Little Big Wines

from Scottsdale Airpark News - July - 2021

by Times Media Group

Switching Lanes

FOOD & WINE

Little

Big Wines

Monterey County offers bottles as beautiful as its beach views

By Alison Bailin Batz

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The county is diverse, including the iconic destinations of Big Sur, Carmel-by-the-Sea — where Clint Eastwood was once the mayor — and Pebble Beach. In addition to the natural beauty, the area is also a premium wine region. Here are some of our favorites to sip during the hot summer months.

2019 Golden Winery Chardonnay

Liquid gold in a bottle, this bright yellow white wine off ers tropical fruit and stone fruit aromas on the nose, notably peaches, pineapple, papaya, apricot and even a hint of banana, before giving way to notes of orange blossoms and cream. Expect a soft vanilla bean nuttiness to the taste, as well as another hit of tropical fruit. $12.99

Odd Lot Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah Blend

Odd Lot wines are unorthodox blends of bold red varieties. This combination is known for its blackberries, cherries and

juicy plums with hints of tarragon and toasted vanilla on the nose, followed by a deep, ripe black fruit fl avor on the palate and a smooth fi nish. $15

2020 Hahn Rosé

Don’t let the pale salmon color of this vibrantly acidic bottle fool you; this beauty is bursting with bright red cherries! Joining the cherries at the party in your mouth are raspberries and watermelon as well. The nose? Fresh and fl oral with defi nite rosé. $15

Sunny with a Chance of Flowers Sauvignon Blanc

This wine is meant to refl ect its name, off ering a light, refreshing, joyful and cheery aroma and taste in every sip. The combination of ripe guava, crushed pineapple, ruby grapefruit and fresh cut summer grass is sure to make you smile on even the hottest of summer days. Bonus: It is only 85 calories per serving! $16.99 once, there is a pop of sweet cherry candy and then earthy dried herbs. The wine is in constant motion, playfully dancing across the palate until it dissolves into dusty, fi ne tannins. $45

Silvestri 2018 Rising Tide Pinot Noir

Science and art are at their best here, working together to make each sip as balanced as silky and rich. Expect allspice and vanilla to combine and work in perfect harmony with cherry and raspberry on the nose and for the tastes somehow managing to avoid overpowering each other. $45

2018 Folktale Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay

De Tierra 2019 Rosé

2019 EX Unoaked

Chardonnay

Bright and direct thanks to being aged for three months in stainless steel, this deceptively rich unoaked chardonnay is a best bet when hot and humid, thanks to its subtle tropical notes, especially guava, banana and crispy green apple. There is some acidity at the fi nish, but more to balance the flavors versus impugn on the palate. $19

2018 Kali Hart Chardonnay The most fruit-forward chardonnay in the brand’s awardwinning portfolio, this off ering is meant to be exceptionally drinkable and refreshing. Succeeding on all levels, enjoy notes of ripe stone fruit and juicy tropical as well as

Madagascar vanilla from start to fi nish here. $20

2018 Holman Ranch 2018 Virgin Chardonnay

Hello, passion fruit! The sweet yet tart sister to citrus fruit makes herself known here, before combining with cooling melon and fresh lemon on the nose, and the 2018 Virgin Chardonnay shows an aroma of passion fruit, melon and fresh lemon. The palate provides a an unexpectedly silky mouthfeel characterized by flavors of guava, tropical fruits and lemon cream, punctuated by fresh, clean acidity. $26

With a bottle as delicate and lovely as this, you are likely expecting a quiet, subtle wine. Surprise! Looks are deceiving here, as the nose delivers immediate lime zest, fresh peaches and honeydew melon. Upon tasting, get ready for some bright acidity followed by grapefruit and rosé flavors, before enjoying a little nuttiness on the fi nish. $29

