About Spanish Valley Vineyard & Winery / Moab Winery
🏆In the Press: Named Utah’s best winery by Tasting Table in its July 2026 feature on the best winery in every US state.
Spanish Valley Vineyard & Winery is Moab's only winery, set at the end of Zimmerman Lane a few miles south of town, where vineyard rows run toward red rock canyon walls. The site's story is one of the most unusual in American wine: the vineyard traces back to the late 1970s, when Utah State University planted it as an agricultural experiment to test whether wine grapes could become a cash crop for a local economy then leaning on a fading uranium industry. More than four decades later, the vines are a working answer.
Everything here is single-vineyard and estate-bottled - grown, fermented, and bottled on the property, with the wine never leaving the estate until it is packaged and ready. The iron-rich desert soils, long growing season, warm sunny days, and cool mountain nights favor aromatic whites, and the winery has built its reputation on German-varietal bottlings - visitors regularly single out the Riesling and Late Harvest Riesling - alongside structured reds.
The setting does the rest. The tasting room shares space with production, the patio welcomes dogs, and the winery sits minutes from Arches and the rest of Moab's red rock country - a genuinely unexpected finish to a day of hiking. Tastings run about $20 and vineyard tours about $50; hours are Wednesday to Sunday 12pm to 7pm - confirm with the winery before visiting, as hours shift seasonally.
Vines against canyon walls - a Utah State experiment from the 1970s that became Moab's only winery.
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Moab's Only WineryThe one working winery in Moab - estate wine minutes from Arches National Park.
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True Estate BottlingGrown, fermented, and bottled on one property - the wine never leaves the estate until packaged.
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German-Varietal WhitesRiesling and Late Harvest Riesling are the showcase pours from the dry, rocky desert soils.
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A One-of-a-Kind OriginPlanted in the late 1970s as a Utah State University experiment to diversify a uranium-era economy.
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Red Rock SettingVineyard rows against canyon walls, with a dog-friendly patio and walk-ins welcome.
The most unexpected tasting room in the Southwest - estate Riesling poured beneath Moab's red rock.
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Featured Wines
Riesling
Estate Riesling
Current Release
The showcase white - aromatic, bright, and grown in iron-rich desert soils with cool mountain nights.
Dessert Wine
Late Harvest Riesling
Current Release
A visitor favorite - late-picked estate fruit with concentrated sweetness balanced by desert-night acidity.
Estate Red
Estate Red Wines
Current Release
Structured reds from warm days and cool nights - ask which estate bottlings are pouring.
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Wine Tasting
Taste the estate lineup in the working tasting room, where the bar shares space with production. Walk-ins welcome; 21 and over.
About $20
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Vineyard Tour
Walk the vineyard rows and learn how wine grapes thrive in high-desert conditions, followed by a guided tasting. Allow about an hour.
About $50
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After-the-Trail Stop
Minutes from Arches and Moab's trail network - a glass on the dog-friendly patio is the local way to end a hiking day.
By the glass or bottle
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Events & Weddings
The vineyard hosts live music events and private celebrations against the canyon backdrop - contact the winery for availability.
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