Tasting the Local Wine in Paonia, Colorado

Sun December 3, 2017

In the West Elk Wine Region of Colorado there are several small wineries that they dont sell their wines outside the region.

Grapes Vines at Stone Cottage Cellars

One of the best parts of stopping at these wineries is that you can talk with the owners. While you taste their wines, you can listen to their stories of how they got started. One of these is Stone Cottage Cellars. The owners built the stone cottage, stone by stone. They have an excellent Alpine Dessert wine.

The Vineyards at Stone Cottage Cellars

Another winery, Azura, is named after the boat the owners sailed around the world in. Their tasting room is also an art gallery and has great views of the surrounding area. Both of these wineries had four or five wines each and were on top of a mesa above Paonia. What are their stories? Youll just have to go there to find out.

On the Way from Crested Butte to Panoia You Can See Marcellina Mountain