2019 Chalone Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir

There is a lot going on fl avorwise here, but in a good way. First, there are boysenberry and raspberry jams on the nose and to the taste. Then, expect what tastes a bit like graphite or even chalk, giving it a deeper minerality. Finally, as if knowing it is the encore, a sweetened spice makes it way to your taste buds, beckoning you to take another sip. $40

2018 Smith & Hook Reserve

This truly magical cabernet starts with an explosion of black and blue fruits, followed by a bounty of berries. Then, all at

The Santa Lucia Highlands are world renowned for producing some of California’s best chardonnay, thanks to the cool climate. This is one of the fi nest, especially for those who love Meyer lemon, stone fruit and toasted almonds. $48

2018 Lucienne Smith Vineyard Pinot Noir Fragrant aromas of red currant, blueberry and toasty oak will dance across your nose as you bring this pinot to your lips. Upon tasting, expect the red currant to turn to red cherry on the palate, as well as fl avors of black plum, spicy clove, and just enough cinnamon to give the wine a layered fi nish. $50

Caraccioli Cellars Brut Rosé One of the most popular sparkling options in the region, this varietal is as elegant as it is eff ervescent. At fi rst blush, it isn’t name any diff erently than the brand’s Brut Cuvee using 60% chardonnay and 40% pinot noir grapes. The magic happens when the winemaker hand-selects one perfect barrel of pinot to be used, resulting in a fuller fruit profi le. $59 

Dr. Walter Lawson opened Scottsdale’s fi rst drug store, Sterling Drugs, in 1921 on the northwest corner of Main Street and Brown Avenue.

(Photo courtesy of Scottsdale Historical Society)

Pharmacies integral to our history, well-being

By Joan Fudala

Scottsdale enjoys a global reputation as a health and wellness center and as a city where research and clinical trials are leading to new treatments and cures. For 100 years, since Scottsdale’s first drug store opened in 1921, pharmacists and pharmacies have played a signifi cant role in developing Scottsdale as the “Cure Corridor.”

As we focus on achieving “herd immunity” by getting the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s an appropriate time to refl ect on our pharmaceutical history:  Since prehistoric times, Native Americans in central Arizona, including what is now the Scottsdale area, found ways to use local plants as herbal remedies. The medicine man or healer was, and is, a respected elder in the community, and those individuals combined natural cures with spiritual beliefs to serve tribal members. Early Scottsdale settlers went to their neighbors, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, for help in alleviating or curing diseases long before there was a doctor or pharmacist in the small farming village of Scottsdale.  Warm, dry air became the primary prescription for the many lungers and arthritics who came to Scottsdale in the early 1900s, as well as the natural vitamins they could consume through fresh citrus and other locally grown fruits and vegetables. “Medicine shows” throughout the West hawked elixirs, mostly comprised of alcohol; however, from the 1880s through World

Bill Butler took over from Dr. Walter Lawson in 1937, changed the name to Scottsdale Pharmacy, and remained a Scottsdale pharmacist at several locations throughout his lifetime. Ads on the store show popular “nondrug” products for sale inside, from Whit-

War I, there were no trusted cures or relief for diseases of the day such as typhoid, dysentery, scurvy, malaria, consumption/ TB or infected wounds.  The 1918-19 flu epidemic impacted Scottsdale — closing schools and churches and requiring residents to wear masks and avoid spitting — before there was a vaccine to prevent it. Some Phoenix drug stores offered lozenges to relieve symptoms but not cure the flu.  In 1921 Dr. Walter Scott Lawson opened Scottsdale’s first pharmacy, Sterling Drug Store, at the northwest corner of Brown and Main. Scottsdale residents — mostly farm families — could finally get prescriptions, patent medicines and pharmaceutical advice without having to drive into Phoenix. The drug store also acted as the informal “depot” for catching the bus or sending parcels into Phoenix; Metropolitan Line buses parked outside the store for arrivals and departures until that corner became too congested after World War II’s population and business boom. Sterling Drugs, also known as Lawson’s Drugs, served Donofrio’s ice cream, according to a 1927 ad in The Arizona Republican, making it a popular destination. Although it hadn’t been a drug store since 1948, the original Sterling Drug Store building was listed on the Scottsdale Historic Register in 2001.  In 1937, Baylor-trained pharmacist William Butler acquired the town’s drug store from Lawson and renamed it the Scottsdale Pharmacy. Butler sold the store to the Saba family, who opened a Western wear shop there in 1948.

