Winemaker: John Garlich

As the owners and operators of BookCliff Vineyards, we (John Garlich and Ulla Merz, husband and wife) started in the winemaking business in 1999. We are both engineers by training. John is a structural engineer who has worked in engineering and sales at a precast company and Ulla is a software project manager. Farming was not our background. We learned quickly by doing and also through our neighbors who grow peaches and the advice from people in the Colorado wine industry.

Annual Production: 2,500 cases

Grape Varieties Planted

• Black Muscat
• Cabernet Franc
• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Chardonnay
• Malbec
• Merlot
• Muscat Canelli
• Orange Muscat
• Riesling
• Roussanne
• Syrah / Shiraz
• Viognier