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Boulder Burgundy Festival 2023 dates announced: Oct. 20-22.

Festival founder Brett Zimmerman and the entire event team are pleased to announce the dates for the 2023 Boulder Burgundy Festival: October 20-22. Please save the date.

Please also stay tuned for updates on the featured wineries and speakers. You can also visit BoulderBurgundyFestival.com for updated information in the near future.

Every year, top Burgundy winemakers, leading Burgundy collectors, wine writers and wine lovers from across the U.S. gather in Boulder for the Boulder Burgundy Festival, founded more than a decade ago by Boulder Wine Merchant owner and Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman.

This non-profit event raises money each fall for local causes and scholarships for aspiring wine professionals.

Featured wineries have included D’Angerville and Roulot, just to name a few, and past wine writers who have participated include Eric Asimov (New York Times) and Master of Wine Jancis Robinson.

Thank you for a great Boulder Burgundy Festival 2022!

Above from left, Pierrick Bouley of Domaine Bouley, importer Bertrand Leulliette, Simon Colin of Domaine Simon Colin, and Brett Zimmerman, founder of the Boulder Burgundy Festival.

Thanks to everyone who took part and made it one of our best years ever! Thanks especially to winemakers Simon Colin and Pierrick Bouley for sharing their extraordinary wines with us. And thank you to Esther Mobley and Elaine Brown for their excellent seminars! What a great weekend!

Click here to see a Facebook album with photo highlights from the weekend.

Wines to be poured at the Saturday night winemaker dinner at 316 Steakhouse.

Winemakers Pierrick Bouley (above) and Simon Colin will be joining us on Saturday night!

We couldn’t be more thrilled to be welcoming Simon Colin and Pierrick Bouley (above) for our Saturday night winemaker dinner at 316 Steakhouse!

Here is the flight of wine that will be poured:

Domaine Simon Colin 2020 Bouzeron Clous
Domaine Simon Colin 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet
Domaine Simon Colin 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Vergers 1er Cru
Domaine Simon Colin 2020 Puligny-Montrachet Garenne 1er Cru
Domaine Pierrick Bouley 2019 Beaune Teurons 1er Cru
Domaine Pierrick Bouley 2019 Volnay Champans 1er Cru
Domaine Pierrick Bouley 2019 Volnay Les Grands Champs 1er Cru

See link below to register (just a few spots still available).

Saturday, November 12
Simon Colin & Pierrick Bouley WINEMAKER DINNER

316 Steakhouse hosts an exclusive Burgundy Producer dinner featuring special guests Simon Colin from Chassagne Montrachet and Pierrick Bouley (above) from Volnay.
6:00 pm at 316 Steakhouse
$395 per person all-inclusive, 70 seats available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Wines for the Grand Cru dinner at Blackbelly, Friday, 11/11.

The William Fevre Chablis Valmur Grand Cru is just one of the Grand Cru wines that will be poured on Friday, November 11 for the first dinner of this year’s Boulder Burgundy Festival.

We are pleased to announce the wines that will be poured on Friday, November 11 at the first dinner of this year’s festival at Blackbelly, our “Grand Cru Wine Dinner,” where only Grand Cru wines will be poured:

Heitz Cremant de Bourgogne
William Fevre 2018 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru
Anne Parent 2018 Corton Blanc Grand Cru
Desaunay 2018 Echezeaux Grand Cru
Domaine Génot-Boulanger 2017 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Drouhin-Laroze 2019 Bonnes Mares Grand Cru

See link below to reserve.

Friday, November 11
The Grand Cru WINE DINNER


Blackbelly hosts an evening of special wines from Burgundy’s Grand Cru climats
6:00 pm at Blackbelly
$395 per person all-inclusive tasting, 70 seats available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Wines to taste at the Friday morning seminar on Sustainability in Burgundy with Esther Mobley, Elaine Brown, and Carlin Karr.

Burgundy has been a leader in the sustainable wine growing movement.

We are pleased to announce the flight of wines that we’ll be pouring at the opening seminar of the festival this year:

Olivier Merlin 2019 Mâcon La Roche Vineuse “Les Cras”
Chanterêves 2020 Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune Blanc Les Monts de Fussey
Jean Marc Brocard 2010 Chablis Les Preuses Grand Cru
Domaine Dandelion 2018 ‘Corail’ Vin de France
Anne Parent 2019 Pommard Les Chanlins 1er Cru
Domaine Dujac 2014 Morey St. Denis

Brett has gone to extraordinary lengths to put this tasting together: Some of the wines and vintages are nearly impossible to source but Brett and the panelists agreed that they would be key to illustrating what’s happening on the ground and who the major sustainability players are in Burgundy right now.

