West Elks Appellation Library

(news items and features of current interest regarding activity within the West Elks appellation)

___, "'Terroir' Conference to Examine Link Between Wine and Earth Science" ( UC Davis News Service: July 27, 2005 )

___, "Automated System Predicts Grape Yields " ( USDA - Agricultural Research Service: April 21, 2006 )

___, "Feds institute looser standard for vintage wines" ( McClatchy Newspapers : 02-MAY-06 )

___, "Colorado Law Uncorks Interstate Wine Sales" ( CBS Broadcasting Inc. - Denver: May 4, 2006 )

___, "Can Wine Be Organic?" ( Balanced Living Magazine )

___, "Colorado wine production on the rise" ( The Denver Business Journal: 10/11/2006 )

___, "For nation's vintners, days of wine are rosy " ( San Francisco Chronicle: 01/18/2007 )

___, "New Winery Boom Spans North America " ( Wines & Vines: 01/22/2007 )

___, "Winemaking branches across nation " ( UNION-TRIBUNE : 09/17/2007 )

___, "Colorado hopes to be next big wine region" ( Reuters Life!: 04/14/2008 )

Heeger, Jack, "U.S.-European agreement will keep wine flowing across the Atlantic" ( Napa Valley Register: March 16, 2006 )

(a cumulative and permanent repository of writings which reflect the development of the West Elks appellation as a distinct winegrowing region. Submission and selection criteria for placement of material in the Permanent Collection)

Adams, Leon D., THE WINES OF AMERICA, THIRD EDITION" ( McGraw-Hill: 1985 )

Berger, Dan, Appellation America" ( California Grapevine: February-March, 2006 )

Cass, Bruce, et.al., THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE WINES OF NORTH AMERICA" ( Oxford University Press: 2000 )

Ensrud, Barbara, AMERICAN VINEYARDS" ( Stewart, Tabori & Chang: 1988 )