3/17/2023 0 Comments Arizona strongholdWe also feel strongly that our wines express, first and foremost, Arizona, and secondarily the grapes and hands of the vignerons involved. There is a perfect “Mediterranean Band” in the mid Arizona elevations between the heat of Phoenix and the cold of Flagstaff. Growing fine wines in Arizona is all about elevation. We believe the soils and climate at our vineyards stand up to the finest in the world. The potential to make great wine has always existed in the Southwest, yet the talent and willingness to invest here had yet to fully blossom until recently. Despite this, there is a distinct hunger in Arizona for indigenous wines. While small bastions of artistry have made a few waves with wine aficionados, Arizona still remains a vinous backwater in the minds of the wine world. During his tenure at David Bruce, Eric also pursued a great deal of coursework at the University of California at Davis in Viticulture and Enology.Īrizona Stronghold Vineyards was formed to put Arizona on the fine wine map. Working his way up from Cellar Worker, Assistant Production Manager, Production Manager and Assistant Winemaker over the course of five years, he became Co-Winemaker and Director of Production in 2001. After leaving Sonoma, Eric worked for several years at David Bruce Winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains. In the mid 90’s he briefly worked harvest at Limerick Lane, a small Old Vine Zinfandel producer in Sonoma County California. These first forays at home winemaking led him to California. More than just the fruit that was harvested, the wine somehow captured the essence of the whole landscape that that plant had grown and fruited in. It was sniffing his first apple wine that led him to realize that wine is “liquid landscape”. During a two year research project in Central Arizona, Eric harvested heirloom apples, pears, peaches and quince from abandoned homesteads that he came across in his field journeys. Eric Glomski - Co-Founder/Owner/WinemakerĮric’s love for wine grew during his previous profession as a vegetation and landscape ecologist.
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