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Tickets on sale for DLW 2012: Colorado

And they're a bargain -- just $35 a session, or $65 for everything. Click this link to purchase tickets.

What do you get for your money?

• Three Colorado and regional wine seminars, featuring some of the top names in Colorado and national food and wine.

• The Colorado Blind Challenge, where wine experts will try to tell the difference between Colorado and California wine in a blind tasting.

• The Colorado Twitter Taste-off, where you can sip, tweet and repeat wine from two dozen of the state's best producers.

What else do you need to know? The conference is April 28 at Metro State College in Denver -- seminars begin at 9 a.m. and the Twitter Taste-off starts at 2 p.m. The complete schedule is here, and admission for the morning session includes lunch.

The caveats: All sales are final and no refunds, and you must be 21 or older to participate in the Twitter taste-off.

DLW 2012 will be held April 27-29 in Denver

DrinkLocalWine.com will hold its fourth annual conference April 27-29, 2012 in Denver, focusing on Colorado wine. The state’s industry is one of the most unique in the wine business; its high altitude produces growing conditions that are different from all but two or three other regions in the world.

Colorado’s approximately 100 wineries grow European-style grapes, and have had tremendous success with cool-climate varieties like Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Cabernet Franc. The Colorado Wine Industry Development Board is the conference's primary sponsor.

“Our excitement about hosting the Drink Local Wine conference in Denver in 2012 runs a mile high,” says Doug Caskey, the wine board’s executive director. More, after the jump:

DLW 2012: Going to Colorado

That was our big announcement at the end of the yesterday's Twitter Taste-off. We'll hold DLW 2012 in Colorado, working with Doug Caskey and the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board. Colorado has some 100 wineries.

We'll finalize the dates and location later this month. so keep any eye on the blog, our Facebook page, and our Twitter feed.

Colorado petit verdot

From the Colorado Wino: "Here's a little secret: it's a stunning and fun grape that is absolutely stellar on its own. Petit verdot is developing somewhat of a cult-like following among serious Colorado wine drinkers. ..."

Colorado's home winemakers

Colorado's home winemakers do what they do out of love. Said one: "We enjoy it. We have a party around everything."

Colorado wine

Hybrid grapes in Colorado

Colorado's Stonebridge Farm winery is learning how to work with hybrid grapes.

Colorado wine

Colorado-Virginia wine tasteoff

Jake Harkins of the Colorado Wino blog and Frank Morgan of Virginia's Drink What You Like will hold Virginia vs. Colorado Wine Smack Down II on Aug. 24.

Virginia wine, Colorado wine

Summer of Colorado wines?

From the Colorado Wine Press: "Could a restaurant flourish by only serving Colorado Wines on its wine list?"

Colorado wines

Freeze hurts Arizona, Colorado grapes

Late freezes have hit vineyards in Arizona and Colorado, and the freeze may have caused substantial damage in Colorado.

Arizona wine, Colorado wine

Colorado winery row

Four Colorado wineries have teamed up to provide Denver with a “wine destination” within the city limits -- “Colorado Winery Row,” comprised of four wineries Ń Bonacquisti Wine Company, Cottonwood Cellars, Garfield Estates Vineyard and Winery, and Verso Cellars.

Colorado wine