After purchasing the Scottsdale Pharmacy from Bill Butler, Lute Wasbotten ran the relocated drug store on Scottsdale Road until the 1970s. Lute’s had a popular soda fountain;

Wasbotten served on the Scottsdale Town Council. (Photo courtesy of Scottsdale Historical Society)

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Paradise Pharmacy opened as Desert Rexall Drugs in 1952 on the southwest corner of Brown and First avenues. It included a lunch counter. Pictured is a Scottsdale High

School yearbook ad. (Photo courtesy of Scottsdale Historical Society)

 The Scottsdale Pharmacy moved to the west side of Scottsdale Road just south of Main Street, and Lute and Marion Wasbotten took it over in November 1949. In addition to filling prescriptions, the store offered a cosmetics counter and S&H Green Stamps with purchases. Lute’s soda fountain was a hangout place for people of all ages and was known for its homemade pies, made for years by Ora East. The Wasbottens commissioned local Navajo artist Andy Tsihnahjinnie to paint a mural on the wall of the store. For a time, Lute’s advertising slogan was “Right next to the Post Offi ce and just as reliable.”  Pioneer Drug Store opened near the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Main Street in 1947. In addition to human medications, the store off ered a ‘complete line (of) Veterinary Supplies and Vaccines’ according to an ad in the October 14, 1948, Scottsdale Progress. Its slogan was “The West’s Most Western Drug Store,” appropriate because the store was in a building owned by Malcolm White, who had coined the town’s West Most Western Town slogan.  Dick Blankenship opened the Desert Rexall Drug Store on the southwest corner of Brown and First avenues in Bill Weirich’s new Westeraire building. Veteran pharmacist Shirley Brown fi lled prescriptions. The store’s grand opening in October 1952 featured vanda orchids fl own in from Hawaii as giveaways and 12-cent sodas and sundaes. It later became Paradise Drug Store, and, in addition to its drug business, sold 45 and LP vinyl records.  Staples Super-Save Drug Store opened in the new Frontier Town Plaza at the southeast corner of Thomas and Scottsdale roads in 1959. Like other pharmacies of the day, it off ered photo fi lm developing.  When Papago Plaza opened November 19, 1959, on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and McDowell roads, it included a RyanEvans Drug Store, providing much-needed pharmacy services to the booming residential area.  Another Ryan-Evans Drug Store opened in early 1960 on Camelback and Scottsdale roads, across the street from the Safari Hotel. Robinsons Drug Store operated nearby at Scottsdale Road and Fifth Avenue since 1957, changing its name to Owen Fifth Avenue Drug Store when Nancy Owen and her husband purchased the store in 1960.  During the heyday of locally owned/ operated/named pharmacies in Scottsdale (1921-60s), the proprietors, pharmacists and employees were an integral part of the community. They championed youth and adult athletic teams and leagues, participated in the “First Baby of the Year” contests of the 1950s by donating supplies to the new parents and sponsored entries into the Miss Scottsdale contests. Lute and Brown served on the Scottsdale Town Council in the 1950s. Lute was a co-founder and longtime supporter of the Sunshine Festival/Parada del Sol, a major SHS Beaver Booster (he included winning high school team members in his advertisements), and was proponent of getting a hospital located in Scottsdale. Owen of Owen Fifth Avenue Drug Store was a Red Cross Motor Service driver. In 1975, former Olympic swimmer and Scottsdale resident Buster Crabbe teamed with

