The Long Way
Missoula County
People harvest grapes in a vineyard.
Plate I. Grape harvest at Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery. From missoulian.com
An elevated view of a valley with houses, trees, and distant mountains.
Plate II. Aerial view, Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery. From tenspoon.com
Two dogs running through a snowy field with trees in the background.
Plate III. Snowy grounds, Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery. From tenspoon.com
A yellow crate filled with freshly harvested dark grapes rests on the ground.
Plate IV. Harvested grapes, Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery. From tenspoon.com
A smiling woman holds a tray with wine glasses inside a building.
Plate V. Wine tasting, Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery. From visitmt.com
An exterior view of a building at night, illuminated by warm lighting, with trees and foliage in the foreground.
Plate VI. Winery building at night, Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery. From tenspoon.com
An illuminated building exterior at night.
Plate VII. Exterior view at night, Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery. From tenspoon.com

Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery

Missoula, Missoula County, Montana. WINERY.

Details

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Where
4175 Rattlesnake Drive, Missoula, MT 59802. Directions
Getting there
Three miles up Rattlesnake Creek from Missoula, Montana, sits a yellow, barn-like structure in a pasture beside a field of grapevines.
Access
visit our tasting room!
Phone
406-549-8703
Website
tenspoon.com
Established
1998.

A true Montana vineyard and winery; three miles up Rattlesnake Creek from Missoula, Montana, sits a yellow, barn-like structure in a pasture beside a field of grapevines.

Notable Events

  1. 1998Work began clearing a pasture Connie Poten bought to keep from development for a vineyard. tenspoon.com
  2. 2003The winery's community grape-harvest tradition dates back to 2003. kpax.com
  3. 2005The vineyard sold wine as Rattlesnake Creek Vineyard until a 2005 trademark threat prompted a new name. tenspoon.com
  4. 2012A second vineyard was planted with a wildlife corridor between the two vineyards. tenspoon.com
  5. 2020The winery lost all of its product to an early snowfall in October 2020. kpax.com
  6. 2021The 2020 freeze-out left very little to harvest in fall 2021. nbcmontana.com

People

  • Kristin Broom, head of administration at Ten Spoon Winery.
  • Andy Sponseller, co-owner and winemaker.
  • Connie Poten, bought the pasture to keep it from development and helped clear it for a vineyard (1998).
  • Frederik Kreutzer, submitted the winning suggestion for the Ten Spoon Vineyard name.
  • Paul Portteus, Portteus Winery owner whose trademark threat prompted the Ten Spoon rename (2005).

Sources

  1. tenspoon.com
  2. visitmt.com/listing/ten-spoon-vineyard-and-winery-15713
  3. bluemountainbb.com/blog/experience-ten-spoon-an-organic-missoula-mt-winery
  4. missoulian.com/news/local/business/article_8c911657-8315-4f74-805b-f683c2ffe8bf.html
  5. instagram.com/tenspoonwinery
  6. tenspoon.com/about-us
  7. nbcmontana.com/news/local/missoula-winery-host-volunteer-grape-harvest
  8. kpax.com/news/missoula-county/community-grape-harvest-returning-to-missoulas-10-spoon-winery
  9. nbcmontana.com/news/local/high-value-conservation-easement-underway-in-missoula