All Local, All The Time
All Local, All The Time
Several businesses combined forces at the Niwot Natural Medicine office to serve wine and refreshments and take photos: (l to r) Joanne Neville L.Ac., (Niwot Natural Medicine), Adrianna Carbajal (Office Manager of Niwot Natural Medicine), Alex Martinez- (Owner of 303 photobooth), Dr. Janine Malcolm N.D., L.Ac., (Niwot Natural Medicine) and Michael Moss (Owner of Kilt Farms).
Denise Maierhofer (left) of Nourish & Company with Daniela Weidenbach of Lake Valley, who enjoyed the offerings of wine and refreshments around town.
Massage therapist Jodi Habecker serves participants at Nourish & Company.
Proprietor Bruce Rabeler pours Greek wine at Little Bird.
Dixie Piland (left), Jim Whitney and Janet Gates of the Niwot United Methodist Church gave away soup samples at the Niwot Emporium to promote the church's Soup, Soup & More event Feb. 25.
The staff at The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop was excited for their first Let's Wine About Winter experience.
Local business owners, including Niwot Wheel House proprietor Eric Bergeson, were excited to interact with the community at Let's Wine About Winter last weekend. There were a variety of wine options, including pinots, proseccos and international wines.
People packed Cottonwood Square and Second Avenue last Saturday for the Let's Wine About Winter event, sponsored by the Niwot Cultural Arts Association with partial funding provided by the Niwot Local Improvement District. After a two-year hiatus, the tasting event attracted more than 30 shops, businesses and restaurants who participated in the event, as well as over 400 participants.
"We haven't had it since 2019, and we just love the event," business owner Holly D'apolito said. "It brings tons of people into our business and gives us great exposure." D'apolito runs Nourish & Company, a wellness center on Second Avenue that has services ranging from massage therapy, to hair design to personal training and more.
The businesses had fun and got creative with their booths. Most had one to three wine offerings and some had other aperitifs, such as alcoholic coffee at the Niwot Pizza/Niwot Liquor location.
"We're teaming up with Lefty's today, we love Lefty's," explained Tom Valdez of Niwot Liquor. "[The event is] going wonderful, it gets bigger every year, and we're helped out by the weather this year which is really nice."
There were a few other businesses who teamed up for the event, including Niwot Natural Medicine, which partnered with Kilt Farm and 303 Photo Booth.
"It's fabulous, it's really fun, everyone's really happy... [and] people are coming from all over," said Janine Malcom, of Niwot Natural Medicine.
Both the vendors and participants expressed excitement about the chance for the community to come together.
"I love the community. I love how supportive everyone is of each other and I love all the quirky personalities we get to meet and enjoy every day," said Carissa Mina, co-owner of the Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop. Later in the day, the bookshop hosted local author and illustrator Kaz Windness, who invited participants to paint on thrift-store paintings with her.
Beyond the community-gathering element, participants and businesses alike reiterated that it was a great time to check out new businesses and boost engagement. For example, Gene Hayworth of Inkberry Books–which opened five years ago, just in time for the 2018 event–said that this year's crowd seemed even more enthusiastic.
"We've had a steady flow of people in and out of the store, it's been really good for business, and everyone's in a really good mood," he said.
People indeed seemed to be cheerful throughout town, with many stopping outside businesses to chat with friends and neighbors.
"It's really, really nice," said Marci Krieger, a Let's Wine About Winter participant. "We have been to a couple of places that we've never actually gone into that we will probably now come back to."
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