Inspired by Europe’s grand winery estates, Rocky Pond Winery expands into a major destination, complete with a vineyard amphitheater for weddings and concerts. On the horizon is an event pavilion, luxe cave tours, spa and casitas. DAVID AND MICHELLE DUFENHORST, owners of Rocky Pond Winery, like the way the world looks from a bicycle. The couple spent ten years bike…
The editors at Wine Enthusiast have recently rated and reviewed our wines and we are pleased to share with you! 91 Points Editors’ Choice 2017 Clos CheValle Vineyard Syrah 91 Points Editors’ Choice 2017 Stratastone Double D Vineyard Rhône-style Red Blend 90 Points 2016 Reserve Double D Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points Cellar Selection 2017 11 Dams Cabernet Sauvignon 86…
It’s a tough job tasting 2,700 wines. Thankfully the judges in the 2019 Sunset International Wine Competition have done the all the work so you don’t have to! Click here to see all the winners! Rocky Pond Winery took home 1 Gold and 4 Silver medals! Gold Medal Winner 2017 Sauvignon Blanc – 90 Pts Silver Medal Winners 2016 Malbec…
December 12, 2018 Washington Tasting Room Magazine named Jonathan Kaczmarek, Rocky Pond Winery’s General Manager/Winemaker as one of the 2019 Movers and Shakers in the Wine Industry Read full article here…
Marji with Lines on Wines talks with David Dufenhorst and Shane Collins After cycling trips through the vineyard lands of Italy and France, David and Michelle Dufenhorst decided they wanted to create a vineyard and winery in their home state of Washington. They fell in love with a Columbia River site south of Chelan, and started building a home. Although…
Rocky Pond Winery Stratastone blend was a favorite with Chuck Hill Winery Reviews tasting panel and is featured in his recent review column. This unique blend comes from Rocky Pond Winery’s estate vineyards near Lake Chelan in Washington’s Columbia Valley appellation. The wine offers cherry and plum aromas and flavors and expands upon aeration to include notes of floral, mineral…
Rocky Pond Winery took home 1 Gold and 3 Silver medals! Judging for the 2019 Wenatchee Wine & Food Festival Wine Competition took place Wednesday June 12th. Three panels of judges graded the 232 entries submitted for this year’s judging. The day-long tasting is coordinated by Foothills Magazine, with assistance from Great Northwest Wine. All wineries with a production facility…
Rocky Pond Winery took home 2 Double Golds and 3 Silver medals! On April 13th and 14th, a Tasting Panel of 24 local, national and international industry professionals gathered at Seattle’s historic Swedish Club to taste, review and evaluate more than 1200 Washington/Oregon/Idaho State wines to determine by consummate consensus this year’s top expressions of Vitis vinifera, hybrid and fruit…
With the growing number of top awards earned recently led Wine Press Northwest to name Rocky Pond as its 2019 Washington Winery to Watch. Rocky Pond’s future might best be reflected in the 2016 Double D Vineyard Grenache, which earned a Platinum during the year-end 19th annual judging of gold-medal wines by Wine Press Northwest. Read full article here…
Great Northwest Wine reviewed the 22nd annual Taste Washington. It’s the largest single-region wine and food event in the United States, featured 235 wineries and 65 restaurants brought together by the Washington State Wine Commission and Visit Seattle. Read full article here…