The Storm Cellar

The Storm Cellar The Storm Cellar is a boutique winery and vineyard, located in Hotchkiss, Colorado. We offer 5-6 wines in our tasting flight, which is priced at $10 per person.

The Storm Cellar is a boutique Colorado winery in the West Elks AVA, located halfway between Paonia and Hotchkiss, specializing in white, rosé, and sparkling wines. We are two sommeliers, who produce crisp, aromatic white, rosé, and sparkling wines, and we farm our grapes at nearly 6,000' above sea level, here in the West Elks AVA (American Viticultural Area). Visit our tasting room, featuring swe

eping views of the North Fork Valley, rotating chef pop-ups, and winemaker-led tastings, in a beautiful outdoor setting. While no reservations are necessary, we do ask that parties larger than 8 reach out to us to ensure adequate seating. Please visit our website for more details and FAQs, along with a list of our current events. Cheers!! Jayme Henderson and Steve Steese
Owners and Winemakers

Update! We are SOLD OUT in under 24 hours!! Count yourself lucky if you scored a ticket, we’re going BIG for this final ...
08/28/2026

Update! We are SOLD OUT in under 24 hours!! Count yourself lucky if you scored a ticket, we’re going BIG for this final dinner! ❤️

Tickets are LIVE for the fourth and final “Cycle of the Vine” dinner series with Forage Sisters!!

Wednesday, September 23
5:30 p.m. – sunset
📍The Storm Cellar
$165

Get menu details and tickets via the link here, and we’ll see you in just under four weeks for a French-inspired, multi-course dinner, featuring some new wine releases and a back-vintage favorite.

https://thestormcellar.ticketspice.com/the-storm-cellar-x-forage-sisters-cycle-of-the-vine-dinner-series-04

Here’s to HARVEST 2026!!! 🍂

Drone photo by Casey Wilson Photography 🤩

07/27/2026

See you here at The Storm Cellar for our special events over the West Elks Wine Trail!!

Join us this weekend at the tasting room for our annual celebration of food and wine during the West Elks AVA | Colorado Wine Country’s signature summer event, the West Elks Wine Trail.

We’ve got your weekend dialed in. ☎️⚡️

📍FRIDAY, July 31
⏱️ 4:00–7:00 p.m. or sold out
Mangia! with Dan and Ana Geltz
Come over for an evening of Mediterranean-inspired, coastal Italian-focused small plates, featuring cutlets, raw plates, salads, tinned fish presentations, and more.

📍 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, August 1 and 2
⏱️ 2:00–7:00 p.m. or sold out
Oysters and Poke Bowls with Chef Brandt Bishop| Chef/Owner and Bonfire Oyster Co.
It’s a summertime TRADITION. We’ve got back-to-back days with the perfect food to pair with our new wine lineup, featuring just-shucked oysters, buttery lobster rolls, fresh poke bowls, and crispy dumplings.

While you don’t need a ticket to attend our events or tastings this weekend, it’s defining a good idea to grab one, especially if you’re going to be visiting multiple wineries in the North Fork Valley.

Early-bird pricing is $45 per person, and tickets include waived-fee tastings at each winery and cidery, a commemorative wine glass, and a branded 6-bottle wine tote.

SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND!!

We’ve received over an inch of rain in the past week!And while a large portion of it was on Friday night with guests eve...
07/22/2026

We’ve received over an inch of rain in the past week!

And while a large portion of it was on Friday night with guests everywhere during our weekly MANGIA event (thanks for being so chill Dan and Ana and chef team), we have been thankful for the moisture. And there’s more coming this week!

All that said, we’re still in a terrible drought year in Western Colorado, and we’re all concerned for what that may bring over the next few months. Support your local farmers by getting out and going to their places! (West Elks Wine Trail is July 31- August 2 😉)

Cheers to all of the intrepid farmers trying to make it work out here alongside us. Good luck to you all! ❤️

(and there are a lot of technical errors in this article, sorry, especially to our friends at Osito Farms, that shout-out was supposed to be for you!)

The Storm Cellar is hoping to weather another storm this summer.

