cornville az usa wine region verde valley founded 2003 first vintage 2003 key people eric glomski founder and director of winegrowing distribution tasting room wine club and regionally tasting open to the public 365 days a year website http www.pagespringscellars.com page springs cellars & vineyards is a family owned arizona winery and vineyard tucked into the volcanic landscape overlooking pristine oak creek canyon just 15 minutes south of sedona in the verde valley . page springs cellars produces rhone style wines working primarily with syrah petite sirah grenache and mourvedre . 1 contents 1 history 2 arizona wine industry 3 blood into wine 4 references 5 further reading history edit page springs cellars was founded in 2003 by eric glomski . born in illinois and raised in boston glomski moved west to study ecology at prescott college . 2 upon graduating from prescott college glomski founded a river restoration company . it was here that he began his foray into the winemaking business after teaching himself to make wine from heirloom apples pears peaches and quince from abandoned homesteads that he came across during his field journeys . in the mid 90s eric continued his wine education by moving to california and working at david bruce rising from cellar worker to co winemaker and director of production over a six year span . 3 in 2003 he returned to arizona and worked as a winemaker at echo canyon vineyards & winery before founding his own label page springs cellars and later arizona stronghold vineyards with maynard james keenan in 2007 . 4 in a statement on the page springs website glomski said we have a wine centered philosophy . the market is not driving our winemaking quality is . my wines are an expression of the place that i call home . page springs cellars official website . 5 called a pioneer in the verde valley region 6 and the area s best known vintner by wine enthusiast 7 glomski has been pivotal to the growth of the verde valley wine industry . according to master sommelier and certified wine educator laura williamson the amount of energy he has spent eradicating doubts that arizona could produce high quality wines has been infinite . 8 in 2006 when out of state distributors introduced a bill that would have prevented small arizona wineries from selling their products directly to consumers and retailers glomski along with rod keeling owner of keeling schaefer vineyards and phoenix water law attorney robert lynch spearheaded pro winery legislation and personally lobbied state politicians . glomski s efforts benefited the arizona wine industry as a whole and since this victory the number of federally bonded wineries in arizona has more than tripled . 9 arizona wine industry edit although spanish missionaries begun producing wine in arizona during the 16th century for use in christian religious ceremonies modern winemaking started in 1970 s in the sonoita ava . today there are over 45 licensed and bonded wineries throughout arizona . 10 despite the prejudices and objections of many arizona is quickly becoming known as a serious wine destination . the state s first viticulture program started at yavapai college in january 2011 . 11 another catalyst in the verde valley area is the verde valley wine consortium a nonprofit organization spearheading the advancement of tourism economic development and education created by the local wine industry . blood into wine edit eric glomski starred alongside maynard james keenan in the 2009 documentary blood into wine showcasing their efforts of bringing credibility and notoriety to arizona winemaking while battling wine industry prejudice and harsh desert conditions . the movie was released theatrically in march 2010 and on dvd and blu ray in september 2010 . blood into wine was awarded the best feature documentary at the 2011 trail dance film festival in oklahoma . 12 references edit brophy nicole wild west wineries . arizona foothills . april 2011 . retrieved april 01 2011 . vinyard valerie stronghold grows grapes reputation . arizona daily star september 9 2010 . retrieved september 9 2010 . trulsson nora burba vintage verde valley . sunset . may 2011 . retrieved may 01 2011 april 2011 eric s auto bio pdf . azstronghold.com . retrieved on april 01 2011 . 1 . pagespringscellars.com . retrieved on november 10 2010 . wright claudia stronghold wine . frontdoors may june 2010 . retrieved may 04 2010 2 . wineenthusiast.com . retrieved on february 20 2011 . vinyard valerie stronghold grows grapes reputation . arizona daily star september 9 2010 . retrieved september 9 2010 . robinson jay the arizona stronghold the next american wine frontier . jet set magazine . january february 2010 . retrieved february 15 2010 3 . arizonawine.org . retrieved on february 20 2011 . 4 . winebusiness.com . retrieved january 04 2011 . 5 . traildancefilmfestival.com . retrieved february 2 2010 . further reading edit brophy nicole wild west wineries . arizona foothills . april 2011 . retrieved april 1 2011 . vinyard valerie stronghold grows grapes reputation . trulsson nora burba vintage verde valley . sunset magazine may 2011 . retrieved may 1 2011 april 2011 eric s auto bio pdf . azstronghold.com . retrieved on april 1 2011 6 . pagesspringscellars.com . retrieved on november 10 2010 . wright claudia wine stronghold . frontdoors may june 2010 . retrieved may 4 2010 . 7 . wineenthusiast.com . retrieved on february 20 2011 . robinson jay the arizona stronghold the next american wine frontier . jet set magazine . january february 2010 . retrieved february 15 2010 8 . arizonawine.org . retrieved on february 20 2011 . 9 . winebusiness.com . retrieved january 4 2011 . 10 . traildancefilmfestival.com . retrieved february 2 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title page springs cellars & oldid 605144169 categories wineries in arizonacompanies based in arizona navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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