Category: Wine
The Quixotic Quest of Pavle Milic
Unlike most people in the hospitality industry, food and wine chose Pavle Milic, not the other way around. But, how did this complicated man with a Slavic name and a Spanish accent end up as co-owner of FnB, a fine food and wine restaurant in Scottsdale and winner of the 2017 James Beard Foundation award for outstanding wine program?
How a California Engineer Became an Arizona Wine Pioneer
When Ann Roncone began working as a mechanical engineer, it never occurred to her that engineering was a man’s field. It was the 1980s, and for the next 21 years, Ann successfully navigated engineering in the San Francisco Bay Area as “one of the guys.”
When Ann next began working in wineries, using her tiny stature to lift 120-pound wine barrels, it never occurred to her that winemaking was a man’s field. With singular focus, Ann dedicated herself to the art of making wine. She now serves as winemaker, vineyard manager, and tasting room manager for Lightning Ridge Cellars, her family-owned vineyard and winery in Elgin, Arizona.
A Unique Experience of Arizona’s Terroir at Sand-Reckoner Vineyards
When Amy and I bid on a vineyard tasting with Sand-Reckoner, a winery and vineyard located in the Kansas Settlement region south of Willcox, Arizona, we had little idea what “vineyard tasting” actually meant. Lucky for us, we won our bid, and we embarked together on this new adventure.
The Unexpected History of Arizona Wine, Part III
While there are many fine winemakers in Arizona who we’ll talk about over time, next we’ll explore the history of the Arizona wine industry through the eyes of four key figures – a philosopher, an ecologist, a rock star and a filmmaker.
The Unexpected History of Arizona Wine, Part II
Arizona’s first modern winemakers changed Arizona for the future much as Napa Valley’s first modern winemakers changed California.
The Unexpected History of Arizona Wine, Part I
Long before anyone so much as crushed a wine grape in California, wine made from Arizona grapes was savored by priests and tiny bands of settlers. Decades of wildly variable weather, Prohibition, and numerous post-Prohibition restrictions later, and Arizona wine is an industry again.
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