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Let's face it: Italian winery designations can be confusing, hard to understand, and difficult to pronounce.

In this post (the first in a series of winery designations explained and correctly pronounced), we look at three very common Italian winery terms: cantina, casa, and cascina, and discuss their meaning and usage.

Do you have a term that's left you scratching your head? Please leave a comment in the comment section and let us know what it is: we'll deliver an explanation in an upcoming post.

Boulder Wine Merchant's owner, Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman, will be heading next week to California for the Paulée de San Francisco, the annual gathering of Burgundy producers and collectors, now in its fourteenth year.

A Master Sommelier’s Guide to Valentine’s Day

Join Sommeliers Matt Mitton and Brett Zimmerman, MS from Boulder Wine Merchant as we open and offer tastes of these amazing older Burgundy wines from the 1983 vintage.  The evening is geared to benefit the Wild Earth Guardians Foundation.  Make a charitable donation and drink some rare Burgundies.  Sign up by calling (505) 988-9126 x 0.  See a list of featured wines below:

This past Tuesday, I was one of 12 lucky sommeliers who was invited to take a tour through Bordeaux and Burgundy with wines ranging from the 1975 vintage all the way back to 1825.  Our host has been collecting some of the world's greatest and rarest wines for the past 25 years and wanted to move through a few of the bottles in his cellar that he felt were ready to consume.

A select group of sommeliers were dispatched from around the country and assembled in Aspen to assist with the service and enjoyment of these amazing wines.  

Written by, Neyah Margolis of Boulder Wine Merchant

Written by, Neyah Margolis of Boulder Wine Merchant

Burgundy is too good. It’s not a bad problem to have, but if all you really want is a great glass of wine, you’ll find that the more compelling the wine is, the more hesitant people are to open it. You’re more likely to find a delicious Burgundy entombed in a cellar than glistening in your glass. And that’s not right. Great wine deserves our respect, and even our reverence, but it also deserves to be drunk, to be drunk simply and with joy.

Guild of Sommeliers 2013 Trocken German Masterclass