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Nearly 40 Valley restaurants earn Wine Spectator recognition

By Jess Harter • Thursday, July 20, 2023

🍷 Nearly 40 Valley restaurants are among 3,500-plus worldwide that earned 2023 Awards of Excellence from Wine Spectator magazine.

Chandler: Cuisine & Wine Bistro (pictured), Prime Shula’s Steakhouse.

Glendale: Arrowhead Grill.

Fort McDowell: Ember.

Litchfield Park: Litchfield’s at Wigwam Resort.

Paradise Valley: Elements, Hearth ’61, Lon’s at the Hermosa.

Phoenix: Anhelo, Beckett’s Table, Capital Grille, Geordie’s at the Wrigley Mansion, Quiessence at the Farm, Seasons 52, Vincent on Camelback,

Scottsdale: Bourbon Steak, Cafe Monarch, Capital Grille, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, Fat Ox, Fogo de Chao, Frasher’s Tavern, J&G Steakhouse, Lincoln Steakhouse, Maple & Ash, Marcellino Ristorante, Mastro’s City Hall Steakhouse, Mastro’s Ocean Club, Mastro’s Steakhouse, Mick Brasserie, Morton’s Steakhouse, Orange Sky, Preston’s Steakhouse, Sel, STK Scottsdale, Tarbell’s, Tarbell’s Tavern, Virtu Honest Craft.

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Chesapeake Bay Seafood Bistro in Ahwatukee now offers diners BYOB option

By Jess Harter • Thursday, March 17, 2022

Chesapeake Bay Seafood Bistro, which opened last June in Ahwatukee, has secured a BYOB exemption allowing diners to bring in their own 40 ounces of beer, 750 milliliters of wine, or 4 ounces of distilled spirits per person. The service fee is $1 for each can or bottle of beer and $10 for every 750 milliliters of wine.

Also, the restaurant has extended its hours to allow people to linger a bit longer. The new hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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The Cellar: Wine & Tapas in Ahwatukee to hold 4 wine tastings this month

By Jess Harter • Monday, April 5, 2021

The Cellar: Wine & Tapas in Ahwatukee has announced its lineup of April wine tastings, which explore a varietal, region or winery from 5-7 p.m. Thursdays:

  • Thursday: Oregon
  • April 15: Stolpman Vineyards (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
  • April 22: Argentina
  • April 29: Chacewater Winery & Olive Mill (Lake County, Calif.)

Cost is $15 per person, which includes wine tastings and snacks. RSVP: 480-598-9463.

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Sicilian Butcher, Pita Jungle launch their own private-label wines

By Jess Harter • Monday, February 15, 2021

The Sicilian Butcher and Pita Jungle are the latest Valley restaurants to jump into private-label wines.

Chef Joey

Executive chef Joey Maggiore debuted the first of three Chef Joey wines – a cabernet sauvignon – over the weekend at all three Sicilian Butcher locations. Cost is $50 per bottle.

The wine, grown and bottled by Andrew Geoffrey Vineyards in Napa, Calif., will be rolled out at two other Maggiore Group restaurants, Tomaso’s and Hash Kitchen, and then at retail outlets.

A chardonnay and a pinot noir are up next.

Jungle Vino

Pita Jungle will introduce its new Jungle Vino wines – a cabernet sauvignon and a chardonnay – this Thursday for National Drink Wine Day. Cost is $18 per bottle for dine-in or takeout.

You also can try them for just $5 per glass during happy hour.

The wines, produced and bottled by Matchbook Wines, a family-owned winery in Northern California’s Dunnigan Hills, will be available at all 24 Arizona locations.

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The Cellar in Ahwatukee to host Wines of World tastings this month

By Jess Harter • Thursday, February 4, 2021

The Cellar: Wines & Tapas (formerly known as My Wine Cellar) in Ahwatukee is hosting a series of Wines of the World educational tastings from 5-7 p.m. Thursdays in February.

Today’s kickoff is California wines, followed by those from France (Feb. 11), Spain (Feb. 18), and Italy (Feb. 25).

The socially distanced sessions, which include four wine tastings, are $15 per session.

RSVP: 480-598-9463.

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Rift Wine+Tap caters to wine & beer drinkers in south Scottsdale

By Jess Harter • Monday, August 31, 2020

Rift Wine+Tap – a concept combining a wine lounge, a craft beer taproom, and a liquor store – opens for in-store consumption today in south Scottsdale.

The new venue, located near the northeast corner of Scottsdale and McKellips, began retail sales two weeks ago.

Rift Wine+Tap has a lounge with sofas, an extensive wine list, and 25 craft beer tap handles offering crowler and growler fills.  Six coolers are stocked with beers, seltzers, and hard kombucha to go.

The owners are longtime south Scottsdale residents Jonathan Coppins and Damien Kanser, who host a beverage podcast called Spilling the Truth.

Hours are noon-10 p.m weekdays and noon-10 p.m. weekends.

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Thursday: Beaujolais Nouveau Day at Cuisine & Wine Bistro

By Jess Harter • Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Cuisine and Wine Bistro celebrates Beaujolais Nouveau Day from 3-10 p.m. Thursday at its Chandler and Gilbert wine bars.

In the Beaujolais region of France, the annual holiday on the third Thursday of November marks the release of the first new wines – red wines made from Gamay grapes – of the season.

Georges Duboeuf, founder of one of France’s largest wine merchants, is credited with turning the local holiday into a worldwide phenomenon.

Cuisine & Wine Bistro will be offering tastings of the Beaujolais nouveau from Duboeuf’s own vineyard, Les Vins Georges Duboeuf, from 4-7 p.m.

Due to the popularity of the events, reservations are strongly recommended. Call 480-275-6700 in Chandler or 480-497-1422 in Gilbert.

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Craft 64 in Old Town Scottsdale introduces its 1st branded wine

By Jess Harter • Friday, November 2, 2018

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Craft 64, the Old Town Scottsdale pizzeria and craft beer bar, has released its first-ever wine.

Unlike many ‘‘branded’’ wines that simply are a re-branding of an existing wine, Craft 64 created the Pinot noir.

Co-owner and sommelier Josh Ivey (pictured) sourced the juice from three vineyards – Adams, Dukes, and Jubilee – in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, then oversaw the blending and barreling.

The wine features notes of cherry, raspberry, brown sugar, and baking spices and was aged in third- and fourth-use French oak barrels.

It sells for $15 per glass or $55 per bottle.

Besides the wine, Craft 64 also brews its own line of exclusive beers at SunUp Brewery in Phoenix.

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3 ounces for $400: Try one of the world’s best pinot noirs at Bourbon & Bones

By Jess Harter • Wednesday, August 15, 2018

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If you’re a wine aficionado, Bourbon & Bones in Old Town Scottsdale is offering you the opportunity to scratch an acclaimed vintage off your to-try bucket list.

The restaurant is selling one of the world’s best pinot noirs – 2015 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanee St-Vivant – by the glass.

The cost for a 3-ounce pour of the French wine? Just $400.

Bottles of the vintage sell online in $2,700-$3,300 range. It’s believed this is the first time the wine has been sold by the glass.

“This wine is without a doubt one of the finest pinot noir wines in the world,” Bourbon & Bones general manager Frank Schneider says in a media release.

A little out of your price range? Not to worry. Bourbon & Bones sells other glasses of wine starting at $6 during happy hour 4-6 p.m. weekdays.

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