It’s a new season and with that comes another wine festival in Willcox.
Willcox Wine Country Spring Festival will be pouring local wines over two days from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 – Sunday May 20.
The festival will feature 16 Willcox Arizona Farm Wineries, live music, more than 45 local artists, crafts, and locally grown pistachios, pecans, and other local produce and specialty foods.
Once again, the wine festival will have a nice backdrop as it takes place in the center of the historic Railroad Avenue Park in downtown Willcox, Arizona.
More than 3,000 people attended last year’s fall festival, and the two-day event was named by Fodor’s Travel as a “can’t miss fall wine festival” in 2013.
Tickets are $15 for six tastings with a commemorative wine glass, and $20 for 10 tastings and the commemorative wine glass.
Willcox Wine Country Spring Festival Participating Wineries
- Aridus Wine Company
- Arizona Stronghold Vineyards
- Bodega Pierce/Seculum Cellars
- Caduceus Cellars
- Carlson Creek Vineyard
- Coronado Vineyards
- Deep Sky Vineyards
- Four Tails Vineyard
- Golden Rule Vineyards
- Keeling Schaefer Vineyards
- Kief-Joshua Vineyards
- Page Springs Cellars
- Pillsbury Wine Company
- Sierra Bonita Vineyards
- Zarpara Vineyard
Also happening at the festival:
- Benefit Wine Dinner and Reception from 6 – 9 p.m. on Saturday evening.
- $50 per seat includes a gourmet dinner by chef Kenneth Foy from Dante’s Fire
- Paired with wines from several Willcox wineries
- Inside the Willcox Community Center on Stewart Street (2 blocks north of the festival)
- All proceeds will benefit the Northern Cochise Community Hospital
Railroad Avenue Park is located at 157 N. Railroad Ave., Willcox, AZ 85643. For more Willcox Wine Country Spring Festival information and to purchase tickets, visit willcoxwinecountry.org.
Article written by:
Matt Sterner
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