Vintage John Sutcliffe: his Southwest Colorado wines have garnered national interest and no doubt heightened respect for the region's vineyards, but this transplanted Englishman has been more a critic than a supporter of the state's wine industry.

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Vintage John Sutcliffe: his Southwest Colorado wines have garnered national interest and no doubt heightened respect for the region's vineyards, but this transplanted Englishman has been more a critic than a supporter of the state's wine industry.

Close your eyes while listening to John Sutcliffe speak and your mind might very well place him in a gentleman's club in London. So it is somewhat of a shock, with your eyes open, to see this rugged outdoorsman on his ranch and vineyard in a remote Colorado canyon within view of the Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico. Why is this cultured Englishman--whose pedigree stretches back to schools frequented by the royal family--growing grapes and making wine in Southwestern Colorado? And what is he saying about Colorado wine that's raising eyebrows among other Colorado winemakers?

To understand how Sutcliffe, 63, came to his ranch in McElmo Canyon and started making wi...

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