Merkin Vineyards Tasting Room & Osteria - Cottonwood, Arizona

Nikki R. (.

Loved this food and wine immersion experience! Excellent food, well played for a good price. Large wine, beer and cocktail selection too. You can see into the kitchen and the wine pressing area. Every tables has a good view. Indoor or outdoor seating. There’s also a funicular that takes you did to the street for gelato! Dogs welcome at the outdoor seating. Huge parking lot. We ordered the pizza which was a very generous 12 inches. The lunch special was a huge portion of chicken Parmesan. Thank Jeremy for being an excellent server! Will definitely come again.

Bryan S.

To say it was amazing would be an understatement. From the time we entered and were greeted until the time we left it was wonderful. The wines were outstanding, the food was excellent and it was all capped off by our waiter Noah, you treated us like every waiter and waitress should. He was on top of everything taking care of every detail. Even down to the conversation with us and our 2 girls. Hats off to Noah for your professionalism. I trust your entire staff is that good.
If we lived here we would make this our go to place.
Thanks for a special treat on our vacation.

Eliza E.

Visiting from a food Mecca, and pretty disappointed with the food here. We came for a late lunch and early dinner— the service was fine despite the other reviews posted. The only thing that was worth the value that we ordered was the roast beef sandwich, came with a salad. The lasagna cupcake sounds great— but is so small, also came with a salad and bread. I ordered the prickly pear Mac and cheese and it was maybe a 1/4 cup of buttery noodles with purple dust on it. The only thing that came out hot was the sandwich, neither of the pasta dishes were warm. It sounded really appealing that everything is farm to table but it’s definitely not worth the higher prices here. Still hungry when we left. Just stick with the wine.

T J.

Who goes to Cottonwood

From what I’ve heard no one really stops in Cottonwood and it’s kind of just the place that connects you to neighboring cities.

I’m sooo happy I stopped in Cottonwood

I’ve heard a lot of good things about this Vineyard and a day trip felt like the best way to check it out

I will say there was a ton of hype of taking the ski lift to the top but for $2 of you can walk it take the stairs

But if you really want to spend $2 please know it includes a ride up and a ride down but again if you can 👀 walk it

They have a wonderful patio and a great fire pit

I appreciated the heaters all around for us poor city folks from Phx who don’t really know what cold is

I ended up ordering a wine flight and I was pleasantly surprised to see mead was on the table. I absolutely love a good mead

We ordered mushroom pizza
The dough is made in house and our server was pleased to share that their establishment is a farm to table experience

Recently coming from Italy since my return I’ve found pizza disappointing but this pizza was very good. I may also be a bit partial as they add in truffle oil and well that’s my weakness

We also got a lasagna cupcake. We were torn between the chicken and meat lasagna

As pretty as the lasagna cupcake looked the chicken was dry and flavor was a bit flat

Overall great experience and I recommend you give it a try

Josey S.

Absolutely impeccable experience. Location and atmosphere, romantic and stunning, the service was flawless, and the star of the show, was most definitely the food. I had the pumpkin ravioli, and almost cried after the first bite because it was so good.
My sweet Lord, how good it was.
Top 5 meals of my life, and I’ve been all over the world. If you have a chance to go here for dinner….dont miss a note.

Colby

Disclaimer: almost every review here, including this one, will be marginally biased. HOWEVER, it is very well-deserved bias, as the culture and history of this tasting room seems to play a part in everything you'll be served. Exceptional wine, clearly created to spite overtly critical pseudo-sommeliers. I'm not a wine guy by any standard, but each wine left a fresh, simple impression of a professionally-made, complex wine. Loved every bite on the menu, and the staff know their stuff. Cheers 👍🍷

Yamel V.

The pizza was delicious, the pizza crush is a light layer which make it super crunchy, the board chesse needs more variety of chesses but in geral was good. I felt a little over-priced compared with the size portions of the food. The staff was nice and the service was quick.

Cristina D.

Delicious! I had the gnocchi—highly recommend. The lemonade is delicious. Our server had great photography skills and knew everything about every item on the menu. Everyone else had a magharita pizza, the chicken parmesan, the house salad, the cacio a pepe, and a meat lasagna cupcake. It all looked good, but my gnocchi and lemonade was the best (see the before and after below—I am stuffed and might explode).