The growers sell their grapes and apples to the wineries, helping them use as much locally grown produce as possible. “When you start to look you see little vineyards everywhere.” “It’s amazing how many people are growing grapes around here,” he said, noting that he expects growth to continue.
Previously, they could pursue that through a more cumbersome and costly special review process. We used to be a destination.”įremont County Commissioner Dwayne McFall, who also has a small farm, said the zoning change eased the process for those wanting to start a winery or cidery (which fall under winery licensing) on the smaller farms that line the alphabet-lettered streets that run north/south in Penrose. “I’m excited,” Smith said, noting that he’d met recently with Jenkins and Kevin Williams, owner of Apple Valley Cider Co. Read more business stories from The Colorado Sun. It opened in 2002, was sold in 2005 to Larry Oddo and has grown significantly in the last decade. The Abbey winery is the oldest in the area. That goes for the flagship The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey, too, where Smith said the smaller winemakers often turn for advice. They don’t have time to be competitive or jealous of each other.
He said the area winemakers and farmers share tips and advice and sometimes equipment. Steve Smith started Pop’s Vineyard in 2016 after years of making wine for friends and family and working as a supervisor in the Colorado Correctional Industries agriculture program. And the move will save him $12,000 a month in rent, he said. “I started getting phone calls and emails from people encouraging the farm’s restoration and welcoming my business to the neighborhood.”īrown, who distributes his hard cider in Colorado, New Mexico and Minnesota, said he loves the idea of a farmhouse cidery. “I knew it was a good fit for us – the building and the area of Penrose, too,” Brown said. Andy Brown bought the property to save $12,000 a month on the rent he was paying in the pricey RiNo arts district in Denver. C Squared Ciders is moving into the long-vacant Red Barn Orchards facilities in Penrose. He and others were thrilled by news last month that C Squared Ciders is leaving Denver’s RiNo arts district, taking up residence at the deserted Red Barn, at one time the largest orchard in Penrose.Ĭ Squared owner Andy Brown, who bought the property and will live in the house at the farm, was equally thrilled with the welcome he received from Jenkins and his crew. The 36-year-old Penrose native led the charge for a Fremont County zoning change in October that makes it easier for small farms in residential agricultural areas to open a limited winery or cidery, and recently invited some of his fellow entrepreneurs to brainstorm about marketing.
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