Arizona Stronghold Vineyards Old Town Cottonwood Tasting Room — Attraction in Cottonwood

Should drinking wine hurt? Went to a few of the wineries in their Old Downtown area. This was our third tasting. I am sorry to say also the worst. The staff was very welcoming and knowledgeable. However the wine on the RED A list was a flop. The first and fourth tasting on the list were pretty much undrinkable. They were so acidic my nose and throat started to burn. It made me feel like I had just jumped off a high dive into a heavily chlorinated, public pool…. That same nostril burning sensation. Never before has a wine made me feel this way. I looked around for someplace to pour these tastings out… 😞 Even the staff said, “We don’t make the wine. That’s the vineyard. We get a lot of people who also dislike those wines.” The second wine on that list was ok. It was drinkable. Sad to say that maybe AZ just isn’t the place for vineyards…? Idk I am by no means a wine connoisseur… I’ve had Two Buck Chuck from Trader Joe’s yet the AZ Stronghold wines were even worse. My husband felt the same burning sensation. Maybe something is wrong with our senses? Idk We still had a fun time walking around and sampling food and wines. The staff alone is the reason for the three stars. Otherwise based off the wine I would...

Consistently great wine. Surprisingly terrible service today.

We ordered a bottle of rosé to split. It was not cold to begin with. We were hoping to either grab an ice bucket or cork the bottle to take home with us since it had gotten warm, but our server hadn’t checked in with us for over an hour after we ordered. Even if we were set on wine, they never asked to see if we wanted food (which we did). I checked in with the front counter and she said they would not let us take the bottle to-go, despite our server having never mentioned that. Also, there were signs in the restaurant saying we could ask our server for a cork if we liked?

Even after finishing our warm bottle of rosé, our server did not check in to see if we wanted anything else. We planned on having a glass of something else, but after such prolonged inactivity, we decided to check out at the front counter.

We love going to stronghold, and plan to return in the future. We were just disappointed and felt like we were neglected for by the...

My husband and I were in Sedona for the weekend and wanted a new winery to visit. We looked on Google and this winery popped up with good reviews and it was only 15 minutes away from the resort we were staying at so we decided to head there after dinner. Its a very relaxed winery. They had live music (good music too) and Holly was quick to greet us, get our tasting going, and was very friendly. The wine tasting list was decent. We ended up doing 3 tasting flights, and bought a bottle of our favorite one to take home. The wine tastings are very reasonably priced and they send you home with the tasting glasses at no additional charge. We loved it and would...