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Willcox Wine Fest spotlights winning wineries, barrel tastings

Cathalena E. Burch
Updated Dec 15, 2025

The unique barrel tasting experience showcases wines in process before they are ready to be bottled as part of this weekend's fall Willcox Wine Festival.

Units

Unit 36 Orange

Helen Amelsberg
May 30, 2025

On a delightful Tuesday afternoon on Wednesday, April 23, the Unit 36 Orange Social Committee served up a sensory adventure that was equal par…

Food-drink

Tucson's Off the Vine fest showcases state winemakers

Cathalena E. Burch
Updated Apr 15, 2025

Arizona Winegrowers Association's 12th annual Off the Vine Arizona Wine Festival features at least 20 wineries showing off their latest vintages.

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Arizona proposal to regulate pumping stirs emotions in Willcox

Tony Davis
Updated Jan 5, 2026

Residents, winemakers, other farmers and well owners are deeply split over Arizona's proposal to start regulating pumping in the depleted Willcox groundwater basin.

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Too much wine, not enough drinkers: Arizona wine industry is in a slump

Cathalena E. Burch
Updated Oct 27, 2025

For Star subscribers: Southern Arizona vineyards are leaving grapes to die on the vine or slashing prices for the fruit amid a decline in wine sales.

Arts-and-leisure

Wine Afficionados Experience Extraordinaire

Ann Vernon
Updated Aug 2, 2025

Twelve guests (including myself) were treated to an incredible immersion into the world of wine by David and Kathleen Eaton, owners of a bouti…

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California adds the “SLO Coast” as a new wine region

From Feast and Field • Photos courtesy of SLO Coast Wine
Updated Apr 20, 2022
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The U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau designated the “SLO coast” as California’s newest American Viticultural Area (AVA) earlier this month. The area is in San Luis Obispo (SLO) county and lies on the coast in a nearly 100-mile long strip about halfway between California’s two largest cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles.