Yellow Car Country Wines
Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado. Fruit wines and Mead.
Details
- Where
- 802 South Broadway, Cortez, CO 81321. Directions
- When
- May 15 to September 15: Sunday 3 to 7 PM, Monday 6 to 8 PM, Tuesday to Friday 1 to 8 PM, Saturday 11 AM to 8 PM; September 16 to May 14: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 3 to 7 PM, Monday 6 to 8 PM, Saturday 11 AM to 7 PM.
- Season
- May 15 to September 15; September 16 to May 14.
- Getting there
- Look for the building with the bright yellow overhang. We are across the highway from Chronic Therapy.
- Fees
- Free admission; discounts AARP, Military.
- Access
- The operator announced its last Cortez day as July 31, 2026 - 'WE ARE CLOSED!!' - and wrote it will reopen in Natchez, Mississippi, outside the guide's region.
- Phone
- (970) 560-5752
- Managed by
- Jim Wootton.
A winery located in Cortez, CO making fruit wines and meads. The view is great. Come take a break, have a glass of wine, and take a bottle home with you.
Notable Events
- 2016A boom apple harvest led Jim to consider apple schnapps, but he and Jean followed the simpler path of making wine with yeast and sugar. durangoherald.com
- The winery closed its first tasting room with a farewell party and thanked customers for making the transition to 802 easy. instagram.com
People
- Jean Wootton, co-owner; operates the winery with her husband Jim.
- Jim Wootton, vintner and co-owner; a former military pastor whose fascination with wine began in Germany (1998-2006, when his fascination with wine began while stationed in Germany).
- Queenie Barz, mayor of Mancos who encouraged the Woottons to sell their wine commercially.