Ed Kurtzman News Today

Tatistics and sales figures show that Cabernet Sauvignon is the wine most favored by the American consumer. And while I often adhere to the old refrain “lies, damn lies and statistics” as uttered first by Mark Twain, I have no reason to quarrel with the numbers. Having said that, my anecdotal evidence in a thousand conversations, and more, with wine drinkers, is that the most popular red variety is surely Pinot Noir. Especially amongst wine folk here in the Roaring Fork Valley.

For those whose passion is Pinot Noir the annual visit to Aspen by the Pinot Posse is one of the new year’s most anticipated events.

Primrose owner Collin Kelley is excited that his downtown restaurant will host the Pinot Posse’s Steamboat Springs tour next week, which pairs the fine food he creates, with fine wine his customers love.

The “Pinot Posse,” that semi-rowdy gang of all-in Pinot Noir prophets, will canter their way back to the Roaring Fork Valley to pour their wines and reconnect with old friends and local pinot-philes.