Boulder Burgundy 2024: Registration now open!


Friday, October 18
Frasca Food and Wine Chablis Dinner
SOLD OUT

The Weekend’s Premier Event: Burgundy Wine Dinner at Frasca Food and Wine with Special Guest Jean-François Bordet of Séguinot Bordet (above).

6:00 pm at Frasca Food & Wine
$495 per person all-inclusive, 68 seats available


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This year, we are honored to welcome Jean-François Bordet of Séguinot Bordet as our featured Burgundy producer. The dinner will showcase a range of white wines from the domaine, accompanied by selections from our favorite red Burgundy producers. The Michelin-rated Frasca team will prepare a Burgundy-inspired multi-course meal to complement the wine selections. We are thrilled to host our exclusive dinner of the weekend at Frasca Food & Wine and look forward to a wonderful evening of exceptional food and wine with our special guest, Jean-François Bordet.

List of Wines Poured for Dinner:

2022 Séguinot Bordet Chablis
2022 Séguinot Bordet Chablis Vaillons 1er Cru
2023 Séguinot Bordet Chablis Fourchaume 1er Cru
2022 Séguinot Bordet Chablis Vaudésir Grand Cru
2022 Séguinot Bordet Chablis Les Preuses Grand Cru

Saturday, October 19
Corrida Paulée Lunch

SOLD OUT

Corrida Restaurant Hosts a Paulée-Inspired Burgundy Wine Lunch with Leading Sommeliers, Featuring a Special Selection of Old and Rare Burgundy Wines.

10:30 am – 2:30 pm at Corrida Restaurant
$325 per person all-inclusive, 70 seats available


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This event is perhaps the most popular one of the Boulder Burgundy Festival each year. While we’ve explored various venues, the hospitality and views at Corrida are truly unparalleled. Chef Samuel McCandless and his team consistently prepare a delicious French-inspired menu, making the experience even more memorable. As always, a team of the country’s finest sommeliers will be your Burgundy tour guides for the afternoon, featuring a wide range of sparkling, white, and red wines from top producers, premier appellations, and exceptional vintages. We strive to include both older wines and current allocations, ensuring a diverse and delightful tasting experience. Join us for an afternoon of exceptional Burgundy wine, exquisite food, and great company.

Sunday, October 20
Seminar: The Grand Cru Tour of Chablis


Educational Seminar and Tasting Featuring Wines from All Seven Grand Cru Vineyards with Special Guest Jean-François Bordet of Séguinot Bordet.

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel
$175 per ticket, 80 tickets available


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Join us for an exquisite seminar dedicated to the illustrious Grand Cru vineyards of Chablis, a region renowned for producing some of the world’s most distinguished white wines.  We invite you on a journey through the seven prestigious Grand Cru vineyards: Blanchot, Bougros, Les Clos, Grenouilles, Les Preuses, Valmur, and Vaudésir. Each vineyard, with its unique terroir and character, contributes to the exceptional quality and diversity of Chablis wines. Join us as we explore the rich history, distinctive flavors, and unparalleled craftsmanship that define these celebrated vineyards, offering a rare opportunity to deepen your appreciation and understanding of Chablis Grand Cru.

Sunday, October 20
Grand Tasting
– An Educational Experience

Grand Tasting at Embassy Suites Boulder: Over 200 Featured BurgundyWines, Live Music Provided by Stone Cottage Studios.

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
$150 per ticket, 180 tickets available


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This event offers Burgundy enthusiasts an unparalleled opportunity to taste up to 200 wines from across all regions of Burgundy, showcasing a range of qualities from village level to Grand Cru. We are honored to host over 20 Burgundy supplier partners for this special tasting. Guests will enjoy tasting from exquisite Burgundy glasses, generously provided by our sponsor, Riedel glassware, and indulge in beautifully crafted charcuterie boards, perfectly complementing the exceptional wine selection.

