Does Boulder Wine Merchant host wine tastings?

Yes. Boulder Wine Merchant features Wine Wednesday tastings and other tasting opportunities tied to producers, regions, seasons, and wine education.

Are wine tastings useful for beginners?

Yes. Tastings can help beginners discover styles, regions, grapes, and food pairing ideas in a relaxed setting.

Can tastings help me find wines to buy?

Yes. Tastings are a useful way to discover bottles, compare styles, and talk with the team about what fits your palate and table.

Wine Tastings Boulder

Wine Wednesdays. Boulder Burgundy Festival. Maker visits.

A complimentary in-store tasting every Wednesday from 5-7 PM. An annual Boulder Burgundy Festival each autumn. Plus dinners, importer visits, and producer events year-round.

Wine Wednesdays

Every Wednesday, 5-7 PM, complimentary.

No reservation required. Walk in any Wednesday between five and seven and pour yourself through whatever we are showing that week.

The format changes weekly — sometimes a single region (Loire, Rhône, Piedmont), sometimes a producer flight, sometimes the importer is in the room.

Bring a friend. Stay for an hour or just stop in for one pour on your way home.

Three upcoming Wednesdays

Plus the festival each autumn.

13 May

Danube to Douro

Three months of the world’s great river-valley wines. This week we open with cooler Riesling and Grüner.

20 May

Loire Valley

Sancerre, Vouvray, and Cabernet Franc from a place that drinks like nowhere else in France.

27 May

Northern Rhône Syrah

Granite, violets, and pepper. Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, with the importer.

Boulder Burgundy Festival

Each autumn since 2014.

Brett’s annual non-profit Burgundy festival. Producer-led tastings, dinners, and panels with leading Burgundy makers.

Festival waitlist

Tasting themes

Turn tastings into discovery, not a sales table.

Traditional winery cellar with oak barrels and tasting glasses

Wine tastings in Boulder can rank for more than a calendar listing. Regional tasting pages can answer what guests will learn, what styles they might compare, and why classic places like Burgundy, Tuscany, and Barolo remain useful reference points for modern wine drinkers.

Burgundy flights

A Burgundy tasting can compare village character, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay texture, vintage difference, and why producer style matters so much in a small region.

Tuscany nights

Tuscan tastings can move from bright Sangiovese to richer Brunello and coastal reds, giving guests useful language for acidity, savory flavors, tannin, and food pairing.

Nebbiolo lessons

Barolo and Barbaresco tastings are perfect for showing perfume, structure, aging potential, and the difference between a wine that is impressive and a wine that is ready to drink.