The founder of natural wine retailer and wine bar Oranj on Cabernet Franc and pizza, Anders Frederik Steen and the often overlooked French region of Bugey.
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Denver has long been lauded as one of the U.S.’s leading beer meccas, where craft breweries see Black Friday-like lines upon the release of experimental brews. Spirits, bolstered primarily by whiskey, sit second.
Wine, on the other hand, has always been the third choice. But the natural wine fervor that has gripped the likes of New York City, San Francisco and the Midwest has made it to the Mile High City.
Denver is one of the country’s fastest growing urban sprawls, and many say that transplants have helped add to local cultural movements. Or that what happens in bigger cities impacts what people want in places like Denver.