an Avant-garde podcast about the Award-Winning Arizona Wine world. Get the insider info and deets about the burgeoning AZ Wine culture. Meet the 'Who's Who' winemakers, industry frontiersmen/women who are blazing the new wine trails, the unique places to visit when exploring the incredible wine areas in AZ. Award-winning wines, incredible foodie/gastro must tastes, and the best-kept secrets you have to visit as you explore the Verde Valley Wine Trail, southern AZ wine areas and more!

AZ Wine Guru
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an Avant-garde podcast about the Award-Winning Arizona Wine world. Get the insider info and deets about the burgeoning AZ Wine culture. Meet the 'Who's Who' winemakers, industry frontiersmen/women who are blazing the new wine trails, the unique places to visit when exploring the incredible wine areas in AZ. Award-winning wines, incredible foodie/gastro must tastes, and the best-kept secrets you have to visit as you explore the Verde Valley Wine Trail, southern AZ wine areas and more!
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Recent Episodes

August 22, 2024
Corey Turnbull and Hayley Meyer of Rubrix Wines
<p>Corey is the head Winemaker at the awarded Page Springs Cellars, and Co-owns and operates Rubrix Wines with his wife and the tasting room manager Hayley Meyer.</p> <p>Dawn and Leon had a fun, engaging, and at times funny conversation with these two Verde Valley natives.</p> <p>* Notable moments in this episode: </p> <p>- As a lead winemaker for two distinct brands, Corey explains his philosophy for making his Page Springs Wines “Winemaking is an art… you don’t really want it to speak of what you do to make it, your job is more like a Shepard transforming it from one medium to another, while keeping it’s core characteristics and personality.”</p> <p>- He also explains making "ice" dessert wines in the desert and that process is very cool. Pun intended. </p> <p>- At about 1:01 in the podcast 'wine nerds, he illustrates his wine sensory evaluation descriptors... “mmm wild strawberry with hints of Dillard’s dressing room…” </p> <p>- In the final segment of the podcast Dawn and Hayley talk about the cool collaborative spirit in the wine culture here in the Verde Valley AVA and how critical that support is for success, in addition to their conversation early in the podcast about what it is like to be a "Harvest Widow".</p> <p>Corey is incredibly versed in Arizona winemaking and viticulture having grown his career in it,in all aspects, from the beginning here in the Verde. </p> <p>Enjoy this great conversation with another true AZ Wine Guru and his wonderful partner Hayley of Rubrix Wines. Make sure to plan a visit there on your next trip to the Verde Valley while staying at the Acoustic Cellars Lodge, or taking a day trip on the AZ Wine Crawler. You will love it! </p> <p>Thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing the podcast... and a big thank you to our sponsors: </p> <p>The Acoustic Cellars Lodge offers the most unique AZ Wine Country all-inclusive Wine, Music, and Nature Experience in the Verde Valley AVA AcousticCellarsLodge.com @acousticcellarslodge</p> <p>The AZ Wine Crawler. 5 start hop-on hop-off Wine Tour </p> <p>AZWineCrawler.com @AZWineCrawler</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/az-wine-guru/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/az-wine-guru/support</a>

May 30, 2024
Verde Valley AVA - DA Vines Wine Owner John Rachel
<p>What a pleasant conversation with the DA Vines Vineyard and Tasting room owner. John has observed the growth of the Verde Valley AVA over the years. Now he and his wife Linda have one of the hidden gem tasting rooms and wine in the Verde Valley. Enjoy meeting John, and check out their wine club offerings, and visit their tasting room on your next visit to the Verde Valley AVA! </p> <p>Please also check out and support our sponsors: </p> <p>AcousticCellarsLodge.com </p> <p>AZWineCrawler.com</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/az-wine-guru/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/az-wine-guru/support</a>

February 9, 2024
AZ Wine Guru, Awarded Wine maker Cynthia Snapp of Javelina Leap Vineyards & Winery in the Verde Valley AVA
In this episode, Dawn Morton and I sit down with a creative, driven woman, with an extraordinary flare. Please meet highly awarded Wine Maker, AZ Wine Guru... Cynthia Snapp. We were fortunate to be sharing a glass of wine with Cynthia enjoying the astounding view from her Vineyard View House nestled high on the mountain above the Javelina Leap Estate Vineyard and Winery in Page Springs/Cornville AZ. As one of the original vintner/wine-making pioneers, Cynthia is a wealth of fun information on the history of Arizona Wine. In this fun discussion, you will learn some of her secrets, processes, struggles, and successes on her wine-making journey. Enjoy... Cheers! --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/az-wine-guru/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/az-wine-guru/support</a>
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