D'Vine Wine Denver is a winery located right in downtown Denver, at 1660 Champa St. They purchase grapes from producers in Napa Valley and have a wide variety of wines available off the shelf. The main thrust of the business, it seems, is to allow people to come in off the street and craft their own wines. You select the blend you would like and then the winemakers at D'Vine Wine craft the wine over 10-14 weeks at which point you return to bottle it.
I did not create my own wine or even ask them about it, so I am not reviewing that activity. This is simply a review of the bottle of wine I purchased from them. I went and purchased a bottle of their Cabernet Savignon, my favorite grape. The bottle cost $18, a little bit higher than I would have expected for a winery on a corner in Denver. The label on the bottle looked cheap as did the "foil" at the top. When I popped out the cork, I was sorry to see it was synthetic.
Overall, the wine was pretty simplistic. There was really no complexity and a very short finish. The wine slightly opened up after a few minutes, but overall it stayed the same throughout the evening. For $18, there are a ton of much better options that you could get from a liquor store. The cabernet from D'Vine Wine Denver compared to a wine that I would expect to retail at $7-10.
To sum up, I won't buy another bottle of win from D'Vine Wine Denver, but perhaps the winemaking is a fun activity.
Score: 2/10
D'Vine Wine Denver
1660 Champa St.
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 534-0788
website: http://www.winerydenver.com/
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3 comments:
This review is about as ignorant as the blogger. A) A winery does not produce beer. B)Most of the information is inacurate. I completely disagree with this "review"
While there was an error where i wrote "beer" instead of "wine" (Now corrected after seeing the comment above - full disclosure), there is nothing else about this review that can be termed inaccurate as it is my own opinion. There was simply nothing special about this wine and for $18 there are plenty of superior wines that could be purchased from any liquor store. If there is something specific that is inaccurate, please let me know.
They do do buy grapes at these stores they get juice and age it for 30-60 days after adding other agents. They are aged in glass, not stainless or oak, this is gimmick wine for people that are not wine drinkers.
The places are usually fun, but the wine is overpriced and just crap.
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