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.
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.
Strike up a conversation with Zoya Vora-Shah about Arizona wines, and she’ll have a hard time controlling her enthusiasm. The former wine representative discovered her zeal for local vintners while working at the Carlson Creek Tasting Room in Old Town Scottsdale. “I started tasting local wines at other tasting rooms and it inspired me,” she says. “I was very impressed.” That inspiration led Vora-Shah to open The Wine Collective, a tasting room, wine bar and...