Sedona Wine Adventures
Wine and Adventure, the Perfect Pairing!
Explore the beautiful Verde Valley Wine Country with Sedona Wine Adventures and learn why Lonely Planet recently named the Verde Valley as a top 10 destination in 2013, not just for scenery and recreation, but also for the award winning wines now being produced. Sedona Wine Adventures offers 3 of the most popular tours to the Verde Valley wine country:
We invite everyone to visit our NEW Verde Valley Wine Country Page. The Verde Valley Wine Country invites wine enthusiasts to experience an area rich in history, beauty, and the production of exquisite Arizona wine!
The Great Arizona Grape Stomp
“Liberate your Juice”
October 6th, 2012
While you are visiting Sedona and the Verde River Valley on October 6th, 2012, make sure to check out the 3rd Annual Grape Sto5k Walk/Runmp taking place in Olde Town Cottonwood. This event will benefit the Arizona Wine Growers Association. The run will begin at 8:00 am at Lyons Park on the corner of Willard and N. Main Street, continue on to Dead Horse Ranch State Park, and finish in the heart of Old Town Cottonwood.
Registration is $35.00 and participants can register online at the Arizona Wine Growers Association or you may register the day of the event from 6:00 am – 7:45 am at RIOT in Old Town Cottonwood. The Red Rooster Café will be open for dinner the night before the event, where registration will also be taking place from 5:00pm-8:00pm with live music, dinner specials and 10% off regular menu prices for 5K registrants. Runner’s registration packets will be available for pick up at RIOT, the morning of the event, beginning at 6:00 am.
For all the wine, pecan and antique lovers that are going to be in Sedona over the Valentine’s Day weekend, (February 17th – 19th) the 12th Annual Pecan, Wine and Antique Festival is the place to be. Enjoy three fun fill days of a variety of tasty Pecan dishes, glorious Verde Valley Wines, wonderful historical Antiques, and Arizona Artisans! I attended this event last year and would recommend it to anyone that is in the area! The admission is only $12.50 and includes your entrance fee, tasting coupons and a commemorative wine glass. The Festival takes place on Main Street in downtown Camp Verde (Get Directions).
Do you love wine, Cajun food, Bluegrass and fun? If you answered yes, then come to Sedona this weekend and attend the Arizona Stronghold event “JAMbalaya” taking place on November 20th.
Join Arizona Stronghold at Old Town Center for the Arts located at 5th Street & Main in Cottonwood for this one of a kind event. The Bluegrass Band Muskellunge, will be there to get your feet tapping, as you enjoy some wonderful Arizona wine and Cajun food. For those of you out there that have yet to experience Arizona wine, now is your chance to see what everyone has been talking about!
Northern Arizona is becoming widely known for their amazing vineyards, winemakers and the overall exceptional qualities of its award winning wines. There is no doubt in my mind that you will enjoy visiting the wineries in the Sedona-Verde Valley area and that you will come back year after year to delight your pallet and take in the great scenery that the wineries have to offer. One of the favorite wine experiences for locals and visitors alike would have to be the Verde Valley Wine Trail.
Another great reason
to vacation in Sedona, Arizona.
Once again Verde Valley winemakers and growers are in the spotlight for their talent, and their ability to produce some of the most robust flavorful wines. Steve Ayers of the Bugle writes “Fortunately for the Verde Valley, it not only has great growing conditions, it also has some excellent winemakers. That fact was proven time and again Sunday when the Arizona Wine Growers Association gathered for their largest event ever in Phoenix”.
Verde Valley winemakers won nine out of the 14 Gold medals awarded. Of these winemaker Eric Glomski, who owns Page Spring Cellars and oversees wine making at Arizona Stronghold (Camp Verde), Caduceus Cellars (Jerome) and Pillsbury (Cochise County), walked away responsible for 7 of the 14 Gold medals. Glomski was not the only Verde Valley winemaker to do well. In fact we have many winemakers to celebrate including;
Alcantara Vineyard owners Bob and Barbara Predmore
Javelina Leap winemaker Rod Snapp
Looking for a great Sedona tour of Verde Valley wineries?
*To read Steve Ayers article “Verde Valley wines shine at statewide competition” and for more information on the wineries and awards visit The Bugle.
