{"id":2457884,"date":"2020-04-30T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325059"},"modified":"2020-04-30T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:00:00","slug":"wineink-bobby-stuckey-and-the-challenge-of-the-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/wineink-bobby-stuckey-and-the-challenge-of-the-covid-19-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"WineInk: Bobby Stuckey and the challenge of the COVID-19 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The staff of the Frasca Hospitality Group at City Park in Denver before the lockdown.<\/strong>
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Once upon a time, master sommelier and endurance athlete Bobby Stuckey used to run the trails, pour wines and hang his bespoke suits in his closet here in Aspen. In the late 1990s, he reigned as wine director at The Little Nell hotel during a time that saw the property rise as a paragon of wine destinations.<\/p>\n

And to this day many still consider him to be an Aspenite.<\/p>\n

But in 2004 Stuckey took his skills to Colorado\u2019s Front Range and has since become a global icon in the hospitality industry. With a tireless pace and unerring determination, he \u2014 along with partner and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson \u2014 opened Frasca Food and Wine in 2004 followed seven years later by Pizzeria Locale in Boulder. Tavernetta at the train station in Denver opened in 2017 and this past December he debuted Sunday Vinyl, a chill wine and music bar.<\/p>\n

Stuckey won James Beard Awards and created an Italian wine brand, Scarpetta, that introduced the grapes of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy to America. And most importantly he mentored countless aspiring wine professionals, never denying counsel and always emphasizing the importance of caring about craft as the key to hospitality.<\/p>\n

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