{"id":28085,"date":"2017-08-18T15:12:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=28085"},"modified":"2019-05-05T14:33:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T18:33:41","slug":"kief-joshua-vineyards-wine-tasting-room-grand-opening-in-willcox-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/kief-joshua-vineyards-wine-tasting-room-grand-opening-in-willcox-az\/","title":{"rendered":"Kief-Joshua Vineyards Wine Tasting Room Grand Opening in Willcox, AZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELGIN, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Kief-Joshua Vineyards (KJV) is officially opening its gates and inviting the public to join them on September 16, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at their Willcox tasting room, located at 4923 E. Arzberger Road. The grand opening will feature wine flights, wines or sangria by the glass, small bites pairings and a local pistachio farmer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0818-kj-vineyards-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Kief-Joshua Vineyards in Willcox\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0818-kj-vineyards-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/17-0818-kj-vineyards-600x450-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cWe had a seriously need for more fruit,\u201d says winemaker, Kief Manning. \u201cSince Willcox grows seventy-four percent of Arizona&#8217;s wine grapes, and is the source of the most highly rated Arizona wines by Wine Spectator, I felt this property would grant us the most opportunity for fruit quality and abundance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Willcox area was recently granted AVA (American Viticultural Area) status, meaning this area is now recognized as a unique and distinctive wine-growing region in the United States. The Willcox Wine Consortium consists of at least ten different wineries and tasting rooms, and is a perfect day trip for wine tasting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasting fees:<\/strong><br \/>\n$10 grants customers a souvenir glass and 5 (1oz) pours Or $7 if you bring a wine glass. Wine by the glass is discounted to $5 and Sangria $3.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/kj-vineyards.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/kj-vineyards.com\/<\/a> or call 520-455-5582.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECTIONS:<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom Phoenix or Tucson: From Highway 10, take exit #336 \u2013 Take Haskell Avenue to Maley St, head south on 186. Turn right on Kansas Settlement Road. Make a Left on Arzberger (A \u201cpaved\u201d road). At Mile marker 3 turn right into Wayward winds and Kief-Joshua Vineyards will be on your left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Save the dates: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Magdelena Bash Harvest Festival, featuring new wine releases, two bands, food, vendors and more on Aug. 26, 2017, 11-5 at Kief-Joshua Vineyards-Elgin.<\/li>\n<li>Kief-Joshua Willcox, October 27-29, 2017 Hallowine: Grapes and Goodies.<\/li>\n<li>The Southeast Arizona Wine Growers Festival, featuring 15 AZ Wineries on March 10 &amp; 11, 2018 at Kief-Joshua Vineyards-Elgin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELGIN, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Kief-Joshua Vineyards (KJV) is officially opening its gates and inviting the public to join them on September 16, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at their Willcox tasting room, located at 4923 E. Arzberger Road. The grand opening will feature wine flights, wines or sangria by the glass, small bites pairings and a local pistachio farmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4252,"featured_media":28087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,125,402,197,260,11247],"tags":[9217,9216],"class_list":["post-28085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture-news","category-arizona-news","category-food-beverage-news","category-event-news","category-hospitality-news","category-wines-and-vineyards","tag-american-viticultural-area","tag-wine-tasting","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":9475,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}