Pend d'Oreille Winery earns chamber honors

SANDPOINT — The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce has named the Pend d’Oreille Winery as February’s Business of the Month.

Founded in 1996 by Steve and Julie Meyer, the Pend d’Oreille Winery is in its Sweet 16th year of business. Located at 220 Cedar St. in Sandpoint the Meyers say the winery and its staff pride themselves on earning the trust of customers, establishing a relationship and watching the word of mouth grow the business.

The Pend d’Oreille Winery is an award winning winery and winemaker Steve Meyer is very proud of all of his wines. Bistro Rouge and Chardonnay are both double Gold Medal winners, the Malbec’s and Merlot have won many great accolades, and the winery boasts many other awards for their wines.

Incredibly, the Pend d’Oreille Winery was the first winery in the nation to create a refillable magnum 1.5 liter bottle of the Bistro Rouge red wine blend. The slogan is simple ‘Think Green, Drink Red’ and the impact has been huge. This program keeps roughly half a ton of waste out of the landfills every month and has close to 15 tons of waste out of the landfill since this program has launched. They have even expanded and created a second refillable bottle for the Bistro Rouge white wine blend.

Greater Sandpoint Chamber officials congratulated the Pend d’Oreille Winery for its success in the wine industry and thanked them for their commitment to our community.

For more information, give them a call at 265-8545, find them on Facebook, visit www.powine.com or visit them at their location at 220 Cedar St., Sandpoint.