Southern Arizona Wineries

Move over Napa wine country, there’s a new kid on the block. Arizona has become nationally known for creating highly-acclaimed and award-winning wines and spirits produced in Southern Arizona. A day trip to Arizona wine country by car is a scenic one and a half hour drive from Tucson, reserved for free spirits who wish to visit all the wineries and distilleries at their leisure on “winery row.” There are over a dozen to explore, but below are four of our favorites.

- Heidi Goldman

1 DEEP SKY VINEYARD

Deep Sky Vineyard was created as a lark when the owners were drinking wine in Argentina and realized the similarities to Arizona in soil, aquifers and high desert climate would produce outstanding wines. Their indoor-outdoor tasting bar in Elgin provides Malbec and most of the Rhone varietals.

124 ELGIN ROAD, ELGIN, 520.490.6170. WWW.DEEPSKYVINEYARD.COM

2 FLYING LEAP VINEYARDS