Non-alcoholic beer maker Gruvi wins Naturally Boulder Pitch Slam

BOULDER — Gruvi, a Denver-based manufacturer of non-alcoholic beer, wine and prosecco, took home first place and the People’s Choice award Thursday evening at the Naturally Boulder Pitch Slam competition.

“We pitched last year and think we’ve made such progress since then,” Gruvi founder Niki Sawni said.

The event, put on by New Hope Network, the Boulder-based organizer of the Natural Products Expo West trade show in Anaheim, California, and Expo East in Philadelphia, is a networking and celebratory occasion for natural and organic product firms in Colorado.

The Naturally Boulder Pitch Slam — hosted…