There are two wine growing areas in Southern Arizona, and wineries sprouting up all over the area: the towns of Sonoita-Elgin in Santa Cruz county and Willcox in Cochise County. They are roughly an hour apart. The Sonoita-Elgin wineries are the oldest and closest to Tucson. Most people think of these wineries when talking about winetasting in Southern Arizona. But there is a new crop of Wineries springing up around Willcox. The town of Willcox sports several wine tasting rooms, which have popped up in the past couple of years. Some say the soil around Willcox is better. Must be the cows. You decide. See our page to learn about Wine Tasting Tours offered by Southern Arizona Guide.Â
Los Milics Vineyards Sonoita / Elgin, AZ: A Review
Sally, she of Sonoita, and I exchange emails frequently. Last month, she sent me some photos of Los Milics Vineyards and they seemed so unusual,
Tucson Day Trip 3: Southern Arizona Wine Country
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Road Trip to Pearce Arizona Wine Country
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Beyond Tucson: Things to do In Southeast Arizona
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Deep Sky Winemaking Taps Into High Tech
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From Paradise Az to the Wonderland of Rocks: A 3-Day Road Trip!
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Sonoita Wine Tasting Tour
COVID-19: We have temporarily canceled all of our tours awaiting a vaccine which will make us all safer. We may schedule a private tour from
Reisen Arizona Wine Tours Of Sonoita/Elgin Wineries!
We had been searching for Arizona wine tours that we can recommend, particularly here in Southern Arizona. I mentioned this fact to Michael Foltz, owner/operator of Reisen Arizona Day Tours, that we at Southern Arizona Guide did not have a recommended tour company.
Sonoita To Garden Canyon Petroglyphs at Ft. Huachuca: A Day Trip From Tucson.
In early April 2013, I wanted to drive the back road to Ft. Huachuca from Sonoita to view the Garden Canyon petroglyphs.
Coronado Vineyards Near Willcox Az
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Days One/Recap This is a continuation of my post about our April 2012 three-day tour of Southeast Arizona. On day-one, we visited the ghost towns of Pearce, Courtland, and Gleason east of Tombstone with a short side trip to Rattlesnake Crafts & Rocks. Then we continued south to the Slaughter Ranch east of Douglas, then […]
Southwest Wine Guide
Southwest Wine Guide is a website by Carol Wilcox and her husband Paul. They are Arizonans who, for the sheer joy of it, have for 30 years sought out the best California and Arizona wineries. They publish a blog about their travels and review selected wines they find along their way. I found their recommendations helpful, so was very please when Carol said I could share them with you.
Willcox Area and Willcox Wines
Update 01/02/2016. Much has changed since this article was first written. Most notably, the wines are much better. And there are a lot more wineries
