Category: News & Press

Boulder Wine Merchant owner and Boulder Burgundy Festival founder Brett Zimmerman MS launched the festival more than 10 years ago. He saw that the pricing of wines from Burgundy was...

There are many incredible nonprofit organizations that deserve your support this year. There are also just as many wine and spirit festivals to attend this fall. But what if you...

The damage caused by skyrocketing pricing for exclusive allocations may be irrevocable. It’s still hard to believe. For the first time in my more than 30-year career in fine wine,...

Sommeliers are the new heroes of the wine world. Over the last decade or so, sommeliers in general (and not just the Master Sommeliers) have taken the wine world by...

American Chardonnay usually gets a bad rap. Whether you’re an “old world” or “new world” type of drinker, there’s much to enjoy about the unique blend of American Chardonnays. Known...

After it was first released to the public in 2013, the Coravin “wine preservation system” radically reshaped fine wine appreciation in the US. 

The Boulder Wine Merchant and Scratch Kitchen are teaming up for a special three week cross promotion featuring delicious wine and beer pairings to go with Scratch Kitchen dishes.  The...

10 years ago this fall, Master Sommelier and owner of the Boulder Wine Merchant, Brett Zimmerman, launched the first-ever Boulder Burgundy Festival.  This fall, despite the challenges posed by social distancing,...

This morning, a Prosecco grower and winemaker posted the below photo on his social media (Friday, January 15). In Italian, this phase of the bud development (and the vegetative cycle of...

I'm just going to cut to the chase here. Paul Sullivan's ridiculous "Wealth Matters" column ("Reading Restaurant Wine Lists, for Blockbusters and Values") for the New York Times this week really...