ACC Colorado – Wine Tasting

Register today for a very unique evening of networking and sampling great wines from The Storm Cellar, a boutique winery based at the historic Redstone Vineyard in Hotchkiss, Colorado. Owners Jayme Henderson and Steve Steese will be present to pour and share insight on their featured wines that evening.

Enjoy food and wine tasting with your fellow ACC members at the home of Chuck Steese, Denver Managing Attorney. Location information will be provided after registration. Spouses are welcome to attend!

Learn more about The Storm Cellar.

The Storm Cellar is a collaborative vision between two sommeliers, Steve Steese and Jayme Henderson. During their many years in the Denver restaurant industry, whether for business, study, or pleasure, they spent most of their time away from work in wine country. And they fell in love with it. They traveled the world’s wine regions in search of their next home and adventure for years, only to finally realize that it was just over four hours west of their former home in Denver, on Colorado’s western slope.

The Storm Cellar is a project rooted within a love of Colorado and a desire to make high-quality wine in its unique terroir. Founded in 2017, The Storm Cellar is a boutique winery based at the historic Redstone Vineyard in Hotchkiss, Colorado, which produces high-elevation, aromatic white wine and rosé, farmed and crafted by the hands of this dynamic, husband-and-wife team. The Storm Cellar aims to showcase the attributes of this extreme vineyard site within its wines and strives to help bring the relatively unknown West Elks AVA into the national wine spotlight. Together, Steve and Jayme were also selected as members of the 2019 Colorado FIVE team in recognition of their long history as leaders of the Denver culinary and beverage scene and for their work in promoting and elevating Colorado wine. The Storm Cellar was recently awarded Editors’ Choice for Best Winery for 5280 Magazine’s annual Top of the Town Awards.

JAYME BIO:
Jayme Henderson is co-founder of The Storm Cellar, a winery based in Hotchkiss, Colorado. Before she and her husband, Steve Steese, moved from Denver to Colorado’s Western Slope two years ago, Jayme, who’s also a farmer and winemaker, worked for fifteen years in the Denver restaurant scene, zigzagging from event planner and manager to sommelier and mixologist. She is the sole creator of the acclaimed blog, holly & flora, which won Saveur magazine’s readers’ choice award for “Best Drinks Blog” in 2016.

Jayme is also a freelance recipe developer, writer and photographer, contributing pieces to many publications—including Grand Junction’s Spoke+Blossom magazine and the cooking website, The Kitchn, where she has written nearly 100 articles on wine, cocktails and gardening. Prior to plunging into farm life, Jayme interned at wineries in Willamette Valley, Napa Valley, Rueda, Spain, and on organic farms, most notably at Findhorn in Forres, Scotland. She and Steve farm fifteen acres of white wine grapes and will be releasing their first vintage of high-elevation wine this spring.

STEVE BIO:
Steve Steese has worked in the hospitality industry most of his adult life. During his seven-year tenure at Shanahan’s Steakhouse, he transformed its wine list into one of the most esteemed wine rosters in Denver, a feat that was rewarded when Wine Spectator magazine bestowed its annual “Best Of” Award of Excellence on the restaurant every year that Steve was involved with the wine program. Steve was selected two years in a row as one of fifteen international “Sommelier Stars” to host the Sonoma County Wine Weekend.

He’s traveled, interned and studied in many of the great wine regions of the world and lived a life based around the pursuit of the sensory experience, extensively exploring the visual arts, music, dance, cooking and gardening. His dual degrees in sculpture and ceramics led to a teaching position in Tuscany, Italy, which was the birthplace of his love for wine and fine cuisine; the lifestyle that he experienced there still resonates with him today. Steve is also co-founder of The Storm Cellar, a Hotchkiss, Colorado-based winery, where he’s also a farmer and winemaker along with his wife, Jayme Henderson. Together, they farm and craft high-elevation white and rosé wines.