Four friends in neon 80s shirts, beads and sunglasses raising their cups in front of the big yellow Wonderful sign

Wine Fest. Oct 10, 2026. RiNo.

The Wine Fest happened on Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 1 to 6 PM at NOVEL RiNo, 1350 40th St, Denver. Two tasting sessions poured 50+ wines from nine wineries and one meadery, DJ Prodigy and Ronnie Raygun & The Big Eighties played 80s sets all afternoon, and the street festival with 34 makers, food and bottle sales was free to attend.

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The Wine Fest poster: The 80's Wine Fest, Saturday October 10th at NOVEL RiNo, friends in 80s outfits dancing behind the yellow Wonderful sign, two tasting sessions and sets by Ronnie Raygun & The Big Eighties

Saturday.October 10, 2026.1 to 6 PM.

NOVEL RiNo, 1350 40th St, Denver, CO 80205.

With support from Renewal by Andersen.

Wine Fest, year by year.

Who poured.

Nine wineries and one meadery poured. Every tasting ticket included one-ounce pours from each of them.

Bookcliff Vineyards logo

Bookcliff Vineyards

Tectonic White blend, Chardonnay, Mourvèdre, Malbec, Hawkridge Cabernet Sauvignon

Colterris Winery logo

Colterris Winery

Coloradeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Coral, Sauvignon Blanc, Livid

Cliff Dweller Wine Co. logo

Cliff Dweller Wine Co.

Desert Bloom Sauvignon Blanc, Ghostdance Rosé, Cliff Dweller Malbec, Escalante Red Blend

The Ordinary Fellow logo

The Ordinary Fellow

Box Bar Riesling, Gruner Veltliner, Cabernet Franc, Syrah

Blanchard Family Wines logo

Blanchard Family Wines

Cuvee Blanc, Cuvee Rosé, Cuvee Rouge, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir

Buckel Family Wine logo

Buckel Family Wine

Glug Glug, Rosé, Pinot Noir, Flyer Red Blend

Winery 5280 logo

Winery 5280

Viognier, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Petit Verdot

Piattelli Vineyards logo

Piattelli Vineyards

Torrontés, Rosé of Malbec, Brut Nature, Reserve Malbec, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec-Tannat, Trinitá, La Calera Malbec, Cab 5, Arlene

The Wine Barrel logo

The Wine Barrel

Small-batch, sulfite-free pours

Dragon Meadery logo

Dragon Meadery

Bookcliff Vineyards

Palisade and Boulder, Colorado

Bookcliff grows its own grapes on a 37-acre estate in Palisade at 4,600 feet, and every wine is 100% Colorado grown. The vineyard has 14 varieties. There is a second tasting room in Boulder.

Poured. Tectonic White blend, Chardonnay, Mourvèdre, Malbec, Hawkridge Cabernet Sauvignon

Colterris Winery

Palisade, Colorado

Colterris wines are 100% estate grown, produced and bottled in the Grand Valley, from vineyards along the Colorado River at 4,800 to 5,000 feet. The name means "from the Colorado land."

Poured. Coloradeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Coral, Sauvignon Blanc, Livid

Cliff Dweller Wine Co.

Palisade, Colorado

A family-owned Palisade winery. Its owners started in wine in Napa Valley in 2009 and spent eight years there before moving to Colorado. They make minimal-intervention wines from sustainably farmed fruit.

Poured. Desert Bloom Sauvignon Blanc, Ghostdance Rosé, Cliff Dweller Malbec, Escalante Red Blend

The Ordinary Fellow

Palisade, Colorado

Founder and winemaker Ben Parsons makes wine from Box Bar Vineyard, Montezuma Canyon and other Colorado sites, hand-harvested and made with a light touch. The tasting room is in a historic fruit packing shed in Palisade.

Poured. Box Bar Riesling, Gruner Veltliner, Cabernet Franc, Syrah

Blanchard Family Wines

Denver, Golden and Fort Collins, Colorado

Brothers James and Mark Blanchard run a low-production winery in Healdsburg, California, with Colorado tasting rooms in Denver at the Dairy Block, Golden and Fort Collins. Most of their wines are single-vineyard or single-varietal.

Poured. Cuvee Blanc, Cuvee Rosé, Cuvee Rouge, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir

Buckel Family Wine

Gunnison, Colorado

Joe and Shamai Buckel make minimal-intervention wine in Gunnison from grapes grown on the Western Slope: zero added sugar, low sulfites and lower alcohol.

Poured. Glug Glug, Rosé, Pinot Noir, Flyer Red Blend

Winery 5280

Loveland, Colorado

A family owned and operated winery in Loveland making Colorado wines, with a tasting room at 2001 E 11th St.

Poured. Viognier, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Petit Verdot

Piattelli Vineyards

Mendoza and Cafayate, Argentina

An Argentine producer with vineyards and wineries in two regions: Mendoza, and the high-altitude valley of Cafayate in Salta.

Poured. Torrontés, Rosé of Malbec, Brut Nature, Reserve Malbec, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec-Tannat, Trinitá, La Calera Malbec, Cab 5, Arlene

The Wine Barrel

Parker, Colorado

A micro-winery in Parker, Colorado, that makes its wine on site.

Poured. Small-batch, sulfite-free pours

Dragon Meadery

Aurora, Colorado

A meadery in Aurora, Colorado. Mead is honey wine: Dragon makes it with local honey, mountain water and fresh pressed local fruit.

A row of friends in 80s tank tops, sweatbands and sunglasses dancing on the stage behind the Wonderful sign Four people in 80s wigs, a windbreaker tracksuit and neon leggings laughing together on the festival grounds
Ronnie Raygun & The Big Eighties on stage: four members in red and black 80s stage wear and towering teased hair

Who played.

DJ Prodigy kept the floor moving between two live sets from Colorado's original 80s tribute band.

Ronnie Raygun & The Big Eighties. Four members in big hair, spandex and Wayfarers, playing Billy Idol, Pat Benatar, Blondie, Def Leppard, Joan Jett and the Go-Go's since 2001.

  • 1:00 to 2:00 PMDJ Prodigy
  • 2:00 to 3:00 PMRonnie Raygun & The Big Eighties
  • 3:00 to 4:30 PMDJ Prodigy
  • 4:30 to 5:30 PMRonnie Raygun & The Big Eighties
  • 5:30 to 6:00 PMDJ Prodigy

The makers.

34 makers and five food pairings lined the street festival, free to walk all afternoon.

A packed crowd facing the stage under a wide Colorado sky, hands up

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