{"id":217832,"date":"2010-01-21T14:37:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2010-01-21T14:37:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:37:26","slug":"tasting-arizona-wine-at-the-public-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/217832","title":{"rendered":"Tasting Arizona Wine at the Public Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

By random accident I discovered my latest passion: Arizona wine. If you\u2019re thinking that Arizona cannot grow grapes or produce wine, then you are doing what experts call \u201cmaking a mistake.\u201d Imagine for a moment that you are part of a small wine producing community making great wine but that the wine drinkers of the world, people concerned with only names and regions, brush your product aside with a grimace. Of course I\u2019m describing the early days of Napa Valley, which is today a well respected wine producing region. Arizona wine is still fairly new and unknown in the wine world, but is receiving positive attention and acclaim from those daring to venture into new wine territories. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"UrbanI\u2019m not a wine connoisseur by any means (I prefer Miller Lite or a bottle of whiskey) but I know what I don\u2019t like, and I generally do not prefer red wine. But while shopping in the Phoenix Public Market<\/a>, I noticed a pretty extensive wine collection and started asking questions: \u201cWhere are the Arizona vineyards?\u201d, \u201cWhat wine does Maynard [the lead singer of the band Tool] make?\u201d, \u201cDoes Arizona make white wines?\u201d, \u201cHow much does a bottle cost?\u201d, and \u201cCan I try some?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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I was treated to a wine tasting, during which I transformed into a wine snob because I\u2019ll only drink wine made in Arizona from now on. The flavor was rugged and rustic and bold and tasted like everything I love about this state: wide open spaces, the blue sky, extreme temperatures of cold and hot, breathtaking terrain, and an overwhelming variety of beauty and color. I really liked the Arizona Stronghold <\/a>and bought two bottles of red wine, one called Magnus and the called Nachise. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Arizona has so much potential in so many ways, and the future of wine production in this state is looking good. This spring I\u2019m going to check out a few of the wineries up north and down south to support and explore this local industry. Before you dismiss Arizona wines as some quaint little experiment in futility, stop by the Public Market and have a little taste test. You\u2019ll be surprised and discover something new and exciting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By random accident I discovered my latest passion: Arizona wine. If you\u2019re thinking that Arizona cannot grow grapes or produce wine, then you are doing what experts call \u201cmaking a mistake.\u201d Imagine for a moment that you are part of a small wine producing community making great wine but that the wine drinkers of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4043,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4043"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}