Tasting rooms in the Verde Valley

Arizona Stronghold Vineyards Tasting Room is a wine tasting room on Main Street in Cottonwood, Arizona. The room pours wines made by the vineyard, which farms in Arizona and treats each harvest and blend on its own terms. Tapas are served with the wine. The tasting room is open every day, with a later close on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There is a wine club, an online shop, and a list of places where the wines are sold. The room hosts events and takes part in a local wine hop. Cottonwood and Camp Verde are the listed service area.

Burning Tree Cellars pours in a tasting room at 1040 N Main St in Old Town Cottonwood. The winery's own site describes small batch wines made in limited quantities, a wine club, and merchandise such as hats, shirts, and candles. Music and events are listed on the site as well. Outdoor seating is listed. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, though tasting rooms often shift with the season, so a quick call before you drive over is sensible. The number on file is (928) 649-8733. It serves Cottonwood.

This tasting room is at 417 Hull Avenue in Jerome, Arizona, one of several run by the same family alongside Passion Cellars and Salvatore Vineyards. The wines come from fruit grown in Elgin and Willcox. Beyond wine, the family sells olive oil, balsamic vinegar, olives and sauces, so a stop here can cover more than a bottle. Call (480) 483-5051 to check the hours before you go, since a small tasting room can change them with the season, and to ask whether a group needs a reservation. The website also sells bottles for shipping.

The Ventura Room is a by-appointment tasting at the Caduceus Cellars Hilltop Facility, 760 Verde Heights Dr. in Old Town Cottonwood, separate from the winery's original tasting room in Jerome. The experience described on its own site runs about 90 minutes and pairs a vineyard tour and a facility tour with a guided tasting and rotating dishes from the winery's orchards and gardens. The bottle list includes archive wines sold only here, some dating back to 2004. Seats must be reserved. this page hold no phone for this listing, so email venturaroom@Caduceuscellars.com to book.

Wine is poured at 158 Main Street in Jerome, Arizona, where the tasting room also runs a bottle shop. You can buy bottles to take home or sit down for a tasting flight. Doors open at 11 every day. Closing is at 6 in the evening Sunday through Thursday, and at 7 on Friday and Saturday. The room is wheelchair accessible. Call (928) 639-9463 or write to sales@caduceus.org to ask about a reservation, since seated tastings can fill up. Main Street is a short walk from the rest of the shops, so this fits easily into a day on foot.

Cellar 433 pours in a tasting room at 909 A North Main Street in Old Town Cottonwood. The wines it features are the Bitter Creek Tarot Collection, made by winemaker John McLoughlin, with fruit from Dragoon Mountain Vineyard near Willcox. A wine club, a gallery, and a newsletter are on the site, and music bingo runs every Thursday from 6pm to 7pm. Hours are noon to 7 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday. Monday through Wednesday is listed as a zero-length entry, which means unconfirmed rather than open. Call (928) 852-4002 or email Info@Cellar433.com.

DA Vines Vineyard & Bistro pours and serves at 705 N. Main St in Cottonwood. A French-inspired bistro menu is recorded alongside the tasting room. The winery's own site describes the vineyard itself as a small planting on the Oak Creek waterway at Page Springs, so the vines and the tasting room are not at the same address. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, but the opening hours coded into the website disagree with those, so call (928) 634-6710 before making the drive.

Four Eight Wineworks pours at 140 Main Street in Jerome, Arizona. The house wines include a white made from Malvasia Bianca, a red blend of Dolcetto and Syrah, a pink blend, and a red called Legion. Canned sparkling wines, cider and mead are sold as well. Merchandise is available alongside the bottles. Call (928) 693-3516 to check the hours before you plan around a visit, and to ask whether a group needs a reservation. Main Street holds several tasting rooms within a block or two, so this one fits easily into an afternoon spent on foot.

The Main Street room for Passion Cellars is at 301 Main Street in Jerome, Arizona, where wine is poured and bottles are sold. The family behind it also makes wine under Salvatore Vineyards and Cabal Cellars, with fruit from Elgin and Willcox. Tastings run Thursday through Sunday, from 11 in the morning to 6 in the evening, and the room is closed Monday through Wednesday. Olive oil and vinegar are sold alongside the wine. Call (480) 483-5051 to ask about a flight, a reservation or room for a group. The website lists the bottles currently available.

Rubrix Wines pours wine at a tasting room at 1040 N Main St in Cottonwood. Doors open at noon every day. Sunday through Thursday the room closes at 7 in the evening, and on Friday and Saturday it stays open until 8. The phone number is (928) 649-8733. Flights, what is being poured and any fee change often, so call or check rubrixwines.com before going. Larger groups should phone ahead, since a tasting room has limited seating. Hours can shift for holidays and private events. Walking between rooms on Main Street is common here, so plan more than one stop if you are making an afternoon of it.

Tantrum Wines runs a tasting room at 918 N. Main Street in Cottonwood. Tapas and charcuterie are listed as the food served alongside the wine. The tasting room opens at 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday and closes at 7 p.m. On Friday and Saturday it opens at noon and stays open until 8 p.m., and on Sunday it runs from noon to 7 p.m. A happy hour is listed as Mon-Thu 4-6 PM. The phone number on file is (928) 634-2266. Records show the tasting room serving guests from Cottonwood and Jerome.

The Art of Wine is a wine bar and shop at 101 N State Route 89A in Sedona. The business sells bottles, pours by the glass, delivers orders placed online, and hosts parties, from birthdays to corporate events and wedding gatherings, in its own event space. Walk-ins are welcome, and large groups are asked to reserve a table first. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Call (928) 203-9463 or email lauren@winesedona.com. The same email is on file for another wine business in town.

Pours happen at 114 Jerome Avenue in Jerome, Arizona, in a tasting room rather than out among the vines. The wines are made by John McLoughlin from grapes grown at Dragoon Mountain Vineyard near Willcox, and take in both familiar varieties and less common ones. The room opens at noon Thursday through Sunday. It closes at 6 on Thursday and Sunday, and at 7 on Friday and Saturday. Monday through Wednesday it is closed. Call (928) 639-9593 to ask about flights, bottle prices or space for a group. The website lists the wines currently being poured.

Vino di Sedona is a wine bar and tasting room at 2575 W State Route 89A in Sedona. It also sells wine to take home. The kitchen serves small plates such as charcuterie, flatbreads, sandwiches, and tapas. On Monday and Sunday it opens at 3 in the afternoon and closes at 9. Tuesday and Wednesday it runs from 11 in the morning to 9 at night. Thursday through Saturday it opens at 11 and stays open until 10. To plan a party or ask about a group, call (928) 554-4682 or email lauren@winesedona.com.

Vino Zona is a wine tasting room and wine store on Main Street in Jerome, Arizona. The room pours small batch wine made in Arizona and also shows work by local artists. It is open every day, with a later close on Friday and Saturday. Dogs are welcome. No food is served. The listed phone takes text messages only, so send a text or an email with questions. The tasting room sits in the historic district and looks out over the Verde Valley. Vino Zona keeps a second location in Sedona. The business lists Jerome, Clarkdale and Sedona as the towns it serves.

Arizona wine is poured upstairs in the El Rincon courtyard at Tlaquepaque, in a small tasting room that keeps a short list and changes it often. Food is not served, so come after a meal or plan to eat elsewhere. Dogs are welcome. Seats are first come, first served, and there are no reservations. The room opens at 11 every day and closes at 6, except Friday when it runs to 7 and Saturday when it runs to 8. Calls are not answered inside the shop. Write to vinozonajerome@gmail.com, or send a text to (928) 284-8053, if you have a question before you visit.