Chiricahua Ranch Vineyards

11/10/2025

There are two pages for this vineyard and winery; one that focuses exclusively on the vineyard and one that focuses on wine production and marketing. This unusual division is due to several reasons, one being that the vineyard started well before the winery, and I wanted to start getting the word out immediately about this little project. The other reason concerns grape sales as a secondary business. That is, we sell wine grapes to other Arizona wineries and those sales are arranged through Chiricahua Ranch Vineyards, LLC. But two pages are twice as difficult to support effectively than just one, and everyone in the business who is looking for grapes knows about our great fruit, so there's no reason to have two pages. Soon... perhaps after the first of the year we'll merge this page into the Laramita Cellars page. In theory, we won't lose any followers with this merge, but in practice, I'm not so confident. Please consider liking or following Laramita Cellars by going to the page below.

Wine from the high deserts of southern Arizona.

10/30/2025

Our last pick of the season started at 5:00 AM this morning. It was only 41 degrees F. Anyone care to guess the variety?

10/03/2025

Good morning!

09/01/2025

Good morning from the Willcox Bench!

08/07/2025

It's only 5:45 AM and we are already picking our second variety, Merlot.

08/04/2025

Harvest is in full swing. We harvested the old block of Petit Manseng for Callaghan Vineyargs a few days ago, and today the Chardonnay for Aridus Wine Company. Tomorrow we're bringing in the Shiraz clone of Syrah and the Viognier for Laramita Cellars.
Every harvest season is unique and brings its own challenges. This year everything is happening quickly and a bit out of order, but the fruit looks great. 2025 will be known as a year for robust wines with great intensity.

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06/23/2025

Time once again for crop forcing! This is the secret to how Laramita Cellars makes a cool climate Pinot Noir in a warm climate. (Don't let our secret get out!)

05/24/2025

People often ask where we get our vines. Most come as bare root vines packed in bundles of 25 in wet newspaper or saw dust from nurseries in California. These bundles came though from a nursery in upstate New York.

02/01/2025

Meet Henry, our newest employee. He works sporadically through the day and night, catching rodents of various types.

Please note that Henry is only a part time employee. His regular home is across the street. Dropping off unwanted cats at a vineyard may seem like a great way to dispose of them, but a part time Henry is all we need. Full time cats wouldn't get the care here that they need.

09/12/2024

Sagrantino coming off the vines this morning. This variety is going to Laramita Cellars.

08/25/2024

We have been somewhat remiss in providing harvest updates, but there is a good reason. Everything decided to ripen at the same time! We picked Syrah today for Laramita Cellars. This was the 11th variety or cultivar that we've picked this season. Eight remain to be picked.