Now On Tap!

We’re now packaging and selling our  wines in 5 gallon stainless steel kegs for progressive restaurants in Colorado, and we’ll be hosting a tasting (on tap of course!) at The Mercury Café on July 22nd at 6PM. RSVP with The Mercury Café at (303) 294-9258. $10 per guest. Packaging wine in stainless steel kegs for [...]

Job Opportunities at Jack Rabbit Hill Estate Winery & Peak Spirits Distillery in western Colorado

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

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

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 [...]

BD500 Horn Manure dug up May 18, 2010

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 [...]

July 4th Farm Dinner at JRH with Terroir Restaurant of Longmont

Join us for another fabulous Plein Air farm dinner on Jack Rabbit Hill with the folks from Terroir in Longmont, Colorado, July 4th. Cocktails at 5pm. Come earlier and explore the vineyards, winery and distillery. $75 per person includes everything. Email or call to reserve.

2009 Dill Farm Organic Riesling Now Available!

It’s back, and every bit as good as the 2008! Fred Dill grows this bright, expressive Riesling a few miles down the road from Jack Rabbit Hill. Available from the winery at $17/btl, and at stores and restaurants around Denver, Boulder, Eagle Valley, and Roaring Fork Valley.

Biodynamic Hops coming to Jack Rabbit Hill!

With all the great craft breweries in Colorado you’d think there’d be a healthy hop growing industry somewhere in Colorado. Surprisingly there are less than 10 acres of commercial hops in all of Colorado! Back in 2003 Ron Godin (CSU Soil Scientist) floated the idea of growing hops. We new our site would be good [...]