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Make this boutique charmer in Old Town Cottonwood your basecamp for exploring the exploding Verde Valley arts-and-culture scene.
Make this boutique charmer in Old Town Cottonwood your basecamp for exploring the exploding Verde Valley arts-and-culture scene.
A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
If you want to experience winter in New Mexico, fly high in San Diego or just explore different parts of the Valley, there are experiences aplenty in the wild and wonderful West.
Arizona Stronghold Vineyards enlists the elements to make the state’s first Madeira.
A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
Harvest season is underway in Arizona wine country. Explore it in exquisite detail with these oenological outings.
Presented by PHOENIX magazine, this awards program showcases the noteworthy places, businesses and activities that inspire a sense of adventure when visitors explore our magnificent state.
An ocotillo-and-bear grass-cluttered landscape with views of Sedona’s red rock formations.
Debarking from the site of a former jail building in historic downtown Cottonwood, the mile-long, easy trail follows the banks of the river through River Front Park and on to Dead Horse Ranch State Park.
I first tasted the wines from Cove Mesa Vineyard at the Oro Festival in Tucson in late winter and was instantly enamored of their Malvasia Bianca, replete with aromas of passion fruit and lychee and delivering puckering acidity. Additionally, I had their Picpoul Blanc, which was light and refreshing and brilliantly balanced. Meanwhile, their reds were imposing and robust. My personal enthusiasm for the Cornville-based winery got a big vote of confidence this past March,...
My co-owner at FnB, Charleen Badman, and I started showcasing the bounty of the local terroir almost 12 years ago. We decided early on to reach out to our community to represent our state through the lens of food and wine. None of that has changed, and we continue to inculcate and foment our focus on provenance. Every time we discover a new artisan, farmer or winemaker, we are not only giddy, but also amazed...