The Long Way
Delta County
A couple dancing outdoors at an evening gathering with string lights.
Plate I. Outdoor event at Stone Cottage Cellars. From stonecottagecellars.com
Two people working in a vineyard near a red truck with mountains in the background.
Plate II. Vineyard landscape, Stone Cottage Cellars. From stonecottagecellars.com
A group of people enjoying an outdoor wine tasting dinner, toasting with wine glasses.
Plate III. Wine tasting event, Stone Cottage Cellars. From stonecottagecellars.com
A worker is building a stone wall on the exterior of a house.
Plate IV. Stone cottage construction, Stone Cottage Cellars. From stonecottagecellars.com
A vineyard with rows of green vines extends toward distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky.
Plate V. Vineyard landscape at Stone Cottage Cellars. From stonecottagecellars.com
People dining outdoors at a long table set with food, wine glasses, and a bottle of water.
Plate VI. Outdoor dining event at Stone Cottage Cellars. From stonecottagecellars.com

Stone Cottage Cellars

Paonia, Delta County, Colorado. Winery.

Details

Map. Paonia, Delta County, Colorado. Larger map
Where
41716 Reds Road, Paonia, CO 41716. Directions
When
11AM – 6PM.
Season
Sat & Sun in May; every day from Memorial Day Weekend to the first Saturday in November.
Getting there
From Paonia take Highway 133 East one mile, turn left at Stone Cottage Cellars sign onto Garvin Mesa Road, take Garvin Mesa Road one mile on to the top of the Mesa, turn left at Reds Road and left to the winery.
Phone
(970) 527-3444
Website
stonecottagecellars.com
Managed by
Karen or Brent Helleckson.

Family winery crafting wine from grapes grown at some of the highest elevations in the world, in a tasting room of fieldstone cleared from the vineyards.

Notable Events

  1. 1997After building the cottage over three years while commuting from Boulder, the Hellecksons moved in with their two small children, trading the city for the mountains. stonecottagecellars.com
  2. 2003Stone Cottage Cellars opened. westelksava.com
  3. 2010The small family outgrew the Stone Cottage and moved into a new larger house right next door. stonecottagecellars.com
  4. 2012After a few renovations and a fresh coat of paint, the Stone Cottage opened as a guest cottage. stonecottagecellars.com

People

  • Brent Helleckson, winemaker and builder of the Stone Cottage (built the cottage over three years; family lived there from 1997).
  • Karen Helleckson, co-builder of the Stone Cottage and winery co-founder (moved into the Stone Cottage with the family in 1997).

Sources

  1. stonecottagecellars.com
  2. stonecottagecellars.com/stone-cottage
  3. stonecottagecellars.com/events
  4. stonecottagecellars.com/our-story
  5. coloradowine.com/winery/stone-cottage-cellars
  6. stonecottagecellars.com/visit
  7. stonecottagecellars.com/stone-cottage
  8. westelksava.com/behind-vines-stone-cottage-cellars
  9. stonecottagecellars.com