A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
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A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
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A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic
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A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
“Tell me who you walk with and I will tell you who you are.” Loosely translated from an old Colombian saying, this is a favorite heuristic that I continue to apply in life. And it became even more significant when our winery, Los Milics, acquired its first vineyard in Elfrida. Although Juan Flores, our vineyard foreman, is good at his job, we wanted another perspective to fine-tune the way we approach viticulture. Enter Fritz Westover...
Desert DigestFood & DrinkPav on Juice: My Fave New Bottle Shop
Pavle MilicSeptember 17, 2021
It’s always momentous, at least for an oenophile like me, when a new wine shop or bar opens. Far Away Wine and Provisions in East Phoenix is the brainchild of Pat Jasmin and Chris French, part of the food-and-bev fabric of Arizona for years. Jasmin has done a little of everything, from writing wine lists to owning a restaurant to wine distribution, which is how she met French, a history and music buff who sold...
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With the COVID-19 pandemic drawing down, we decided to focus our latest showcase of reader-provided photographic beauty on the thing people were most deprived of during the quarantine: people. In all their joy, sadness, motion and rest.
Desert DigestPav on Juice: New Grape on the Block
Pavle MilicAugust 4, 2020
The Arizona wine scene continues to show us the spirit of discovery and experimentation is alive and well. A common thread is the continuing search for grape varietals that can do well here. Enter Arizona wine pioneer Kent Callaghan’s latest discovery: Xarel-lo. Hailing from the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia, the white varietal is one normally found in the ubiquitous sparkling Cava. Callaghan tells me that his interest “began with a trip to Barcelona in...
Temporarily closing FnB, the little gin joint I help run in Scottsdale, due to COVID-19 was challenging and sad. In stark contrast, my other life in Baja Arizona has never been busier. The vineyards don’t stop growing at Los Milics, our nascent winery in Sonoita, so my wife and I have been hard at work. For the last couple of months, we’ve been finalizing trellis architecture. In 2019, we finally put our own vines in...
Desert DigestPav on Juice: The Meading Room
Pavle MilicFebruary 19, 2020
One of my favorite rituals every morning before heading to work is doing The New York Times mini crossword puzzle, which always puts my brain in the right place. One recent clue read: Ancient alcoholic beverage enjoying a 21st-century resurgence. The answer came to me quickly: “mead” – probably because I drive by a meadery every day on Highway 82 in Sonoita. Traditionally made from honey, water and yeast, mead is considered the oldest beverage...