Our Wish Came True
Hops & Vines didn’t emerge directly out of Megan and Shannon’s minds. Oh, no. We had help – lots of it. After we arrived in Sonoita, we worked with a huge variety of people who have helped out in a thousand different ways. You’ll see a motley crew of characters around Hops & Vines, and they’re all great people.
Dream Big, Work Hard, Laugh, Don’t Give Up
Community
The Kids: Summer, Shannon and Megan all have three kids apiece, and this group has been working all over the farm. From serving wine to helping make it, the family is all hands on deck. Our oldest, Amanda runs our Wine Club.
Ken Karrels of Diamond JK Nursery has been helping us with heavy equipment, getting the fields plowed, and making very sure that our beer is cold without being frozen. He excels in both areas.
Our partner Summer (who is also our wine’s namesake), and her husband have helped us at every turn! Our biggest investor Graeme, putting his money where his mouth is we be here today without him. Whether it’s telling great stories or showing up for our work parties, these guys have been our heroes!
The University of Arizona School of Landscape Architecture When Arizona Hops & Vines first started out, there wasn’t much but an old farm house and a lot of dirt. Megan approached the University of Arizona’s School of Landscape Architecture and teacher Beth Scott came to our rescue. Creating a great place to drink and farm is a tough call, involving not just pretty landscape design to show off our spectacular view of Sonoita.
You! If it weren’t for our great customers, we wouldn’t be able to keep the lights on, and we’d be so very, very bored. If you took fabulous photos at our place, please send your photos to us! We want to see! And say hi to Hops and Vines on Facebook! If you had a great time here, be sure to say so on Yelp!