Refuel with Burger Night at Canelo Bistro

After the Grape Stomp, Canela Bistro is doing a special Burger Night so the runners and walkers can refuel with Canela's creative and delicious cuisine. There will be several burger and sandwich options, paired with Sonoita-Elgin wines. The burgers were inspired by Sonoita-Elgin winemakers, and will include:

• The Bostock: a  beef patty with just about as much meat and bacon as you can squeeze on a burger
• The K.C. Lamb Burger with red pepper pipperade, mint yogurt and heirloom tomato
• The Ann: herbed chicken sausage with smoked mozzarella
• Tim's Tartine: an open-faced veggie sandwich made with local seasonal vegetables and chèvre
• El Rancho Puerco: crispy pork shoulder with pickled red onions and roasted green chile aioli

Can you guess which burger matches which winemaker?

Canela will also offer appetizers and sides creatively combining local ingredients, and mouthwatering desserts including Chocolate Pots de Crème and Mesquite Apple Cake with homemade ice cream.  Yum!

Canela Bistro is open 4:00-8:00 p.m. this Saturday. They're also serving brunch Sunday from 10:00-2:00. To reserve a table call 520-455-5873. For directions, visit Canela's website: canelabistro.com.

Final Countdown

It's here! The Great Arizona Grape Stomp will kick off in Sonoita this Saturday. Remember you can register online or at the race. The 5K begins at 8:00 a.m.; registration at Callaghan Vineyards is open at 7:00.

• You can get a hearty breakfast at the Sonoita-Elgin Fire Station from 7:00-10:00 a.m. (read the details here)

• It's not too late to book a shuttle ride to or around Wine Country with one of our shuttle sponsors

• Canela Bistro will host a post-Grape Stomp BBQ from 4:00-8:00 p.m. with traditional and gourmet burger choices inspired by (and named after!) area wineries

See you on Saturday!

Winery #6: Lightning Ridge Cellars

Lightning Ridge Cellars was a proud participant of the 1st annual Sonoita 5k Grape Stomp.  Team Lightning Ridge, albeit made up of family members, holds titles that - well, let's say 'we encompassed the field of wineries that participated in 2010'.  In other words, our claim to fame in the 1st annual run was that within the wineries participating:  we placed first and last.

Ron was the out-front winery winner, while Ann - accompanied with her trusty Great Dane Bruna, brought up the rear.  Although our range of ranking/placement in 2010 was never planned, we look forward to again finishing in some sort of notable standing.

Please join us for a beautiful fun run thru the heart of Elgin's wine region for the 2011 event.  Saturday, 10/22/11 will be a perfect day for runners and walkers alike.  Remember to layer your attire, as Elgin's crisp fall morning will warm up to a sunny day that is sure to only require shorts and a t-shirt in the afternoon. 

Also, when registering for the run, please consider signing up with Team Lightning Ridge.  If you do, you'll receive a special event t-shirt along with your swag-bag of goodies at the end of the run.  It's one-of-a-kind!

Winery #5: Kief-Joshua Vineyards

If you’ve been a previous guest or have never visited the oldest and original “Arizona Wine Country,” what better time to beat the heat and join our Second Annual Sonoita Grape Stomp 5 K on October 22nd.  

Sonoita stands at 5000 feet elevation and will take your breath away – not just because of the race, but also due to the spectacular beauty of the area.  And best of all, the Sonoita Wine Tour was selected by USA Today as one of the top ten wine trails in the United States.

Sonoita boasts of winery helping winery, neighbor helping neighbor and we guarantee your stress will be at an all time low.  We hope you’ll stop by the Kief-Joshua Vineyards tasting room to sample our dry, full-bodied reds and our light, crispy whites after the race. 

Please visit www.kj-vineyards.com for more info on the race.  There are also some surprising benefits hidden there if you join team Kief-Joshua.  Cheers!

Winery #4: Dos Cabezas WineWorks

Calling all athletes, track teams & regular slow people like us:  we need you in training for team Dos Cabezas WineWorks!  Although we ran in a half marathon in Oregon this summer, our running program has taken a back seat to harvesting 60+ tons of grapes.  With the 2011 harvest season winding down, we have a running date scheduled for tomorrow to kick off our Great Arizona Grape Stomp 5k training.  We have 3 weeks to train to beat Tim Mueller of Canelo Hills.  We’re not quite ready to go after Lightning Ridge’s Ron Roncone, but perhaps one of our young recruits can take him.

Be sure to stick around for tastings after the run...we’ll pull out an extra wine or two for those of you with run bibs.  We’ve also been scheming a refueling dinner with Canela Bistro.  Stay tuned for details! 

Winery #3: Charron Vineyards

Visit Tucson’s closest Vineyard & Winery!

 

After the race enjoy a celebratory glass of chilled wine on the deck overlooking the Santa Rita Mountains.  Put your feet up, relax, take in the magnificent views and breathe the cool mountain air.

 All race participants are eligible for complimentary wine tasting and 30% discount on all purchases made at the Charron Vineyards Tasting Room on race day. 

Winery #2: Canelo Hills Vineyard & Winery

At Canelo Hills Vineyard and Winery we are busy getting ready for Sonoita's second annual Great Arizona Grape Stomp. We've charted a beautiful run down  Elgin Road and through Rancho Rossa's vineyard. Tim is in training to beat last year's time. He is going to need some help, though. Are any of you younger, enthusiastic runners out there willing to join the Canelo Hills team and help set the pace for Tim?

Have your heard about the passbib program Canelo Hills is participating in? It will be a lot of fun for all you runners after the race. On race day will have our newly-released 2009 Zinfandel and 2009 Syrah on the tasting table and as usual, you will be able to visit with Winemaker Tim and Farmer Joan to see how this year's harvest is going. See you all then. 

 

Joan, Tim, Kathryn (and Charlie) at the start of last year's Grape Stomp