Stories from the Vines

January 6, 2026

Desert-Grown. Critically Acclaimed. Sip Sonoran.

Sonoran Wines 2021 Real de San Bernardino Rhône-style blend won GOLD in the prestigious 2025 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition—the largest competition of North American wines!

With over 5,500 entries from 950+ wineries submitting their wines, this year was monumental for Arizona wines. Among more than 5,500 submissions, every Sonoran Wine entered won an award.

February 16, 2025

It's Time to Wake the Vines…

As winter wends its way to the southern hemisphere, we're gently waking our Sonoran vines from their long slumber—time again for dormant pruning. It's hard work, trimming back all those woody canes, encouraging the vines to erupt with green shoots that produce our delicious Petite Sirah, Grenache, and Mourvèdre grapes. Read more....

November 25, 2023

Sonoran Wines earn global gold — award-winning wines are the perfect holiday gift!

Your friends at Sonoran Wines are thrilled to announce that our Real de Terrenate Rhône-style blend was victorious in the prestigious Sunset International Wine Competition!

Among more than 3000 submissions from around the world, every Sonoran Wine entered won an award...

September 26, 2023

Enjoy this glimpse into the magic (and havoc) of wine-making

Greetings, fellow wine lovers.

As the desert foreshadows autumn's arrival with increasingly crisp mornings, our excitement grows for harvest-time—when the year's hard work bears gorgeous, delectable fruit!
grenache grapes in sonoran harvest bins

We love to post these mouth-watering photos of our Sonoran grapes, but there is so much more to this business. Let us take you behind the scenes….

March 10, 2023

Nature's First Green Is Gold

Nature's First Green Is Gold

Patiently, hopefully, your friends at Sonoran Wines have been waiting for our rambling vines to awaken from their winter slumber. We know you love good wine, but do you know how the growing season unfolds, here in the arid expanse of the Sonoran Desert?

We invite you to join us on an exclusive, behind-the-scenes journey that will reveal the marvels and mysteries of vitis vinifera (Latin for "grape vine"). We begin in springtime, the season of new starts — just this week we completed the first step of the growing season: dormant pruning.