Congrats to Aspen Peak Cellars (again!) - 5280 Magazine Article

Opened: 2009

The People: Winemakers Julie and Marcel Flukiger are both chefs by training. They met at Denver’s Brown Palace while Marcel—who is Swiss—was participating in an international work exchange. After falling in love and marrying in 1996, the Flukigers settled in the foothills, where they worked in a number of restaurants before opening their own catering company and B&B. When Marcel gave Julie a winemaking kit for Christmas in 2005, they discovered that they really enjoyed making wine. After winning several awards, they decided to take the plunge and open Aspen Peak Cellars.

Buzzed Trivia: Aspen Peak Cellars is one of the few Colorado wineries that produces sparkling wine according to the Méthode Champenoise, a traditional method of bottle fermentation by which still wine is bottled with yeast and corn sugar, causing it to referment. The resulting Blanc De Blancs is a refreshingly crisp, dry sparkling wine with a hint of grapefruit that’s just right for a summer afternoon celebration.