wine from over 30 wines from all over Colorado at Avanti including:
- Bookcliff
- Boulder Creek
- Plum Creek
- Garfield Estate
- Grande River
- Graystone
- Hermosa
- Meadery Of The Rockies
- Mountain Spirit
- St. Kathryn
- The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey
- Talon Winery
- Whitewater Hill
If you are looking for some great Colorado wines, checking out Gars and Grapes/Avanti Winery at:
9046 W Bowles Ave
Littleton, CO 80123
303-904-7650
303-972-9995 (fax)
avantiwinery@aol.com
Hours: Monday Closed, Tues.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-4
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