my month of traveling continues this weekend with a magnificent trip up to sedona for a winemaker's event in the verde valley at argueably the most exciting and accessible vineyard in the state. we tasted some incredible wine and cheeses on a beautiful day right on oak creek.
wines: all stunners from page springs cellars, the most down-to-earth experience you'll ever have with a winemaker who is passionately creative with his blends and bottles.
- vino del barrio blanco: the red-wine drinkers white wine
- vino del barrio red: the red-wine drinkers staple
- ECIPS: nicey spicey
- 100% granache
cheeses: a great array that included simi fulvi unbriacone, mimolette, petite basque, l'edel de cleron and chaumes.
we also got to see the fermenting vats full of pungent fruit and foam - just fascinating! we tasted the early stages of a white wine (drawn from the bottom to avoid the thick yeasty foam layer at the top). this tasted like sweet pear-grapefruit juice with a mead-y bubbly consistency.
sedona magazine has an article this fall 2006 issue on wineries in the verde valley with lots of great info. check it out.
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