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Courtesy photo<br />
Award-winning wines and more at Bruzzi Vineyard<br />
BY DAVID SOWDERS<br />
Located in scenic<br />
and historic<br />
Young, Arizona,<br />
Bruzzi Vineyard is the<br />
first vineyard in Gila<br />
County and produces<br />
some of the state’s finest<br />
wines – most notably<br />
their Vidal Blanc, which<br />
has won local competitions<br />
and earned awards<br />
in the azcentral Arizona<br />
Wine Competition.<br />
Bruzzi Vineyard offers<br />
wine tastings at tasting<br />
rooms in Young and Superior,<br />
wines by the bottle<br />
and the case (with free delivery<br />
throughout Arizona<br />
on orders of three bottles<br />
or more), a seasonal farm<br />
stand, a delicious dining<br />
menu featuring fresh local<br />
ingredients and even a<br />
chance to meet one of their<br />
llamas up close.<br />
The vineyard showcases<br />
unique varietals at<br />
onsite farm-to-table culinary<br />
events celebrating the<br />
summer/winter solstice and<br />
spring/fall equinox, as well<br />
as Thanksgiving and New<br />
Year’s Eve.<br />
Having worked in hospitality<br />
and landscaping, a<br />
vineyard seemed to make<br />
sense to owner James Bruzzi.<br />
“It kind of started as<br />
a hobby, and just started<br />
to grow on its own,” said<br />
Courtesy photo<br />
Bruzzi. He started planting<br />
the vines in Young in 2010,<br />
and opened his first tasting<br />
room six years later. Today<br />
the vineyard grows around<br />
eight acres of grapes, as<br />
well as blackberries and<br />
other produce.<br />
While the vines grow in<br />
Young, in November 2020<br />
Bruzzi opened a second<br />
wine tasting room in historic<br />
Superior. Located at<br />
Continued on page 37<br />
36 Gateway to the Copper Corridor 2021
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