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Jun 19

Palisade Fruit Stands Now Open For Season

With the coming of summer, many of Palisade’s fruit stands are now open for business. “We currently have Bing cherries, apricots, and locally-grown tomatoes and vegetables, as well as our packaged fruit products,” said Renee Herman, owner of (read full article)

summer

Jun 19

Palisade's Lodging Tax Funds New Tourist Initiatives

Palisade's new lodging tax is being used to help create new and exciting things for tourists to do while visiting the town.At a recent regular meeting of the Palisade Town Board of Trustees the Board voted to provide seven local businesses with touri (read full article)

Palisade

Jun 18

Wine Country Inn Perfect for Affordable Family Vacations

Looking for an affordable, nearby vacation where you can take the family without breaking the bank? Then look no further than Western Colorado's Grand Valley.You can vacation in Colorado’s high desert wine country west of the Continental Divide f (read full article)

Family Vacations

Jun 17

Study German Wines at Wine Country Inn This Thursday

Chardonnay tends to get all the attention in the U.S., but when it comes to white wine, it's almost impossible to beat Riesling.With Savor Each Glass, find out why Germany is making some of the most nuanced, agreeable white wines in the world and how (read full article)

Wine Classes

Jun 16

Wine Country Inn Featured in Blue Pig Gallery Exhibit

The Blue Pig Art Gallery In Palisade, will celebrate its second birthday with birthday cake on Sunday, June 21, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Stop by the gallery and celebrate with them.And the celebration continue with a series of new exhibits:Nancy Lon (read full article)

Blue Pig Gallery

Jun 12

Summer Wine Classes Slated for Wine Country Inn

The Wine Country Inn is proud to announce that Tynan Szvetecz, Executive Wine Sommelier and Senior Wine Instructor with the International Wine Guild will conduct classes at the Inn beginning June 18.Tynan is also a graduate of the Business of Wine Pr (read full article)

Wine Classes

Jun 10

Shuttles Planned for Bluegrass Festival

The Town of Palisade took ownership of two used Grand Valley Transit (GVT) twelve-passenger busses today and will make first usage of its new vehicles to operate a shuttle service for the Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival June 12 through (read full article)

Palisade Roots Music Festival

May 11

Fort Collins Hopes to Copy Grand Valley's Success

This the tale of two cities intertwined with their love for the grape and the grain. Grand Junction and the Grand Valley offer Colorado's Wine Country, while Fort Collins is no stranger to hand crafted beers. Now the two cities are partnering to feat (read full article)

Grand Junction Colorado

May 08

Palisade Classic Mountain Bike Race, Marathon This Weekend

Saturday, May 9, the Palisade Chamber of Commerce, Town of Palisade, and Mammoth Marathons host the Third Annual Palisade Bike Festival. The Festival includes the Palisade Classic Mountain Bike Race, Fruit Loop Cycling Tour, and new this year, the Gr (read full article)

Palisade Classic Mountain Bike Race

May 07

Harley the Motorcycle Fish Swims into View

The Town of Palisade is pleased to announce the dedication and unveiling of “Harley”, a sculpture by Palisade’s own Lyle Nichols. The ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the New Town Center Plaza. Palisade Mayor Dave (read full article)

Palisade

May 06

Spotlight On BookCliff Vineyards

Between their Boulder tasting room and Palisade grape vines, BookCliff Vineyards offers the complementary mixture of Front Range and Western Slope, of urban and rural, of premium finished products and quality agricultural bounty near Grand Junction, (read full article)

Book Cliff Vineyards

May 05

Celebrate Mother’s Day with Afternoon Tea, Stay-over

Start a new tradition this year by celebrating Mother’s Day at Afternoon Tea, then stay over for an extended visit at Wine Country Inn.For this occasion, the Inn is encouraging guests to bring a favorite teacup used by a Mother, Grandmother or spec (read full article)

mother's day

May 04

Rocky Mountain PBS Broadcasts Live From Inn

Public television offers unique, commercial-free programming. But it is not free. Pledge drives are a necessary evil to get members to donate funds to keep the public TV stations operating. Rocky Mountain PBS is no exception, and the Wine Country In (read full article)

Us in the Limelight

Apr 30

New Colorado Wine Train Announced

A new, alternative wine train has been formed for traveling to Colorado's Wine Country, also using the Amtrak line.Colorado Springs's Over the Hill Gang, International (OTHGI), in partnership with Beyond Boundaries Travel, offers active travel advent (read full article)

Wine Trains

Apr 28

Westword Samples A Little Peach Street Distillers

Colorado's artisan distillers are a cottage industry, and continue to garner national media attention. The latest article to focus on Palisade's Peach Street Distillers is Denver's indie alternative newspaper, Westword.Under the title, "In the Still (read full article)

Peach Street Distillers

Apr 27

Palisade Looks to Future With New Construction

There's no doubt that Palisade is changing. Even in a tough economy, both the town elders and private businesses continue to invest in the area to improve the look and feel of Palisade's growing agritourism business. One local T.V. station recently c (read full article)

Palisade

Apr 24

Fruit Trees in Blossom Around Palisade

The fruit trees are blossoming on Orchard Mesa, so now is the perfect time to enjoy a bike ride or wine tour through the Palisade area. See our latest YouTube effort and how the flowers are blooming all around the hotel and vineyards. (read full article)

YouTube Videos

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