Steamboat Springs held it’s 7th Annual Steamboat Wine Festival last weekend, which was a huge successful like always! This event drew thousands of people from all over to enjoy wine, food, and of course to be merry. It’s my favorite event in Steamboat, if you’re a wine drinker this event would be wonderful to attend. The people who put this on do a fabulous job of bringing in people from all over the world.

This three-day event features daily seminars on everything from whiskey to wine glass shapes, and nightly gatherings offer tastings from international wineries and some local restaurants throughout Steamboat’s selections. It was such an incredible weekend Steamboat couldn’t have asked for better weather. People from all over the world come to try Steamboat’s wine festivity, which again had about 3,000 people that attended portions of the many events that go on. It is such a beautiful gathering and it’s also a great town setting for such a stunning event.

If you missed out on this year’s 7th Annual Wine Festival, next year is your chance. To view the events that went on this year visit Steamboat Wine Festival.

Cheers!

I thought you would like to see the rationale for why we hold wine glasses by their stems? I know I would like to know.

From the Wall Street Journal:

“There were several reasons that the stem was preferable. First of all, if Molly gripped the bowl she couldn’t see the wine properly — and its appearance would tell her a lot. For example, if the wine was a pale white, it was probably young and likely aged in stainless steel and not oak. If it was deep gold, it was likely a bit old — or oxidized. And of course, if Molly held the wine bowl in her hand, she risked warming it up. She didn’t want to drink a warm white, did she?

Finally, I said, holding the glass by the bowl just didn’t look very nice. It’s much more elegant to hold it by the stem.”

This is pretty incredible to think about and to have the knowledge.