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What is the Future of Arizona Wine?

August 19, 2026 By Carlson Creek Leave a Comment

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Carlson Creek has been involved in the Arizona Wine Industry for two decades. We were the 17th winery license in the state. Carlson Creek has been ...

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Filed Under: Arizona Wine Industry Tagged With: climate change, demographic shift, future, water crisis, wine, wine consumers

How Do Wineries Crush Grapes?

September 8, 2026 By Carlson Creek 3 Comments

When you think of crushing grapes at a winery you picture people stomping grapes or a man cranking an old fashioned basket press. Both are correct and ...

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Filed Under: Winemaking, Winery Tagged With: Arizona wine, crusher destemmer, Grape Crush, grape crushing, grape stomping, harvest season, pneumatic press, willcox wine country, wine crush, wine grapes, Winery

How many wineries can you visit in a day?

August 27, 2026 By Carlson Creek 1 Comment

This is not a trick question. The answer depends on who you are with, why you are tasting, whether you expectorate, who is driving, and what your ...

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Filed Under: Scottsdale Tasting Room, Wine Tasting Tagged With: Arizona wine tasting, scottsdale tasting room, tasting room, willcox wine country, wine tasting, wine tasting rooms, wineries, winery visits

Can Arizona Wine Survive Climate Change?

August 26, 2026 By Carlson Creek Leave a Comment

Yes, but it will not look the same as it does today. In many ways the Arizona wine industry has been adapting to climate change for longer than other ...

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Filed Under: Arizona Wine Industry, Vineyard Tagged With: Arizona wine, climate change, high elevation vineyards, sustainable farming, viticulture, water conservation, willcox wine country, wine grapes

Wine Grape Harvest Timing in Arizona

August 25, 2026 By Carlson Creek Leave a Comment

In Arizona wine country, vineyards begin a flurry of activity months before their peers in California and other better known wine regions. On the ...

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Filed Under: Vineyard Tagged With: Arizona wine, farming, harvest, vineyard management, Willcox wine, wine harvest

A Healthy Vineyard for Healthy Wines

July 11, 2023 By Carlson Creek

There is an old wine making adage that you can make bad wine from great grapes, but you cannot make a great wine from bad grapes. It is the foundation ...

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Filed Under: Vineyard Tagged With: carlson, farming, organic, owls, vineyard, wine, winegrapes

Halloween Candy + Wine Pairings

October 30, 2019 By Carlson Creek

Every year American buy about three quarter of a billion pounds of candy for Halloween1. That is an unimaginable amount of sweets ending up in our ...

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Filed Under: Holidays, Wines Tagged With: Halloween, halloween candy, halloween candy and wine, wine pairing, wine pairings

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Carlson Creek Vineyard is a family-owned vineyard and winery located in the heart of Cochise County in Southeastern Arizona, with tasting rooms located in Scottsdale and Willcox, Arizona.

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