Devil's Bedstead: The Koenigs Start Over, Smaller, on Hoskins Road
Most winery stories begin with a first vineyard. This one begins with a handoff. In 2019, after decades of building Koenig Vineyards, Greg and Kristen Koenig turned the brand and its Hoskins Road facilities over to friends and started again, smaller. Devil’s Bedstead Winery is what they built next, and its size is the point. A Long Run on Hoskins Road The winery traces its beginnings to Koenig Vineyards, which Greg and Kristen started more than 30 years ago. That first winery and tasting room grew up at the Koenig Distillery site, owned by Greg’s brother Andy and his wife, Jill. Koenig Vineyards moved into a new winemaking facility on Hoskins Road in 2009, and a tasting room followed in 2016. In 2019 the Koenigs passed the brand and facilities to James and Sydney Nederend, longtime friends who had been custom-crush clients. Koenig Vineyards still keeps its own tasting room on Hoskins Road. Devil’s Bedstead sits close by at 21500 Hoskins Road, so a visitor can see two stages of one f...