The Long Way
Cochise County
People harvesting grapes in a vineyard at sunset.
Plate I. Grape harvest, Pillsbury Wine Company. From pillsburywine.com
A person working with harvested grapes in bins loaded on a vehicle in a vineyard.
Plate II. Grape harvest, Pillsbury Wine Company. From pillsburywine.com
A vineyard with protective netting in front of rolling mountains at sunset.
Plate III. Vineyard landscape, Pillsbury Wine Company. From pillsburywine.com
A person pours liquid from a plastic bag through a strainer into a cup.
Plate IV. Winemaking at Pillsbury Wine Company. From pillsburywine.com
A single-story white house with a brown roof stands in a grassy yard under a blue sky.
Plate V. Tasting room, Pillsbury Wine Company. From pillsburywine.com
An exterior view of a facility with stacked barrels beneath a large sun shade.
Plate VI. Winery grounds, Pillsbury Wine Company. From pillsburywine.com
An aerial view of a vineyard at sunset with mountains in the background.
Plate VII. Vineyard rows at sunset, Pillsbury Wine Company. From pillsburywine.com

Pillsbury Wine Company

Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona. Vineyard and Tasting Room.

Details

Map. Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona. Larger map
Where
6450 S Bennett Place, Willcox, AZ 85643. Directions
When
Sam's pouring every weekend, Pillsbury Vineyard and Winery, Willcox AZ, 11-5.
Getting there
Arizona's top wine growing region is a short 90 minutes outside of Tucson, Arizona.
Access
We are an authorized Harvest Host RV site.
Walk-in or reserve
(Send us an email if you'd like to schedule a visit to the vineyard!).
Phone
(310) 508-3348
Website
pillsburywine.com
Managed by
Sam.
Established
2000.

100% Arizona High Elevation, Regeneratively Farmed, Wild Yeast Fermented Estate Vegan Wines: ​Vineyard and Tasting Room, Willcox AVA.

Notable Events

  1. 1999Sam Pillsbury bought desert land near Willcox despite skeptics who doubted the venture. kold.com
  2. 2000Sam Pillsbury planted his first vines. pillsburywine.com
  3. 2000Sam Pillsbury partnered with Dos Cabezas WineWorks founder Al Buhl to expand the vineyard. yahoo.com
  4. 2006Pillsbury began offering nearly 20 varieties of wine. visitarizona.com
  5. 2016Sam Pillsbury sent his first batch to the San Francisco Chronicle competition; medals followed. pillsburywine.com
  6. 2025Sam Pillsbury was ready to sell the 80-acre vineyard for $1.45 million and phase out his tasting rooms. yahoo.com
  7. 2026KOLD reported that Sam Pillsbury planned to retire and had put the 80-acre vineyard on the market more than a year earlier without finding a buyer. kold.com

People

  • Sam Pillsbury, Founder and owner.
  • Al Buhl, Dos Cabezas WineWorks founder and Sam Pillsbury's vineyard partner (2000).

Sources

  1. pillsburywine.com
  2. pillsburywine.com/willcoxwinetasting.html
  3. pillsburywine.com/gallery.html
  4. willcoxwinecountry.org/product/pillsbury-wine-company
  5. visitarizona.com/directory/pillsbury-wine-company-willcox
  6. kold.com/2026/01/23/vineyard-owner-plans-retire-after-changing-arizona-wine-making
  7. facebook.com/Pillsburywine
  8. instagram.com/pillsbury_wine
  9. pillsburywine.com
  10. pillsburywine.com/terroir.html
  11. kold.com/2026/01/23/vineyard-owner-plans-retire-after-changing-arizona-wine-making
  12. yahoo.com/lifestyle/put-arizonas-wine-scene-map-120156389.html
  13. phoenixmag.com/2021/03/18/liquid-arizona-the-most-decorated-winery-in-arizona
  14. visitarizona.com/directory/pillsbury-wine-company-willcox