Get ready to elevate your Grand Tasting experience at the Boulder Burgundy Festival with the charming sounds of live music from Stone Cottage Studios. Known for their intimate and captivating performances, Stone Cottage Studios brings a unique blend of talent and artistry to the festival, providing the perfect ambiance for this celebration of fine wines. As you savor exquisite Burgundy selections, let the tunes enhance your tasting journey, creating an unforgettable fusion of sensory delights. Join us for an afternoon where exceptional wine meets extraordinary music, making this Grand Tasting a truly memorable event.

Thank you Sponsors!
Walters & Hogsett, BHGR Law, and Jennifer Egbert Modern Luxury Real Estate

Boulder Burgundy Festival 2024: October 18-20 (SAVE THE DATE).

Boulder Burgundy Festival founder Brett Zimmerman MS and his team are pleased to announce the dates for this year’s gathering: Friday-Sunday, October 18-20, 2024.


This year’s festival will feature a winemaker dinner at Frasca on Friday, October 18; the legendary Paulée lunch at Corrida on Saturday, October 19; and the producer seminar and Grand Tasting on Sunday, October 20.

Please save the date!

Now in its 14th year, the Boulder Burgundy Festival is a non-profit organization that raises money for community causes and wine education.

Ever year, top Burgundy winemakers, U.S. wine professionals, and Burgundy collectors and enthusiasts gather in Boulder for what has become one of the leading wine festivals and tastings in the U.S.

From the marquee winemaker dinner (this year at Frasca) to the highly popular Paulée lunch (this year at Corrida), the festival was founded by Brett to make Burgundy accessible to wider group of wine lovers while raising money and awareness of causes dear to the Boulder wine community and beyond.

Sunday’s Grand Tasting gives participants an opportunity to taste more than 200 wines from Burgundy — all at a reasonable admission price that raises money for important causes.

Stay tuned for more info on this year’s featured winemaker, wines, and guest speakers.

Thank you for your support! Boulder Burgundy Festival wouldn’t be here today (14 years!) if it weren’t for you.

Boulder Burgundy Festival begins this weekend! Pianist Walt Lott joins for Grand Tasting Sunday!

The Boulder Burgundy Festival begins this Friday, October 20!


A few seats for the Friday night marquee dinner at Frasca have just become available. Click here to reserve.

There are also spots available for the Sunday morning seminar “Rethinking the Négociant” and the Grand Tasting Sunday afternoon. Click the links to reserve.

The Grand Tasting is an event that many Boulder Burgundy lovers look forward to each year. More than 200 wines will be poured, including many higher-end and exclusive labels. But the thing that really takes it over the top is the wine professionals who come out to pour: They are some of the top people working in our field and their knowledge of Burgundy is astounding.

And wait, there’s more! The icing on the cake this year is that locally based concert pianist Walt Lott will be joining us for the Grand Tasting. And he’ll be taking requests!

A note from Walt:

“As there is no shortage of excellent French music throughout the centuries, French compositions will constitute the bulk of my repertoire at the Boulder Burgundy Festival. Debussy’s Preludes, Estampes, and Images, and Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Gaspard de la Nuit will certainly be on the menu. I find these works to be a great counterpoint to wine tasting: as a quality wine displays balance of weight, acid, tannin, et cetera, these pieces demand attention to the balance of tone, color, and dynamics. In addition, attendees can expect a smattering of Beethoven (I’m currently planning a recital series of all 32 Beethoven sonatas), Bach, Francois Couperin, and jazz standards. And as always, I encourage listeners to make any requests!”

Debussy and Burgundy? Sounds great to us! We hope to see you this weekend! Please click links above for event availability.

About Maison Ambroise, this year’s featured producer.


We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome winemaker Bertrand Ambroise (above right, with his son François) who will be pouring wines by his family’s estate Maison Ambroise in Premeaux-Prissey, a small village near Nuits-Saint-Georges. His wine’s will be featured at the Friday evening marquee dinner at Frasca (SOLD OUT) and at our Sunday seminar at noon.

Of course, his wines will also be poured at the Grand Tasting on Sunday afternoon and he’ll be making an appearance at the Paulée lunch (SOLD OUT).

