Hard Row to Hoe Winery and Vineyards. Located in Lake Chelan, Washington.

Don't miss the boat...

Visit our small boutique winery on the north shore of Lake Chelan in picturesque Manson, Washington. Our southwest facing vineyard looks out over the lake and the peaks of the North Cascade mountains which provide the clear, glacial water to irrigate our vines.

We are a real 'working winery' handcrafting all the wine on the premises. We specialize in small batch processing, emphasizing quality over quantity. Passion for grapes and wine is our business.

Lake Chelan is full of history and folklore that you will learn by speaking to our many and colorful residents. Did you hear the one about a local man, years ago, with an enterprising business of a row boat taxi service uplake to ferry miners to a thriving but naughty enterprise at Point Lovely? No? Come visit and we'll tell you all about it.

It is not unusual in remote mining areas to find a story about a local brothel, and Lake Chelan had its stories also.

Edgemont Lodge was built about 1924 a few miles uplake from Lucerne at Lightning Creek in an area called Point Lovely.

During the late 1930's construction was winding down at Grand Coulee Dam and a few of the Coulee Dam professional ladies moved to Edgemont Lodge to "serve" the miners from the newly operational Howe Sound Mine.

One story has it that a long-time Manson resident ran a rowboat taxi service from Lucerne to Point Lovely in support of the thriving enterprise.

We LOVE being in touch with our family of wine enthusiasts.

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"Come up and see me sometime"
                             - Mae West

You will most likely encounter the owners Don and/or Judy Phelps when you visit since they are usually on the premises tending to winemaking and the vineyard. There is plenty of room for picnics so treat yourself to a bottle of our delicious wine while relaxing on the lawn or deck.

 Click here to download a map of the area wineries.

Directions from Chelan:

Follow Highway 150 towards Manson. Take a right at Mill Bay Casino on to Wapato Lake Rd., Ivan Morse Rd. is the second right. Look for our winery signs, we are at #300 Ivan Morse Rd.

Watch a video about Hard Row to Hoe and hear Don tell the story behind the name.

Lake Chelan wineries are up and coming on the wine scene in Washington State, now boasting 13 wineries in the Chelan, Manson area. The heart of the Hard Row to Hoe are its owners, Judy and Don Phelps. Don has a master's degree in civil engineering from Washington State University specializing in water resources. In between caring for the vineyard, Don is still working in his private practice in Chelan. Judy has a Masters degree in Zoology from the University of Connecticut Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department and retired from a successful corporate career in April 2006. Judy completed the Winemaking Certificate program at the University of California at Davis in July 2006.

With an eye towards making wine in the Lake Chelan valley, Judy and Don began searching for the right property and bought a 25 acre orchard on Ivan Morse Road in 2004. After updating the existing orchard buildings and purchasing state-of-the-art winery equipment, they were ready for their first commerical 'crush' on site in the fall of 2005.