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| Arizona Stronghold | Cottonwood, AZ 86326 |
www.azstronghold.com
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1023 North Main Street Cottonwood, AZ 86326 (928) 639-2789
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STRONGHOLD - An Equilateral Collaboration 2007 marked an important year in wine history with the coming together of two men who launched Arizona into the fine wine scene. Eric Glomski (Founder of Page Springs Cellars and previously Winemaker at David Bruce Winery), Maynard Keenan (Owner of Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards & Orchards) are now together under the banner of Arizona Stronghold Vineyards. Keenan and Glomski, founders of the Company, knowing that quality fruit is the key to all winemaking endeavors, set out to transform the ageing Dos Cabezas Vineyard near Willcox, Arizona into a top notch, high quality effort. Poorly performing varietals were ripped up or grafted over in the first year, and several acres of new plantings have already been planted. The core of the red plantings are Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Tempranillo and Sangiovese with Viognier and Malvasia Bianca anchoring the white plantings. (Several other varietals also supplement these grapes.) |
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Winemaker Tim White
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Hello, my name is Tim White. I rarely, if ever, talk or write about myself, so maybe the best way for me to proceed is to give a little background information and how that led to my coming to be part of the Stronghold and Page Springs family. I fell in love with wine early in life, but never considered it as a career option, (I figured, I’ll be a wino while doing a bunch of stuff for a living that I’d rather not do). Fast forward several years to 2003, most of my immediate family moved from Raleigh, North Carolina to southwest Virginia. After visiting a few times, they took me to a local winery. Well, I became what some of my family and friends (depending on who you talk to) would refer to as very passionate, a little extreme, to outright obsessed. I begged for a job, and after a few volunteer bottling sessions, I was thrown into Harvest of 2004. I was completely overwhelmed, but realized immediately that I loved this insane process. Over the next three years, I absorbed everything I could from work and my own pursuits of wine education. I also began to realize there was a growing void and I needed a change—something different. I will always have a deep appreciation for the training I received with my previous employer, but being an 80,000 case winery left little room for art, creativity, and the minimalist approach that I have for winemaking. And too many times, numbers were substituted for the most important part of all, tasting. So I made the decision to leave, sending my resume to all my favorite wineries, hoping to find a place to pursue my winemaking career around like-minded people with similar philosophies. Following a bit of searching I came across an ad Eric posted. After a quick email to him, a few phone conversations, a visit to Arizona and Page Springs Cellars, the support of my partner and son, and listening to my intuition… I found exactly what I was looking for. (Thank-you, Eric.) I’m extremely grateful for this opportunity, and hope to be here for a long time to come, making my small contribution to what I strongly believe to be an amazing step in Arizona's winemaking future, and continuing with Eric's philosophy of making meaningful and lasting relationships in the community. I will leave things by offering a favorite quote that sums up my love/obsession with wine, why it speaks to my soul, and how it has led me here. "True quality is that which succeeds in surprising and moving us. It is not locked inside a formula. Its essence is subtle (subjective) and never rational. It resides in the unique, the singular, but it is ultimately connected to something more universal. A great wine is one in which quality is contained. Such a wine will necessarily be uncommon and decidedly unique because it cannot be like any other, and because of this fact it will be atypical, or typical only of itself."- Andre Ostertag |
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2009 Bonita Springs Cabernet Sauvignon
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Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2009 ASV Sangiovese
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Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2010 Mandala Red
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Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2010 Centennial Red
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Regular as of 05/31 |
Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2010 ASV Malvasia
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Regular as of 05/31 |
Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2010 Bonita Springs Pinot Gris
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Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2010 Centennial White
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Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2010 Mandala White
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Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2010 Centennial Pink
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Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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2010 DAYDEN Dry Rose' Apache for "little girl"
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Regular as of 05/31 |
Phone: (928) 639-2789 Tasting Room Open Info & Map Cottonwood, AZ |
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