The World’s Highest-Altitude Winery Is Right Here in Colorado
Head to Continental Divide Winery’s tasting room in Alma or Breckenridge for a crash course in high-elevation vino.
Behind the Vines
Behind the Vines: Decadent Saint Winery
This non-traditional Front Range winery makes the best-tasting sangria on the market—and it’s a concentrate. But don’t take our word for it.
Behind the Vines: Black Arts Cellars
This boutique winery near Ken Caryl Ranch specializes in “bewitching” Rhone-style wines.
Behind the Vines: Colorado Cellars
Colorado’s original and most-awarded winery offers an unusually diverse selection of vinos.
Behind the Vines: Loveland’s Sweet Heart Winery
This Napa-style winery’s romantic, riverside setting and lovingly crafted wines make it a heartfelt choice for Valentine’s Day outings and gifts.
Behind the Vines: Bonacquisti Wine Company
Denver’s original urban winery focuses on making great wine—and helping to build a strong community in Sunnyside.
Behind the Vines: Whitewater Hill Vineyards & Winery
No Western Slope wine-tasting trip is complete without a stop at this laid-back winery, which won three of last year’s prestigious Governor’s Cup awards for its outstanding full-bodied reds.
Behind the Vines: Carlson Vineyards
One of Colorado’s oldest and best-known wineries captures the freshest of our state’s fruity flavors—and quirky humor—in its easy-drinking wines.
Behind the Vines: Bigsby’s Folly
Life is an adventure at this new craft winery, which brings the best of California and other grape-growing regions to an unpretentious, Roaring Twenties-themed tasting room in the heart of RiNo.
Behind the Vines: Talon Winery
Owned by an accomplished falconer, this Western Slope winery just south of I-70 features a variety of flavorful white wines.
Behind the Vines: Carboy Winery
Littleton’s chic new négociant winery showcases a signature collection of “craft wine” on tap.
Behind the Vines: Ten Bears Winery
This low-key winery north of Fort Collins offers a diverse choice of delicious wines with distinctly local flavors.
Behind the Vines: DeBeque Canyon Winery
Started by a pioneering viticulturist, this small Palisade winery is best known for its delicious red and fortified wines.
Behind the Vines: Leroux Creek Vineyards
Enjoy the fruity flavors of Provence, France at this beautiful estate winery and inn in Hotchkiss.
Behind the Vines: Azura Cellars & Gallery
Located in a spectacular setting high above the lush North Fork Valley, this Paonia-based winery also houses an art gallery that features the works of its multi-talented owners.
Behind the Vines: Guy Drew Vineyards
One of Colorado’s most acclaimed wineries is tucked between Ancestral Puebloan ruins in a stunning slickrock canyon located in the far southwestern corner of the state.
Behind the Vines: Stone Cottage Cellars
High above the North Fork Valley, this picturesque Paonia winery uses only Colorado-grown grapes to create its distinctive wine.
Behind the Vines: St. Kathryn Cellars
Jokingly named in honor of the original owner’s mother, this Palisade winery is known for its innovative herbal and fruit wine—the perfect gift for your own mom this Mother’s Day.
Behind the Vines: Wild Women Winery
This welcoming winery in the heart of downtown Denver embraces the irresistible spirit of “wild” women (and men) who thirst for adventure, fun, friendship—and, of course, delicious wine.
Behind the Vines: Mountain Spirit Winery
The stunning mountain scenery near the base of Monarch Pass is a source of inspiration for this family-owned venture’s award-winning wines—and its eye-catching labels.