Denver wine scene is looking up
by Tara Q Thomas
October 6th, 2004

Suddenly, the wine scene in the Denver area is looking up.

The folks at Paris on the Platte have opened a wine bar right next to their caffeine cave - you'll see the neon wine glass in the window - with a long bar and cozy tables where the crowded bookstore used to be. The wine list, compiled by owner Fay Maguire with help from Rick Schieferstein from Corks wine shop down the street, fits on two pages. It's just enough to feel bountiful and not overwhelming, and it's well priced, especially if you go for the tasting flight of three wines, which come in generous pours.

Most refreshingly, there's no 'tude. Young, old, dressed up or down, beer drinker or wine geek, tattooed or wearing pearls, nobody blinks. And it's open from 4:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday.