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I’m Jayme, a sommelier-turned-farmer, and I live in a small town out on Colorado’s Western Slope. My fiancé and I own and work on a vineyard together, where we make high-elevation white wine and rosé, under our label, The Storm Cellar. I share my cocktail explorations, travel stories, vineyard life, and wine musings at holly & flora.

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Tomorrow night!! 🥃🥃🥃 I’m so excited to Tomorrow night!! 🥃🥃🥃 I’m so excited to pair both wine and cocktails with a chocolate-themed dinner, thrown by the @foragesisters, featuring the ethically sourced chocolate of @puravida_chocolate. I have SO enjoyed the past couple weeks of planning, tasting, and pairing. • I’m pairing this particular cocktail with the dessert course, a chocolate-dipped alfajor (think — lighter-style shortbread), graced with salted dark chocolate pudding, alongside a chocolate-dipped pear. • The cocktail? • Rum Bourbon Coffee liqueur Chai liqueur Coconut cream Shaved Pura Vida chocolate • I’ll be sharing the details on this drink later this week, but for tonight? 🍫 I’m batching 30 of these for tomorrow night’s service at the @midwayschoolhouse here in Hotchkiss, Colorado. • Will I see you there tomorrow? 😍 If not, I’ll be sharing the BTS in my stories. This locally sourced, chocolate-laced, seasonally inspired menu has been incredibly fun with which to work. Much love to you ladies, @foragesisters!! • See you tomorrow, @hey_im_keelan_k! 💥 We’ll rock this event and then bottle #allthewine on Saturday. 😝 #wevegotthis 💥💥💥 • • • • #hollyandflora #cocktailpairing #imbibegram #chocolate #chocolatepairing #cocktailsandchocolate #puravidacacao #ethicallysourcedchocolate #puravidachocolate #farmtotable #asado #asadodinner #northforkvalley #northforkvalleycreativedistrict #paoniacreatives #chefdinner #sommlife #sommelierwinemaker #stormcellarwine
I’ve been tasting through a LOT of #coloradowine I’ve been tasting through a LOT of #coloradowine this past year, and I’ve got some favorites stashed away for you. • First up? • THIS —> 2018 @buckelfamilywine Sauvignon Blanc, appellation, Grand Valley AVA. Joe and Shamai Buckel are two of the kindest people in the #cowine industry, and they craft their wines with care and intentionality, featuring slow-and-low fermentations. • 👁 — clear, pale straw 👃🏼 — tropical tones with pronounced hints of white peach, nectarine, and a pleasant, freshly cut herb note 😋 — racy and mouthwatering, this SB shows balanced acidity with a complementary rich texture, along with a crisp, mineral-driven finish • Last year, for a @fivecolorado dinner, at the @crestedbuttewineandfoodfest, we paired this wine, with @leon_duane_walker’s asparagus and watercress vichyssoise, with garlic truffle aioli, pickled green apple, jumbo lump crab, and @fruitionfarmscreamery Shepherd’s Halo. 💥 It was a solid HIT. • I’m sharing more details of last summer’s event in stories tomorrow morning. Sauv Blanc is one of those wines that can pair well with vegetables and herbs. 🌿 It’s also MADE for a cheese pairing. • Which local-to-you or Colorado Sauv Blancs are you loving right now? • • • • #hollyandflora #FIVEcolorado #coloradowine #cowine #whitewinelover #winereview #coloradowinereview #highelevationwine #coloradosauvignonblanc #winewriter #wineblogger #winestagram #sommelierwinemaker #sommlife #coloradowinesomm #stormcellarwine #buckelfamilywine #winepairing #chefsroll
Let’s raise a glass together because we all made Let’s raise a glass together because we all made it through another day!! 🥃 This has been one of the *craziest* weeks of my life, but I’m alive. We may have a lot of smoke, but nothing is on fire here. • Before I share what went down this week, here is a preview of my cocktail recipe in the fall issue of @spokeandblossom magazine!! One of the photos from this shoot even made the COVER!! 🥰 I’ll share it in my stories in a few. • I’ll be sharing a link with the recipe for this late-summer, fruit-driven Old Fashioned cocktail with you soon. Locals, you can pick up a copy at our tasting room @stormcellarwine later this week or find another location on @spokeandblossom’s website. • So, about last week. Because I have to document what the heck happened - - - • 📌 We processed FIFTEEN tons of grapes and have five fermentation’s already going. 📌 We threw a seven-course wine dinner with @brandtbishop on Friday, just after pressing three tons of Grüner Veltliner. I *barely* sneaked in a shower. 📌 We are bottling our Fire + Ice Riesling tomorrow morning and firing up the press for its last cleaning for a few days. 📌 We were open all weekend for tastings, and there was literally a moment when I was actually delivering wine to a table while on the tractor, hauling a macro bin of grapes to the press. I’m DEAD. 📌 I fell asleep, facedown, on the winery floor on Saturday night and crashed hard for 40 minutes. • Here’s to not talking to anyone for at least 24 hours. 🤣 My #highlysensitiveperson posse out there feels this with me 100%!! • • • • #hollyandflora #fallcocktails #spokeandblossom #spokeandblossommagazine #westslopebestslope #coloRADical #colorfulcolorado #FIVEcolorado #drinkcolorado #coloradoproud #imbibegram #liqpic #ttcocktails #abmhappyhour #oldfashionedcocktail #whiskeygram #bhgcocktails #cbdrinks #bombesquad
We are about to give these gorgeous, frosty pink c We are about to give these gorgeous, frosty pink clusters of Gewurztraminer a foot-stomp and a little maceration time, prior to pressing them, to hopefully pick up a coppery hue in the resulting wine. • I’m sharing as much as I can of our 2020 harvest season on stories. I’ll pack them in later tonight. Right now, I’m cleaning the press and getting the tank set up for tonight’s long haul. Steve is picking up more grapes, and I’m brewing another French press. • Aren’t the colors here just spectacular?! • • • • #hollyandflora #stormcellarwine #womeninwine #foodwinewomen #femalewinemaker #gewurztraminer #coloradogram #coloradowinemaker #cbdrinks #imbibegram #drinkcolorado #coloradowine #colorfulcolorado #sommlife #sommelierwinemaker #TSCharvest2020 #harvest2020🍇
The PROCESS is greater than the PRODUCT. ⚡️ Th The PROCESS is greater than the PRODUCT. ⚡️ This was the Jayme from harvest 2018, racking off my first-ever wine, straining to smile and lead — beneath the doubt, uncertainty, fear, and unknown. • When I say GREATER, I mean that the process was more tenuous, more impactful, more meaningful, and more fulfilling than the actual realization of the final product. • The JOURNEY is more meaningful than the DESTINATION. So, why are we all so worried about where we’ll end up? Why aren’t we savoring those bumpy rides and roller coaster falls along the way (back when we could ride roller coasters together!!?)? Why do we place so much importance on the final — read: slow/calm/expected/boring/anticipated — result?! • Think about that. Let it really sink in. • Here’s to a new season of dares and dreams and decisions and DESTINY. Embrace that. —> Right here in this photo? • ✔️ I didn’t know we’d be voted Best Winery 2019 by @5280magazine. ✔️ I didn’t know I’d be on the cover of @wsj with @big_zen for our winery project, @stormcellarwine. ✔️ I didn’t know how we’d even sell our wine, let alone run a POS or accounting software. LET ALONE IN A PANDEMIC after that. ✔️ Three years ago, I had no idea I’d be farming 2,000 new vines and managing 16,000 total, making Colorado wine. ✔️ I didn’t know I’d be hungry for more, at this point in my wine journey. For better quality. For even more uncertainty. • Cheers to #TSCharvest2020, as we fire up our first press-load tomorrow morning. • WE’VE GOT THIS!!! 💥💥💥 • 📷: @oliveandwest
More flowers. More cocktails. 🌼 This is one of More flowers. More cocktails. 🌼 This is one of my favorite white Negroni riffs, made with @suzeofficial, @poewines Vin d’Pampe Rosé, and gin. It’s floral, pleasantly bitter, and citrusy. • This morning, I am dropping off grape bins in Palisade because we are bringing in our first NINE TONS of fruit from there this weekend. All of the heat and dryness is rapidly ripening the grapes. All of a sudden, harvest is here. 🙋🏼‍♀️ And I’m here for it!! Not really, but I’m trying. ☕️☕️☕️ • I’m also picking up a horse trough to use as a pool, since it’s been so hot. I guess it’s more of a dunk tank. 😜 I have been dreaming of this so-called pool for two years now, and I’m finally making it happen TODAY. I can’t wait to submerge myself in some icy spring water later on! • Get the white Negroni recipe on my blog. 💥 It’s on the home page, but you can also search “Negroni” — you’ll find this recipe, as well as several other iterations of this favorite cocktail of mine. • And if you’re in Denver, hit up @swirlgirldenver and visit her NEGRONI BAR, @barhelixdenver, and you’ll have an unforgettable experience. 🥃 I’m long overdue for another visit. 💞 you, Kendra!! • • • • #hollyandflora #ginoclock #negroni #negronitime #whitenegroni #classiccocktails #cocktailblogger #drinkstagram #gincocktails #imbibegram #liqpic #drinkoftheday #pursuepretty #cocktailsandflowers #vintageglassware #bhgcocktails #ttcocktails #tastingtable #foodwinewomen #womeninwine #sommelierwinemaker #sommlife #drinkphotography #howisummer #thekitchn #feedfeed @thefeedfeed.cocktails
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