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Carboy Winery is our favorite winery at altitude! There are a few other options in town – Continental Divide being the closest to our condo – but we think that Carboy wins out and is worth the short walk down Main Street. Plus, what’s not to love about walking Breckenridge, burning some calories, and indulging in a second glass of wine. Or third… we’re not judging.
Carboy is next to the Gold Pan Saloon just north of the stop light on Main Street. It’s not massive, but charming in every way – updated to be comfortable, with hints of the original 1800s construction.
Carboy offers a few different flights, all of which are excellent. The red wine, white wine, and the mixed featured wine flight change with the seasons and availability. At $15 per flight, you get a nice taste of three different wines. Wines by the glass and the bottle are available, plus a few beer and cider choices for the non-wine drinkers.
We highly recommend the following from Carboy:
- Chardonnay – one of the best we’ve ever had
- Rose
- Viognier
- Cabernet Franc
- Sangiovese
- Syrah
A big plus for Carboy is that they offer food made on site (Continental Divide does not have food). They have several meat and cheese boards – our favorite is the Summer of ’92, which is a meat-free option. Four rotating cheeses piles with arugula, nuts, dates, and other accompaniments pair perfectly with your favorite wine or wine flight. We have not tried their other menu items (we like cheese and wine!). However, friends and family have tried many items and loved them all.
I would say that Carboy and Continental Divide are comparable on wine quality. The chardonnay at Carboy is a little better, the Cabernet at CD is a little better. Carboy wins on price every time, sometimes by a $1, sometimes by $20.
We joined Carboy’s wine club in 2020 because we wanted to support this small family owned business through the pandemic. And partly because we needed to self-medicate during Covid! We spread our dollars around at Continental Divide Winery and several breweries in town, too. But Carboy is the only membership we bought and continue to be part of.
Service is friendly every time we have been in. In fact, we were the very last table that they served prior to in-person dining closing in Nov 2020 due to Colorado pandemic regulations. Even in the face of them losing their business and the server losing her job, they were still awesome, friendly, upbeat, and super helpful.
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