A note on Maison Ambroise:

The origin of the domaine goes back to the 18th century. In this period, only some small parcels were worked during several generations. It took 300 years for the Ambroise family to settle down in Premeaux-Prissey, a small village near Nuits-Saint-Georges in the heart of the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits appellation where the best wines produced in the village can bear the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation. In 1987, Bertrand Ambroise took back the domaine. Fascinated by the work of the vines and an avid lover of wine, he developed the domaine which now includes approximately 52 acres.

Started in 2009 at the initiative of Francois (Bertrand’s son now working along his father in the vineyards and cellar) the organic certification has been granted in 2013 by Ecocert. The appellations covered by the domaine include both red and white wines.

About this year’s featured speakers: Sommeliers Jeremy Schwartz, Gili Koren Lockwood, and Andreas Harl.

The Boulder Burgundy Festival is less than a month away!

This year’s seminar will be devoted to “Rethinking Négociants.” For the occasion, Brett has asked three of the top sommeliers working in Colorado today to talk about some of their favorite négociant wines and how they “apply” them in their wine programs.

We couldn’t be more thrilled that they’ll be joining us for this year’s Boulder Burgundy Festival panel. For a complete list of this year’s events, please click here.

Read on to learn more about our three featured speakers, Jeremy Schwartz, Gili Koren Lockwood, and Andreas Harl.

One of the most beloved wine professionals in Boulder, Jeremy Schwartz first started working as a sommelier at Frasca Food and Wine in 2016. He became the restaurant’s lead sommelier in 2020. He often attributes his achievements in the industry to his time working with restaurant and wine “greats” Bobby Stuckey, Carlin Karr, Grant Reynolds, and Brett Zimmerman, among others. He became interested in gastronomy after an extended trip to Spain and other destinations in Europe. It was then that he abandoned his career in medicine to devote himself full time to his work in hospitality and his studies. He’s currently studying to become a Master Sommelier. A father and husband, Jeremy travels back to Burgundy whenever he has the chance.

Gili Koren Lockwood is an advanced sommelier with a deep passion for the worlds of food, wine, and wellness. Gili graduated from the The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, the most highly regarded cooking school in the United States, and soon after, she began her foray into the restaurant scene at Myth in San Francisco. She relocated to Napa Valley where she helped open and manage the exclusive hotel and spa, Bardessono, before moving to Boulder, Colorado, where she learned under the tutelage of Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman at the Boulder Wine Merchant. Gili received her ranking as an Advanced Sommelier and, soon after, landed a role at one of the country’s most prestigious restaurants, Le Bernardin, under head sommelier, Aldo Sohm. Today, alongside three partners, she is working on creating a new culinary venture due to launch in 2024.

Andreas Harl is the founder of Vail Beverage Consulting. He was born and raised in Salzburg, Austria where both his grandmother, a chef, instilled in him a love for food and wine at an early age. He graduated from one of Europe’s most prominent tourism and hotel management schools and moved to the Vail Valley in 2003. He achieved the title of Advanced Sommelier in 2017 and has been trusted with running the Beverage program for Chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s Vail location since its opening in 2011. Through his program at the restaurant, he’s become well known as a pioneer of pairing classic European wines with Japanese cuisine. “We turn up the music, and there are no white tablecloths,” he told the wine trade magazine MarketWatch in 2017. “The ambiance is fun, and I keep the beverage program in tune with that vibe.” Andreas lives in Vail, Colorado with his wife and dog.

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.

The Saturday Paulée Lunch, the festival’s signature event.

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Over the years, the Paulée Lunch has become the festival’s marquee event, capturing the esprit of the gathering.

Although we skipped the event for last year’s virtual festival, the 2019 Paulée Lunch was one of the best to date. And as always, the wines that made their way around the room were exceptional.

Below, we’ve shared a video and a couple of highlights from the event.

We couldn’t be more thrilled to be bringing the lunch back this year.

Be sure to visit the Facebook photo album (at the bottom of this post) for more food and wine highlights.

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escargots
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Click here for more highlights from the 2019 event.