Lanoue DuBois Winery
Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. Family run vineyard & winery.
Details
- Where
- 67289 Trout Rd, Montrose, CO 67289. Directions
- When
- Mon - Thu 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm; Fri - Sun 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
- Access
- Open; hours of operation posted on its Google and social media pages.
- Walk-in or reserve
- Walk-in; stop by the tasting room.
- Phone
- (970) 964-5112
- Website
- lanouewines.com
- Managed by
- Lee LaNoue.
Estate-grown, sustainably farmed family winery with tasting-room views of the San Juans, close to Telluride; the closest winery to Telluride, located in Montrose.
Notable Events
- 1900sThe Woods family have been in the area since the early 1900s, at one time proprietors of the Cascade Livery Stables in downtown Montrose, and owned the land south of town that became the historic Woods Farm. kathrynrburke.com
- 1940sLee LaNoue's maternal grandparents bought more than 250 acres, which became the Woods Estate. montrosepress.com
- 1998Ralf had tired of running cattle and went back to farming, growing alfalfa. kathrynrburke.com
- 2008After Ralph retired, Rick and Kathy began the Main Vineyard during their vacations, installing a deer fence and drip irrigation that made them the first solar-powered vineyard in Colorado. kathrynrburke.com
- 2016Rick retired from Chevron and the family moved to the farm to live there full time. kathrynrburke.com
- 2018Lee left his cabinetmaking job in Telluride to work in the vineyard and assist with the final winery designs. kathrynrburke.com
- 2020The LaNoue-Woods family began construction on the winery in May 2020; the first harvest and winemaking on the production floor took place that same year while the tasting room was being finished. kathrynrburke.com
- 2021On Mother's Day the winery opened for tastings and tours with 5 estate-grown wines. kathrynrburke.com
- 2025LaNoue DuBois Winery earned the 2025 Colorado Wine of the Year award. lanouewines.com
- Ralph built The Woods Short Takeoff Landing Strip on a piece of the Woods Farm across the road from the family's brick house; the runway is still there, and the last plane to land on it was 30-40 years ago. kathrynrburke.com
People
- Kathy Woods LaNoue, co-owner; the DuBois name comes from her family, the Woods; grew up farming the Woods Farm.
- Lee LaNoue, co-owner and winemaker; studied Enology and Viticulture at Mesa State University; master cabinet maker who did most of the woodwork in the tasting room.
- O.H. and Grace Woods, Ralph Woods's parents; ran the farm with him.
- Ralf Woods, Kathy's father; farmed the Woods Farm until retiring and giving it to his daughters (retired in 2008, at age 88).
- Rick LaNoue, co-owner; the LaNoue name comes from his family, who moved to Ouray from Louisiana in 1973; he worked at the Idarado Mine and for Chevron (retired from Chevron in 2016 and moved to the farm).
- Ruby, Ralf Woods's wife; suggested planting a small test vineyard on a rocky part of the farm.