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Summer Solstice Bonfire- Sat. June 17th
Cornhole Tournament- Sat. July 1st
Bad Decisions Camp Out- Sat. Aug. 12th – Sun. Aug. 13th
Great Crush Festival- Sat. September 9th
Oktoberfest 2017- Sat. October 7th
The Speakeasy- Sat. October 21st
Deck the Halls- Sat. December 2nd
Procrastinate on a Mother’s Day gift? Let us help you out, your mom wants wine. We’re bringing together all of our friends, family, and favorite customers to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. The theme this year is Our Monkeys, Our Circus, so that means live circus performers, awesome bands, and our favorite restaurants and brewery. Enjoy our patio, feed some animals, and drink some alcohol, fun and debauchery for all! We have so many awesome wine, beer and food pairings this year, featuring local restaurants like Mama’s Hawaiian BBQ, The Café Sonoita, Whoops Bakery, Brushfire BBQ, Queen Ceviche, J’s Chicken & Waffles, just to name a few. Beer Lovers… we will have Dillinger Brewing Co.’s pride and joy, their Serrano Seduction and their Strong Arm Ale. And as always, we’ll be featuring our awesome wines… and we’ll be celebrating our newest release, Ro-Sham-Bo, a fruit-forward, interesting Refosco. Live music with the high-energy, Santa Pachita, as well as the local hometown favorite, The Grasslands Band. It’s a family affair… we’ll have The Sober Shack open with homemade sodas and cotton candy, and the kids can check out all of our weird farm animals, feed some baby goats, and we’ll even have a moon bounce! This event is a lot of fun for retirees looking to taste some great wine, couples who want to get out and have fun, families that love wine but can’t find a babysitter, and twenty-somethings and Wildcats looking to hear some good music and drink great beer and wine, without having to deal with rude people, packed bars, and other unpleasantness. Get out to Sonoita this weekend and we promise you won’t regret it!
What: Arizona Hops and Vines 5th Annual Bacchanal Festival
When: May 13th, 2017
Where: Arizona Hops and Vines, 3450 Highway 82, Elgin, Arizona 85637
Admission: $20 entry, includes six drink/food pairing tickets and a souvenir wine glass.
Check out the new wine we’ll be releasing! Ro-Sham-Bo, a 2015 Refosco with New Mexico fruit. This ruby red lucious wine with hints of dried fig, sour cherry, and cocoa beans is firm and well-structured, with pleasant tannins. Our Ro-Sham-Bo would pair well with fried pickles, sun-dried Bruschetta, peppered flank steak, or Talenti Black Cherry Gelato you discretely picked up late night from Walgreens. Trying to make any decisions… rock, paper, scissors and this wine will turn every bad decisions into a good one.
We’re not even kidding right now… The Fluffer is coming back!
Pre-sale starts today! We’re selling these by the half-case (6 bottles), but order a full-case and save up to 12% on your purchase. These will ship out the week of Dec. 7th, but if you’re as excited as we are then you can pick yours up early at our annual Deck the Halls Christmas party on Dec. 5th… that’s right, Merry Christmas.
We’re bringing out our Glüwein! It’s perfect for chilly Christmas days and nights, because it’s served hot. And the “glü” in there means “glow” not “paste,” describing the warm glow that comes from drinking it.
Join us Saturday, December 5th from 11am to 6pm for a glass of hot glüwein, Christmas music, cookie pairings, and a Christmas market with local vendors!
It’s a good old fashioned Bing Crosby-plus-alcohol Christmas. $20 entrance, kids are free!
We’re closing in on our biggest event of the year, our 2015 Bad Decisions Campout & Meteor Shower. Holding to our fine tradition of pairing things that are unhealthily amazing (Cheetos, cupcakes), we are pairing chocolate, bacon, cheese, wine, and beer. The Perseids is one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors per hour at their peak. The shower will come from the northeast after about midnight. In the morning, we’ll enjoy muffins and mimosas.
$25 for Bad Decisions (noon-7pm), includes souvenir glass and ten tasting tickets. Anyone under 21 is FREE. Bacon, treats, chocolate, and all other food is not included.
$60 for the whole shebang (this is per person pricing)- souvenir glass, ten tasting tickets, and campsite. (food not included). Roll in around 10AM to set up your campsite, but the Bad Decisions party will officially kick off at noon.
If you’re camping overnight and bringing your kids, then sign them up for Kids Camp for the night- dinner, snacks, crafts, movies and games from 6pm to 10pm, not to mention our own kids’ soda and candy factory, The Sober Shack will be open. Kids Camp is $25 and is open from 6pm to 10pm. Dinner is included with the Kids Camp ticket. If you don’t sign them up for camp, that’s cool too… kids are still free to enjoy the campout!
It will be epic! Don’t miss out!
We primarily grow reds. Mainly a lot of Cabernet Sauvingnon, however we also grow Petit Verdot, Montepulciano, Graciano, Cabernet Franc, Touriga Nationale, Mourvedre, Grenache, and a couple white varietals: Malvasia and Orange Muscat.
