Brett’s first release – five wines, maybe six – will drop just as this issue hits your doorstep.
When my boss at PHOENIX asked for an update on my winery project, Los Milics Vineyards, it hit me: It’s been eight years since my wife, Ita, and I moved to Sonoita-Elgin to break ground.
Pav On JuiceWhy Arizona Wine Country is Not Trying to be the Next Napa
Pavle MilicSeptember 11, 2025
We’re not vying to be the next Napa. We’re just trying to be ourselves. And isn’t that a worthy goal?
FeaturesTravelWine5 Epic Wine Adventures for the Fall
Editorial StaffSeptember 5, 2024
Harvest season is underway in Arizona wine country. Explore it in exquisite detail with these oenological outings.
Pav On JuiceMaking of a Winery, Vol. X
Pavle MilicAugust 5, 2024
A monthly look at Arizona wine with Valley dining impresario Pavle Milic.
Our picks for the most remote, refreshing or otherwise unconventional vacation rentals in Arizona this summer.
Craft BeerTravelOne-Brewery Arizona Towns
Editorial StaffAugust 31, 2023
Want to get to know a place? Drink its craft beer. That’s the philosophy behind this roundup of remote Arizona towns and the suds-slinging unicorns therein.
Craft BeerpodcastPodcast: Fall Travel to Copper Brothel Brewery in Sonoita
Matthew JohnsonJuly 26, 2023
Co-owners T.J. Martinez and Garett Jesser sought to bring craft beer to southern Arizona’s wine country.
This time of year – harvest season – is imbued with reflection for the team at Los Milics Vineyards. Each vintage brings a new story and perspective. Precipitation coupled with harvest is not something desirable, but for better or for worse, part of the winemaking milieu here in Arizona. (Thanks for nothing, monsoons!) We had a very wet August both in Sonoita and at Jenny’s Vineyard located in Elfrida, and were forced to make picking...
2022 is here, and it’s fitting to reflect as we commence another year. Back in 2004, while driving south on Napa Valley’s Silverado Trail after helping at Neyers Vineyards with my friend Tadeo Borchardt, I whispered to myself that one day I would be involved in the world of making wine. Was I mollifying my own existential anxiety over the future by dreaming the impossible? Perhaps. “Be careful what you wish for,” the saying goes....
At Los Milics Vineyards in Sonoita, we’re hosting tastings on our crush pad while the tasting room is built. If I am not in the weeds, I give tours of the production facility. Invariably, someone asks about barrels. Questions like “Where do you get your barrels?” or “Are they all new?” are common. There are three major reasons to use oak barrels: to add aromatic and flavor compounds; allow for slow oxygen exchange through porous...
Produced in limited quantities by winemaker Todd Bostock, Dos Cabezas WineWorks’ Carbonated Pink has emerged as the most cultishly consumed of Arizona’s growing number of sparkling wines.
Last time I wrote about Los Milics Winery was back in September of 2020 – after the hurricane known as “harvest.” Construction on our winery in the Southern Arizona town of Elgin was completed and my wife, Carla (pictured), and I processed 36 tons of fruit by ourselves. From our vineyard a few miles away in Elfrida we got some beautiful Graciano, Grenache and Mourvèdre. However, the Tempranillo from that site was not yielding the...
Find a hotel, B&B or guesthouse with our update of the Willcox, Sonoita and Verde Valley hospitality scenes.
Desert DigestPav on Juice: Twisted Union Wine Co.
Pavle MilicDecember 9, 2020
Here’s another column about some new kids on the block. One day, driving down Elgin Road in Southern Arizona wine country, I noticed a banner that read “Twisted Union” hanging on Kief-Joshua Vineyard’s fence. I’d heard rumblings about Kief Manning looking to sell his winery and vineyard, and by the looks of this, he did. Twisted Union Wine Co. is composed of 14 partners. In fact, I know some of the folks involved because they...