Our Crazy-But-True Story

It all started during COVID.

While everyone else was obsessed with making sourdough bread, Nick, our Master Vintner, wondered, “What can I make wine out of?” Turns out, a lot of things… like fruit. Like what grapes are (shocker). After his first batch of strawberry wine, he declared, “Shit, I want to make wine for a living.”

Within two years, we’d moved to 3 acres in the booming area of San Tan Valley/Queen Creek, and:

cleaned up our overrun-with-weeds property
built the winery
had a baby
started our first two batches of wine

If you couldn’t tell, we’re not like other wineries in Arizona. We’re nowhere near the viticultural regions of the state. We don’t have a tasting room. And we don’t grow our own grapes (yet).

But we're determined. Eventually, the name “Sunbeat Cellars” will be known as one of the top wineries in Arizona. You can bet the farm on it – your farm, that is, not ours.

Hands off our farm.

Our Not-So-Crazy Principles

We treat water like the damn-near-scarce resource it is in the desert.

The Sonoron desert: We aim to save water with our Arizona wines to keep our environment beautiful.

We operate our entire winery by making smart water management choices that use and conserve water like our lives depend on it (because they do... and so do yours).

We believe wine is for everyone.

We treat water like the damn-near-scarce resource it is in the desert.

People of diverse backgrounds enjoying Arizona wines (or from somewhere else, who knows).

Wine is not what sommeliers tell you to drink. Wine is not what France said is “good” or not. Wine is not just for the elite. Wine is a universal drink enjoyed by all. The best wine is the wine you want to drink.

We tell it like it is.

We aim to contribute to society as makers.

Typewriter and glass of wine with notebooks and pencils (not what our Arizona winery looks like)

We hate when companies aren’t transparent about their business practices, so we don’t B.S. about ours. No frills, lies, drama, nothing. We’re not an episode of The Bachelor, after all.

We aim to contribute to society as makers.

Wine grapes: We aim to be one of the best Arizona wineries using quality fruit.

We want to make something that we can physically put in people’s hands that makes them not only satisfied, but happy. Sure, the tech revolution is powerful, but not enough businesses MAKE things anymore. That's sad.

Our Crazy-But-True Story

Our Not-So-Crazy Principles

We treat water like the damn-near-scarce resource it is in the desert.

We treat water like the damn-near-scarce resource it is in the desert.

We treat water like the damn-near-scarce resource it is in the desert.

We believe wine is for everyone.

We treat water like the damn-near-scarce resource it is in the desert.

We treat water like the damn-near-scarce resource it is in the desert.

We tell it like it is.

We aim to contribute to society as makers.

We aim to contribute to society as makers.

We aim to contribute to society as makers.

We aim to contribute to society as makers.

We aim to contribute to society as makers.

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