Who’s ready? ⚡️ Two more weeks until the West Elks Wine Trail!!Get your tickets to the ’s signature summer event, featur...
07/19/2026

Who’s ready? ⚡️ Two more weeks until the West Elks Wine Trail!!

Get your tickets to the ’s signature summer event, featuring unique winery events all weekend long.

🎟️ What does your $45 ticket include?

✔️ Waived tasting fees at each winery and cidery
✔️ Commemorative wine glass
✔️ Branded 6-bottle wine tote

100% of proceeds go toward our winery associations non-profit, funding future marketing and cutting our collective quality, voice, and reach.

😍 Which events are going down here at The Storm Cellar?

➡️➡️➡️ Scroll through for details and get your tickets via the link in our bio!



Join us for Mangia! on Friday, July 31, 4:00 – 7:00, until sold out, for Dan and Ana’s Mediterranean-inspired, coastal Italian-focused small plates.

We’ll be cranking out a new seasonal wine cocktail on Friday, featuring local fruit and flowers, prepped and batched-up by 🍹

We always share the Mangia! menu on our IG and FB stories Thursday nights! We’ve been living the new risotto cakes, the tinned fish presentation, and the mortadella skewers!

On Saturday and Sunday, August 1 and 2, we are bringing out the bubbly and offering our 2024 Cloudburst traditional-method sparkling Riesling by the bottle.

It’s going to pair perfectly with … scroll on!

Best Slope Culinary is here on Saturday and Sunday with their sought-after poke bowls, dumplings, and hamachi crudo. Come over on either (BOTH 😏) days from 2:00 until 7:00 or sold out.

We’ll have a new wine lineup of our chilled-down white and rosé wines to enjoy with OYSTERS from Bonfire Oyster Co. 🦪

Returning favorite, Bonfire Oyster Co., is bringing fresh oysters and lobster rolls at this pop-up. So you can grab a poke bowls, a dozen oysters, and a bottle of wine and soak up the summer sunshine here at The Storm Cellar!! 😎

We’re offering waived-fee, guided tastings to ticket-holders, so get your tickets today! 💥

Do you need a ticket to come over during the West Elks Wine Trail weekend?

No, you don’t, but why wouldn’t you get one? It’s the only time during the season where you can taste through the current releases from the wineries and cideries

06/16/2026

📣 Announcing The Storm Cellar | Colorado Flight School 🍷

Join sommelier Shelley Bailey at Uva Wine Bar for an immersive Colorado Flight School experience featuring wines from The Storm Cellar.

2023 Colorado Winery of the Year, 75+ Gold Medals, Featured in 100+ National Publications. This Colorado winery did not arrive quietly; it arrived with a force to be reckoned with!

✨ Included in your ticket:
🍷 Guided tasting of 4 Colorado wines
🧀 Light charcuterie pairings
📖 Wine education + winery insights
🏔 Discovery of your new favorite wines

📅 Saturday, June 27
⏰ 1:30–3:00 PM
📍 Colorado Springs
🎟 $55 per person

Seats are limited. Reserve your spot through the link in bio.

Uva wine bar The Storm Cellar

“If you make exactly one plan ahead of time, make it a dinner reservation at The Storm Cellar. One of the highest-elevat...
05/31/2026

“If you make exactly one plan ahead of time, make it a dinner reservation at The Storm Cellar. One of the highest-elevation vineyards in the world, this West Elks AVA producer is known for award-winning whites and rosés—but the real magic happens with a full winery and dinner experience. Owners Steve Steese and Jayme Marie Henderson come from deep hospitality roots and it shows”

Thanks to Sahale Greenwood at 5280 Magazine for these kind words!

Come out and try some new wines with us next weekend! It’s North Fork Uncorked in the West Elks AVA!

1. Aquila Cellars 2. Carboy Winery 3. Ordinary Fellow 4. Peachfork Orchards & Vineyards 5. Qutori Wines 6. Sauvage Spectrum—and more.

Address

14139 Runzel Gulch Road
Hotchkiss, CO
81419

Opening Hours

Thursday 12pm - 7pm
Friday 12pm - 7pm
Saturday 12pm - 7pm
Sunday 12pm - 7pm

Telephone

+19705893142

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