Tuesday Tastemaker Series at The Ritz Carlton Club Aspen Highlands
July 9, 2010 by lancehanson
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A tour of Jack Rabbit Hill Biodynamic Wines and CapRock Oganic Gin and Vodka for Ritz Carlton Club Members
Now On Tap!
July 9, 2010 by lancehanson
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We’re now packaging and selling our wines in 5 gallon stainless steel kegs for progressive restaurants in Colorado! Packaging wine in stainless steel kegs for restaurant use is standard practice in Europe and is gaining ground in other states. We had some marvelous wine on tap in San Francisco in February and decided on the [...]
Job Opportunities at Jack Rabbit Hill Estate Winery & Peak Spirits Distillery in western Colorado
July 7, 2010 by lancehanson
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Position: Full Time Assistants Job Description: Assistants will gain hands-on experience in organic & biodynamic practices in grape and hop growing and wine & spirits making, working hand-in-hand with owners Anna and Lance Hanson. The work environment is dynamic and demands organization, thinking on the fly, creativity, juggling, strong listening and speaking skills, and a [...]
Menu for July 4 Farm Dinner hosted by Terroir Restaurant at Jack Rabbit Hill
June 19, 2010 by lancehanson
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Course 1: Smoked tomato gazpacho served with a spicy cucumber granita and a baby herb salad paired with the Jack Rabbit Hill Dill Farm Riesling Course 2: Grilled pear salad with arugula, local chevre, and sherry vinaigrette served with Wisdom Farm chicken rillettes on toast point paired with the Jack Rabbit Hill Mesa Winds Farm Pinot Gris [...]
10 acres of organic/Biodynamic hops in the ground at Jack Rabbit Hill
May 29, 2010 by lancehanson
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We now have over 10,000 baby hop plants acclimating to their new home on the north slope of Jack Rabbit Hill. Varieties: Cascade, Chinook, Crystal, Nugget and Northern Brewer. With the moon in descent beginning in mid-May, we uncovered our 2010 horn manure on the 18th and stirred and sprayed it on the future hopyard [...]
Culinary School of the Rockies Farm-to-Table Externship
May 24, 2010 by lancehanson
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Once again CSR students will be joining us on Jack Rabbit Hill for 3 days in May: making and spraying the biodynamic preps, laying stone in the root cellar, training up some vines, and maybe even distilling some CapRock Gin and Vodka! For more info on CSR’s unique program, check out http://www.culinaryschoolrockies.com/farm-to-table/farm-to-table-experience.php.
BD500 Horn Manure dug up May 18, 2010
May 19, 2010 by lancehanson
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Horn manure, aka BD 500, is made by filling empty cow horns with fresh manure from Jack Rabbit Hill’s own lactating cows, and burying the filled horns in the ground from Sept thru May every year. Stored in horns and buried for the winter, the raw green manure becomes a woodsy-smelling, dark, spongy humus. The [...]
The vineyard management staff
May 10, 2010 by lancehanson
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Our chief winegrower and her apprentice
May 10, 2010 by lancehanson
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Bees love our digs
May 10, 2010 by lancehanson
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