This is one not to miss!

Friday, November 11
Sustainability in Burgundy SEMINAR
with featured speakers
Esther Mobley
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Elaine Brown
(Jancis Robinson)
Carlin Karr
(Frasca Food and Wine)

A deep dive into six special producers and their approach to sustainability in wine production.
11:00 – 12:30 am at Embassy Suites Hotel
$95 per person, 80 seats available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Wines to be poured at the Sunday Chassagne Montrachet and Volnay seminar.

We are pleased to share the wines that will be poured at the Sunday, November 13 seminar:

Domaine Simon Colin 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot 1er Cru
Domaine Simon Colin 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Maltroie 1er Cru
Domaine Simon Colin 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Chaumees 1er Cru
Domaine Pierrick Bouley 2017 Volnay Clos des Chenes 1er Cru
Domaine Pierrick Bouley 2018 Volnay Clos des Chenes 1er Cru
Domaine Pierrick Bouley 2019 Volnay Clos des Chenes 1er Cru

See event details and registration link below.

Sunday, November 13
Burgundy’s Rising Stars:
Chassagne Montrachet & Volnay SEMINAR
with Simon Colin & Pierrick Bouley
moderated by

Elaine Brown
(Jancis Robinson)
An educational seminar featuring the wines of
Simon Colin and Pierrick Bouley
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel
$150 per ticket, 60 tickets available

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Blackbelly, one of Boulder’s hippest new restaurants, hosts Grand Cru dinner on Friday, November 11.

The term “Grand Cru,” write the editors of the Oxford Companion to Wine, “means literally ‘great growth’ in French. In Burgundy’s Côte d’Or a Grand Cru is one of 34 particularly favoured vineyards, a decided notch above premier cru.”

On Friday, November 11, only Grand Cru wines will be poured at the Boulder Burgundy Festival’s kick-off dinner at Blackbelly, one of Boulder’s hippest new dining destinations.

And this year’s festival marks the first time that Blackbelly owner Chef Hosea Rosenberg (above) will be creating a menu especially for this extraordinary line up of wines.

We couldn’t be more thrilled about this spectacular event.

From the Blackbelly website:

In November 2014, award-winning Chef Hosea Rosenberg evolved his esteemed Boulder, CO catering business, with a food truck and farm, into a long awaited, brick-and-mortar restaurant. The eatery was quickly identified as a Boulder essential, and elite dining destination in Colorado. Its early accolades include “Best New Restaurant” and has been ranked among 5280 Magazine’s top 25 restaurants in each subsequent year.

Click here to reserve.

Boulder Burgundy Festival 2022 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

Boulder Burgundy Festival 2022 Schedule

Friday, November 11
Sustainability in Burgundy SEMINAR
with featured speakers
Esther Mobley
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Elaine Brown
(Jancis Robinson)
Carlin Karr
(Frasca Food and Wine)
A deep dive into six special producers and
their approach to sustainability in wine production
11:00 – 12:30 am at Embassy Suites Hotel
$95 per person, 80 seats available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Friday, November 11
The Grand Cru WINE DINNER
Blackbelly hosts
an evening of special wines from
Burgundy’s Grand Cru climats
6:00 pm at Blackbelly
$395 per person all-inclusive tasting, 70 seats available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Saturday, November 12
Paulée-Inspired Lunch
Corrida hosts a Paulée-inspired lunch
with a team of top sommeliers and
a special selection of rare Burgundy wines
11:00 am – 3:00 pm at Corrida in Boulder
$295 per person all-inclusive, 70 seats available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Saturday, November 12
Simon Colin & Pierrick Bouley WINEMAKER DINNER
316 Steakhouse hosts an exclusive
Burgundy Producer dinner featuring special guests
Simon Colin from Chassagne Montrachet
and Pierrick Bouley from Volnay
6:00 pm at 316 Steakhouse
$395 per person all-inclusive, 70 seats available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Sunday, November 13
Burgundy’s Rising Stars:
Chassagne Montrachet & Volnay SEMINAR
with Simon Colin & Pierrick Bouley
moderated by

Elaine Brown
(Jancis Robinson)
An educational seminar featuring the wines of
Simon Colin and Pierrick Bouley
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel
$150 per ticket, 60 tickets available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Sunday, November 13
Grand Tasting
200 featured wines from Burgundy
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel
$125 per ticket, 180 tickets available
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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