Colorado's Wine Country

By plane

There are major airports in Denver and Grand Junction, and regional airports in Aspen, Vail and Telluride.

Denver International Airport

(http://www.flydenver.com/), IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN. Commonly referred to as DIA. It is located about 20 miles to the east of downtown. Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines all maintain hubs at the airport in Concourses A, B, and C respectively. Most other major domestic carriers also have service here.

Grand Junction Regional Airport

(http://www.walkerfield.co...), IATA: GJT, ICAO: KGJT, otherwise known as Walker Field, is served by six airlines with nonstop service to Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. Some service is seasonal. For private pilots, it is also possible to fly your small plane into the airport and leave it while you tour the area. Taxi service is also available at the airport.

Sunshine Taxi, ☎ +1-970-245-8294.  editRental car agencies at Walker Field include:

Taxi service is also available at the airport.

Advantage Rent-A-Car‎

Avis

Hertz

To visit the wine country, wine lovers are going to have fly and/or drive.

By train

Amtrak (http://www.amtrak.com/) serves nearby Grand Junction with the California Zephyr (http://www.amtrak.com/ser...), which runs daily between Emeryville in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago. Amtrak and AAA partner to run several Wine Trains between Denver and Grand Junction each spring. (http://www.aaacolorado.co...)

There is no train service to the communities in the West Elks AVA.