Cascade, Willamette, Brewers Gold, Nugget, Centennial AND a native Arizona hop!
Clint Eastwood (the Donkey) still bites.
Kevin Bacon (the Pig) is still a perv.
The Ducks have been busy.
The Sheep have been fleeced.
Vino (the Cat) is still a lazy bum.
This is an exciting time in the winery- it’s where the magic happens. We are blending aware, coming up with some exciting, sexy wines that we can’t wait to bottle and let you try. This week we are filtering and bottling our dry Rosé called Everlasting, as well as a floral white blend named Verena.
“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted: some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.” – Paulo Coelho
The vineyard is quiet. We are basically finishing up pruning and collecting cuttings which we use to interplant the vineyard with. We will begin planting in the spring.
The tasting room is busy- thanks to you all! We love hearing your stories, and being part of your special times. We have so many new reds on the table, like Zinfidelity, Amanda, & Merci… catch them before they are gone!
The story of Amanda- in 2011 we planted these baby vines, just tiny cuttings that we had gathered from surrounding vineyards. Over the next three years, we pruned, trained, and patiently waited for our first fruit. We harvested on a chilly October morning with the help of our child labor force and wine name-sake. The grapes were foot crushed and then aged in our first Hungarian, new oak barrel (a $1500 barrel- which is a lot for us!). This wine was recently bottled and would benefit from some bottle-aging, and is definitely one to collect and save for a special occasion. The label was done by local artist, Rachel Ward, and is the first of a 6-part series of the various stages of the growth of a vine. This wine is well balanced with notes of vanilla, smoked meat, and hints of strawberry. A complex wine, with a long finish that pairs nicely with prime rib, brisket, and clam chowder. ($50 per bottle $45 case price).
100% Arizona Syrah. A jammy, fruit-forward wine with mild tannins, and a smooth, earthy finish. We only made a limited amount of this special wine and decided to call it Merci in honor of all the people who have supported us this year, including YOU. This wine pairs well with grilled meats like venison or lamb chops. It also works well with a decadent chocolate ganache or the partially melted Lindt balls you forgot in your purse. The best pairing however is with someone you are grateful for. Here is to the many nights you will not remember, with people you will never forget. ($35 pe
r bottle $31 case price).
This sultry wine seems simple in the beginning with luscious hints of ripe plums and cherry. However, things quickly get more complicated with a earthy, chocolate and leather finish. Do not be fooled, this wine will leave you lusting for more. It pairs well with spare ribs, lasagna, or chili fries. Perfect for the occasional Netflix night revisiting movies like Fatal Attraction, Unfaithful, or American Beauty. Zinfidelity seems like a Jennifer Aniston, but is really more of an Angelina Jolie. ($25 per bottle $22 case price).
Stay tuned… keeping our dialogue with the liquor department open. Fingers crossed!
Chocolate, wine and over a dozen topless, Tucson Firefighters… Happy Valentine’s Day from the ladies of Hops & Vines! Feel good while doing good because the proceeds from firefighter calendar sales are donated back to the community for family food boxes & Christmas presents, American Cancer Society, The Ronald McDonald House, 100 Club, Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson, Save-A-Life Foundation, iWomen, Pima Community College Foundation, Eric Hite Foundation, and The Robert Tate Foundation…. just to name a few. Come support their cause and enjoy first responders of all types graciously serving locally made chocolates which are carefully paired with our sexy wines. We’ll have lunch trucks, music, vendors, yummy wines, and chocolates and eye candy for everybody. Come celebrate Valentine’s Day the right way at Chocolate Love.
Farmer Mike and Megan have finished harvesting and we are thrilled those damn vines are going dormant. We had a very wet monsoon this year and lost some fruit to rot. However, we got more fruit than we have ever picked before!
Wow this is where the magic is happening. We had a crazy crush. We processed about 45 tons! So much fruit has allowed us to push the envelope with traditional wine making… an example is our white Mourvedre, it is amazing! We bottled our first estate Cabernet Sauvignon which will be released January 10th at The 3rd Annual Speakeasy! It is named after Amanda, Megan’s oldest daughter/ our favorite migrant worker. So many exciting things to come out of this crush and we will be giving sneak peaks in the next few months.
We are heading into our busy season which is always fun! We are releasing several new wines with awesome labels, a Syrah, a Zin, our Glüwein- so stay tuned. We have special Holiday Hours too, check them out:
We are launching a very cool contest, submit an interesting, cool, funny.. whatever.. picture with any of our wine or AZ Hops & Vines gear, i.e. wine glasses, shirts, hats, etc. Email your picture to contest@azhopsandvines.com and we’ll pick the winner! Contest ends before midnight on Dec 31st. The winner will get a free case of wine!
We got a 1/2 ton, which is 55 gallons, which is one barrel. We plan to harvest the rest around the end of September. So far no snake sitings… hopefully I didn’t just jinx us.
