Black Bridge Winery

On the upside, Black Bridge is a great place to visit. We loved the wines and assorted locally made products for sale. Chairs were set up next to the river with nice views. Initially, my girlfriend wasn’t greeted by anyone for several minutes (while I was in the restroom), not by the female owner at the counter or her husband. When I entered, I was properly greeted and then they finally acknowledged my girlfriend. The male owner then gave us some great samples of wine and we bought a few bottles for our collection. We were offered peach sundaes (a special event for the day) but had to turn them down as we had just finished a large breakfast in town. Aside from the initial treatment of my girlfriend, we had a very good visit.

Black Bridge is a quaint little winery in Paonia, Colorado. We stopped by at a family reunion and the place was great! I tasted a very large variety of wine (about 8 different wines) as well as a balsamic vinegar that was radical. The gentleman pourer was very knowledgeable and gave us a lot of time to taste and talk about each wine. He was very engaging and I was very happy with the wines! I bought a Pinot Noir that was delicious as well as some local blue goat cheese and some honey made by the bees that pollinate the wine grapes on the vineyard.
Next time I head to my Aunt’s house, I’ll pop in again for sure.

The bonus of Black Bridge Winery is that not only do they have lots of good wines to taste (and buy) they also have a little store that carries tons of local food products. You can purchase everything from fancy cheeses (to pair with your wines!) to local apiary honey, from salsas to grill marinades.
The winery’s heralded vintage is a Pinot Noir and they make two different bottles of it. Both are awesome. They actually grow the grapes themselves in their vineyard for the wine. In addition to the Pinot, Black Bridge makes some red blends, a Merlot, Chardonnay, and Riesling.
The tasting room is bigger than many of the others I saw in the area and the folks there are super friendly. I would definitely be interested in checking out some of their wine dinners and will be back to sample (and buy) more of their wines the next time I’m in the area!

We visited on our trip through Colorado Wine Country over Labor Day Weekend 2013. Cute store with a great selection of prepared foods. We had fun walking around and gathering many items to take back over the mountains with us. We had a difficult time getting someone to help us with the tasting as there was only one person working that day (at that time) and about 10 people in the store. But we waited and enjoyed the tasting and bought several bottles. We also bought lunch and ate it on the property by the stream.

While the wines offered by Black Bridge are good, the winery is worth stopping at just for the setting along the North Fork Gunnison River. There are plenty of orchard and vineyards to explore. A great time to come is during harvest season.
Don’t forget the pumpkin picking, too.

A lovely winery. Their setting right on the river is beyond beautiful. Their selection of prepared foods is amazing. I picked up some chocolate merlot dessert sauce, cherry amaretto jelly, and blackberry walnut dressing.
Their wines are pretty darn good, and I like the fact that the only label many of their bottles bear is a strip of off-​white with a handwritten font. It’s got a story behind it, and it’s über-​cute and simple. E and I splurged on an ’08 Pinot Noir and thoroughly enjoyed it.

This place has a gorgeous setting and lots of places to take fun pictures among other things… You walk into a large open barn that has freshly grown veggies & fruits from the area, an aged basalmic vinegar that is to die for, and their own homemade cheeses. The guys that were there were lots of fun and wanted to make it an enjoyable time for us. They showed us how eating foods and wine that come from the same region can really change the flavors of both. that was interesting!
I enjoyed their pinot noir.