Our Story | The Meading Room

Just a little farm, in a little town, with a lot of good drinks.

Down in the grasslands of southern Arizona lies a little farm & fermentery. With rolling hills, fruit trees, lavender fields, mountain views, and stunning desert skies - The Meading Room in Sonoita is a special place in the heart of Arizona wine country. A project born out of a love of growing and making things, the meadery opened it's doors in 2019 with mother & daughter duo, Kylie & Barbara at the helm. With raw honey sourced from small, organic apiaries, fresh fruit, herbs, spices, and wild foraged ingredients- every mead, cider, & wine crafted at the meadery highlights the flavors & smells of the natural world in a way that is so uniquely their own.

What is mead you ask? Mead is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages around, and one of the tastiest! By fermenting honey with yeast, you can create some of the most delicate and complex flavors around. Lucky for you, we have searched far and wide for some of our favorite honey and we're able to bring this ancient libation (with a modern twist) to southern Arizona wine country. Every single one of our products are made in house, and you can bet your bottom that it will always be made with farm fresh ingredients.

Our products are gluten-free, 100% natural, made with fresh ingredients. Looking for vegan-friendly, no-honey options? We've got those too! Check out our list of ciders & fruit wines.

Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook @themeadingroomaz for all the newest updates, upcoming events, and for gorgeous pics of the incredible area we are lucky enough to work, farm, brew, and live in.

Meet the Crew!

Owner & Winemaker

KYLIE

Kylie grew up in the Sonoita area, and after working and moving all around the U.S. for years, returned to her hometown to work in the wine biz with none other than our very own neighbors, Arizona Hops & Vines. Between event planning, marketing, graphic design, tasting room, anything and everything... all while attending school full-time and raising a daughter... she eventually stepped out on her own and convinced her mom, Barbara, to start their own winery - and the rest was history. You'll find Kylie in the back makin' mead, crafting ciders, slinging drinks in the tasting room, pouring at tasting events, or out in the wild with her daughter, Zannah and their one zillion animals.

Original Boss Lady

BARBARA

Born and raised in New Jersey, Barbara made her way out west to get her Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. Even during her 30 year career as a systems engineer, she was always searching for a more creative endeavor. Between remodeling homes, building furniture, raising three kids, running a landscaping business, and some serious gardening, (might we mention, all while she was still working full time)… she finally found her niche as our jack of all trades at The Meading Room. Barbara is one of the hardest workers we know… it’s even been rumored that she once mowed the entire ten acre farm with only a weed whacker!

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Project Manager & Goat Herder

ZANNAH

Our youngest team member, Zannah, has been in the wine business her whole life. Zannah was raised at Arizona Hops & Vines learning to organize bottles, woo customers, and be the most savvy networker we know! When her mom, Kylie, began working at Hops & Vines in 2013, the back room was transformed into a nursery and Zannah became the official mascot. Now she has a new mascot gig, and as our future business partner you'll find her designing upcoming wine labels, wrangling chickens, or outside working right alongside her mom and grandma. She even helped to plant our first lavender field, all 400 of them!