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| Verde Valley Wine Consortium celebrates 2 great years |
CAMP VERDE - Not since Secretariat first won Horse of the Year has a 2-year-old boasted as many accomplishments as the Verde Valley Wine Consortium.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
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| Verde Valley wines shine at statewide competition |
The winemakers and wine growers who have invested their fortunes as well as their futures in the Verde Valley do so because they believe the valley has what it takes to produce great wines.
Dramatic temperature swings, arid climate and rocky soils are prerequisites for growing quality grapes. The valley has them all.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
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| Old Town jail to add wine tasting area |
COTTONWOOD -- The Cottonwood City Council has agreed to increase the economic potential of the Old Town Jail by adding wine tasting.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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| Verde Valley Wine Consortium building on its success story |
COTTONWOOD - It has been almost a year and a half since a group of wine enthusiasts, business owners and local leaders formed the Verde Valley Wine Consortium.
Monday, November 23, 2009
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| Valley's wine harvest is mixed bottle |
This year's wine harvest was a mixed bag ... or was it a bottle? As far as quantity is concerned it appears that increase in the number of vines now producing more than offset losses from a spring frost and late rains.
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
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| VERDE VALLEY WINERIES LIST |
A list of the local wineries and their contact info.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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| Video: Grape Harvest and Winemaking |
Video length 3 minutes, 30 seconds
Freitas Vineyard Winemaker Darin J Evans and Assistant Winemaker Scott E Waltz provide a behind the scenes look at harvest and winemaking at the Cottonwoood vineyard owned by Ray Freitas.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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| Video: A taste of the Verde Valley |
Video length 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Freitas Vineyard has been quietly operating in Cottonwood for nearly a decade. 2008 production for the vineyard is estimated to be 7000-8000 bottles. Owner Ray Freitas speaks with us about growing grapes and making estate grown wines in the Verde Valley.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
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| Let them see your best shot for Verde Valley Wine Trail photo contest |
Vineyards, say cheese! Get your cameras out for the Verde Valley Wine Trail photo contest. Do you have a photo of Arizona's Verde Valley Wineries? If so enter the contest for a chance to win great prizes! Whether you live near the wineries in Verde Valley or you want to make a food-and-wine vacation out of it, get your digital camera out and capture a prize-winning picture.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
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| The Zin Is In: Valley wineries begin the 2009 harvest |
PAGE SPRINGS - Plenty of sunshine and a lack of monsoon clouds has brought on an earlier-than-normal harvest for most valley winemakers.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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| Reconditioned wine barrels save money and the planet |
PAGE SPRINGS - Winemaking is an industry that prides itself on sustainability. It is also a very expensive business.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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| The Agricultural Tour: Ag institute flaunts Verde vines, farms and ranches |
VERDE VALLEY - Mainstream America seldom gives a second thought to agriculture, unless prices are up or shelves are empty.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
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| Where winemaking, filmmaking collide |
The team behind prominent documentaries Moog and The Heart Is A Drum Machine are set to kick off production on a new film that showcases the birth of Arizona's Verde Valley wine industry.
Monday, February 23, 2009
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| Wine 101: Valley vineyards, Yavapai College forge partnership |
The northern reach of the Santa Clara Valley did not become known as Silicon Valley because it had rich deposits of sand or an abundance of plastic surgeons.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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| Taste of the Verde Valley |
The movers and shakers behind the Verde Valley Wine Consortium have already demonstrated they are a force to be reckoned with.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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| Consortium comes to rescue for Camp Verde Pecan & Wine Fest |
If there is one industry in the Verde Valley that has gone regional, it's the wine business.
With the creation of the Verde Valley Wine Consortium this last year the wine business has begun making its presence known from Jerome to Sedona, from Clarkdale and Cottonwood to Camp Verde
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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| Recovery Room closes, Wine Company presses on |
The economy alone has been tough enough on local businesses.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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| Local wine consortium goes public |
Much has been said and written about the Verde Valley Wine Consortium, a group of wine enthusiasts bent on growing the wine industry in the Verde Valley.
Friday, November 28, 2008
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| Video: Winery |
Local Winery owner talks about the wine creation process.
Video length 3 minutes
Friday, November 21, 2008
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| Amazing Grapes Part III |
The vineyards of Europe have sustained wine-based economies, mostly in rural areas with few other opportunities, for centuries. Those economies have survived fire, plague and world war -- recessions, depressions and the crusades.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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