Arizona Wine and Music Festival hosted by Kief-Joshua Vineyards : Fri, 30 Apr 2010 : Music Industry Newswire™

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Arizona Wine and Music Festival hosted by Kief-Joshua Vineyards

by Jesse JJ Jame
published Fri, 30 Apr 2010 – 16:50:36 +0000 UTCNo Comment

SONOITA, Ariz. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Kief-Joshua Vineyards is celebrating their Second Annual Arizona Wine and Music Festival with the release of three new wines on May 1 and 2, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 2010. To mark the occasion, the winery is hosting a wine festival, featuring wine tasting and tours, live music performed by Jeordie, from noon to 2 p.m. and Andy Hersey, from 2 to 5 p.m. The day’s events will also include numerous vendors from the Sierra Vista Farmer’s Market, the Nizhoni Ranch Navajo Rug Gallery, and Locally Arizona will also be serving chicken wings for $8 a dozen.

Featured wines include a 2008 Estate Tempranillo, 2009 Chenin Blanc, and Magdelena. This will be the first-ever release of wine grown on this 20-acre vineyard, located 60 miles south of Tucson. The winemaker, Kief Manning, earned a graduate degree in Viticulture and Oenology from the University of Melbourne in Australia. Magdelena, a blend of Petit Verdot and Barbera, is named in honor of Kief’s 91-year-old grandmother.

The tasting room is open seven days a week and is located at 370 Elgin Road, Elgin, Arizona. To visit, take I 10, exit 281, Rte 83, head East on Elgin Rd (mile marker 28 1/2).

The Sonoita wine-growing region features nine wineries, panoramic mountain views and lush green grasslands. It is a perfect and affordable event for the entire family. The cost of the event is $10 per person.

For more information, visit www.kj-vineyards.com or call 520-455-5582.

About The Author / Editor:

JJ Jame is a percussionist and home-brew theremin player, formerly a member of the Redondo Beach based BoyRacer.com electronica band, and a long-time electronic music fan, as well as formerly an editor for the defunct EMcult website that Christopher Simmons launched in 1997 but soon abandoned (in many ways this site, MIN, is the stepchild of that project). JJ wants high-speed rail to criss-cross California sooner than later, and is madly in love with local Fox 11 TV personality Lauren Sanchez.