Estate Rhône-style wines from Chiricahua Mountain vineyards, poured daily 11 to 5 in a restored 1917 bank building in downtown Willcox.
Stops within about 40 miles of Keeling Schaefer Vineyards. Collect a Lavender Passport stamp at each one.
Keeling Schaefer Vineyards grows all of its own grapes on two vineyards covering about 21 acres along Rock Creek, on the western slope of the Chiricahua Mountains near Pearce. Rod Keeling and Jan Schaefer finished the winery in October 2003 and planted their first vines in April 2004, focusing on Rhône grapes: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Petite Sirah, Viognier and Picpoul Blanc. Syrah is the backbone, with about nine acres planted.
Public tastings happen in town rather than at the vineyard. In 2009 the couple restored the 1917 Willcox Bank and Trust building in historic downtown Willcox, which served as a community bank until 1933, and opened it as their tasting room in March 2010. A tasting of five current releases is $12, and you can add a commemorative glass. The list runs to about 17 wines, including Rock Creek Rosé of Grenache, Little Block Petite Sirah and the Partners Rhône blend.
A small menu of savory snacks is served on the patio and at indoor tables, and you are welcome to bring your own lunch. Railroad Park, across the street, is open for a wine picnic as long as the wine is in plastic glasses. The vineyard itself is open only to wine club members, who get at least three events a year with lunch, tours and tastings.
Firesky Farms, a lavender farm with more than 7,000 plants near Elgin, is about an hour and 20 minutes southwest by I-10 and state highways, so the two fit into a longer southeast Arizona wine-country loop.
Firesky Farms · about 80 minutes away
Firesky Farms near Elgin is about 80 minutes southwest, so plan a full wine-country day if you want to see both.
Only as a wine club member; the club holds at least three vineyard events a year. Public tastings are in the Willcox tasting room.
As posted in 2025, five current releases cost $12, or $8 if you bring a glass from one of the partner wineries.
Yes. You can bring your own lunch, and the tasting room also serves a small snack menu.
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