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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Myth-busting the taste of Arizona wine

Myth-busting the taste of Arizona wine

Carly Oseran April 5, 2018

If you think Arizona wine doesn’t compare to wine made in Sonoma or Napa Valley, you’re right. Arizona wine doesn’t compare, but not for the reasons you may think. Robert Leopardi, Southern...

Wine industry bubbling up fast in Arizona

Wine industry bubbling up fast in Arizona

Tirion Morris September 27, 2017

Toast this: Arizona's wine industry grew 1,940 percent in 14 years. New wineries are bursting onto the map with vineyards and tasting rooms popping up statewide, concentrated in the southeast growing...

A row of Graciano grapes at the Callaghan Vineyard courtesy of winery owner, Kent Callaghan

Southern Arizona wineries flourish despite the climate

Kianna Gardner March 25, 2015

Southern Arizona’s climate seems like an unlikely choice for a winery. But in the Sonoita area, soil has tested nearly equal in quality to the soil in Burgundy, France — wine capital of the world....

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