Barrel aging the wines

Our wine grapes ripen in the high altitude sunlight bouncing off Palisade's towering red sandstone cliffs. Cool nighttime mountain breezes enhance the unique flavors of our Colorado wines.

After harvest, the grapes are crushed, fermented, and aged in oak barrels for 2-4 years which intensifies their flavors.

DeBeque Canyon's Winery is located in Palisade at 144 Kluge Street, Building 3. Winery tours are available Sat/Sun by appointment.

Bottling Day

Cases of empty bottles, full barrels and vats of wine — after cooling and filtering the vats we're all ready to go!

See a video of
Bottle washing
Filling bottles
Corking

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cartons of empty bottles Bennett adding wine to cooling vat