This years Oktoberfest at AZ Hops and Vines is going to be one momentous occasion! After so many months of hard work, and being denied multiple times for our brew license, we will be heading up to Phoenix this week to the liquor board to attempt getting our license once again. We know that we have so many followers of this law and our beer license progress, we can’t thank you enough for your support (and your patience!). The fourth time is the charm! Light some candles for us that the license goes through next week! In the hopes of approval, we wanted to give you a little preview of our first beer that, fingers crossed, you will finally be able to try at this years Oktoberfest!! We will be introducing an amber ale brewed by Christiana Bockisch called “El Conquistador”! El Conquistador is a clear amber ale utilizing pure El Dorado hops. These particular hops on the nose are grass, pear, and a medley of tropical fruits. Medium to full-bodied with lively carbonation, this beer is sure to give you plenty of notes of acute citrus and grassy hop bitterness reinforced by a nice biscuit and toffee malt backbone. It finishes crisp, bitter and acrid with lingering kisses of toffee and butterscotch. We want you to enjoy this beer as much as we do! We are so proud to announce this lovely ale being our very first, and cannot wait to share it with you! So again, please light those candles and cross your fingers that everything goes well in Phoenix next week!!
Check us out in the September issue of Phoenix Magazine! We’re so excited!
And if that wasn’t enough, we decided to go big and have a meteor shower (the only winery who has meteor showers for their customers).
This event will be LIFE CHANGING. Come make some history with us!
This year at Bad Decisions we’re proud to have Four Peaks as our brewery.
Check out the awesome brews they’ll be serving up for you guys.
Not only can you try their awesome beers (Bacon Red Ale, Whit You Pants, Son of a Whit, Holy Hops Batman, Monsoon IPA), but the Buffalo Club will also have Beach Ball Beer Pong, Cornhole, and Bocce Ball!
Want to enter your brew?
Go to: buffalobrewclub.brewcomp.com.
Check out this year’s music lineup- featuring some pretty awesome local music. Not to mention we’ll have Kenny Stewart the inappropriate magician, dance-offs, kickball tournament, and all of your own Bad Decisions.
Bacon Cookies
Bacon Cannolies
Bacon Brownies
Bacon Donuts
Bacon Pancakes
Bacon Jalapeño Poppers
Pork Belly Tacos
Poutine
Pork Parfait
BLT’s
Grilled Cheese
Mac n’ Cheese
If you’re camping overnight and have your kids, then sign them up for Kids Camp- dinner, snacks, crafts, movies, and games, not to mention our own kids’ soda and candy factory, The Sober Shack will be open.
Kids Camp is $25 and is open from 6pm to 10pm. Dinner is included with the Kids Camp ticket. If you don’t sign them up for camp, that’s cool too… kids are still free to enjoy the campout!
1. Don’t be a jerk. (All jerks will be charged an asshole tax of $100.00. We reserve the right to kick you out.)
2. WE WILL CUT YOU OFF IF YOU APPEAR INTOXICATED OR SAY SOMETHING LIKE “IM SO WASTED.”
3. Arizona Hops and Vines is not responsible for any lost, stolen, or damaged property. Hops and Vines is not liable for any injury, death, or bad decisions. That includes ended relationships, weight gain, hangovers and any awkward encounters.
4. Do not fall into the fountain or let your children fall in the fountain.
5. DO NOT GO INTO THE ANIMAL PEN. THEY BITE. (Scottish people should especially stay away from the sheep.)
6. Parents, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN KIDS, unless they are in the kids camp.
7. All animals should be kept on a leash, and all poop must be put in a bag.
8. Respect the Arizona Hops and Vines property. Pee and poop in the Porta Pottys, NO puking anywhere but into a toilet.
9. No driving through the campsite after 4PM.
10. NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL (Automatically kicked out for that one). NO OPEN FIRES.
You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews 
you’ve entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.
Registration open: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 08:00, MST.
Registration close: Monday, July 28, 2014 at 15:00, MST.
If you have already registered, please log in to add, view, edit, or delete your entries as well as indicate that you are willing to judge or steward.
If you have not registered and are willing to be a judge or steward, please register.
If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit My Info to indicate that you are willing to judge or steward.
Participants will be able to add their via this website and entries will be accepted at drop-off and shipping locations between Monday, May 19, 2014 at 08:00, MST and Monday, July 28, 2014 at 15:00, MST.
All entries must be received by our shipping location or at a drop-off location by Monday, July 28, 2014 at 15:00, MST and will not be accepted after that date/time. For details, see the Entry Informationpage.
There is a limit of three hundred and fifty (350) entries for this competition.
Each entrant is limited to one (1) entry per sub-style .
To enter your brews, please proceed through the registration process.
Mirage Club (Davis-Monthan AFB)
5555 E. Ironwood Ave Tucson, AZ 85707 
Saturday, August 2, 2014 at 09:00, MST