Scottsdale pharmacy owner Burt Barshay to sponsor Jack Robinson, a paraplegic, in his quest to swim the English Channel. Markgraf Pharmacy, Lutz Pharmacy, Revco Drug Stores and Adobe Drugs were among Scottsdale merchants donating products for a women’s group to send to members of the Armed Forces serving in Vietnam in 1971. Local teens often found their first jobs at drug store soda fountains, working as cashiers and stock clerks.  Ed Markgraf opened a drug store on the southeast corner of Indian School and Hayden roads in 1965. He dispensed prescriptions but was most popular with Scottsdale High teens for his record department and soda fountain … oh, and the well-stocked candy counter and celebrity photos on the walls.  In a show of collegiality among pharmacists, when Markgraf’s experienced a devastating fire in 1969, friendly competitors jumped to its aid. Other local drug stores loaned products and equipment while Markgraf’s quickly reopened in a trailer in its parking lot to serve its customers until it could rebuild.  Just weeks before City Hospital of Scottsdale opened in May 1962, Dr. Albert Sabin personally came to Scottsdale to dispense his oral polio vaccine in free clinics that drew thousands; women of the City Hospital of Scottsdale Auxiliary assisted at the Sabin Vaccine Clinics, one held at Arcadia High School.  At its opening in May 1962, the new City Hospital of Scottsdale on Osborn Road (now HonorHealth) incorporated state-of-the-art medical technology, patient comforts and its own in-house pharmacy for the town’s first hospital.  PCS (Pharmaceutical Card System) Health Systems was founded in Scottsdale in 1969 as a prescription benefit management company and was later affiliated with McKesson. In the late 1990s, it became part of the Eli Lilly Company, and in early 2000s Advance PCS and Caremark combined to become Caremark. The company, one of Scottsdale’s major employers at its facility on Shea Boulevard, is now CVS Caremark.  McKesson has provided health care/ pharmaceutical management from its Scottsdale facilities for decades and is also a major employer for the area.  Medicis Pharmaceutical was founded in Scottsdale by Jonah Shacknai and John Holaday in 1988. A medical cosmetics

City Hospital of Scottsdale opened on Osborn Road in May 1962 and included an

in-house pharmacy. (Photo courtesy of Scottsdale Historical Society)

PCS Health Systems opened on Shea Boulevard in 1969 as a prescription benefit management company. After several name and ownership changes, it is CVS Caremark and a major Scottsdale employer. (Photo by Joan Fudala) company now part of Valeant Pharmaceuticals based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, it is known for its dermatological products. It has a large facility on the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community.  HonorHealth and Mayo Clinic doctors and scientists, through affiliations with T-Gen, ASU, UA and others, have pioneered research and offered clinical trials on drugs that offer new hope for treatment and cures of a variety of conditions.  In 2013, Scottsdale’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened. The Scottsdale area has also been home to natural vitamin and supplement manufacturers and distributors.  Today, Scottsdale is home to dozens of drug stores with nationally recognized brand names and computerized pharmacies that ensure patient safety and efficiency. They dispense prescriptions, offer flu and shingles vaccines and carry a variety of over-the-counter medications unheard of when Sterling Drugs opened here in 1921.

Though filling prescriptions has changed over the years, from carrying handwritten scrips from the family doctor to locally owned pharmacists to now having emailed refills ready for pickup before we can even drive from a health care provider to any number of drug store chains, Scottsdale residents have many reasons to thank their friendly pharmacist and staff. They’ve kept us well, have supported the community and have created economic impact and jobs for Scottsdale. 

JULY 2021

Business Horoscopes

By Weiss Kelly, PMAFA

ARIES 3/21-4/20

Weather patterns in the weeks ahead will have a strong impact on all areas of businesses. July is strongly focused on your home life and issues not particularly promising for your work or career from July 12 to July 27. With the July 10 full moon, some may be thinking of purchasing, selling or renting. Relationships with colleagues are changing for the better. Financial matters aren’t stable for now.

Personal power days: July 1, July 2, July 3, July 27, July 28, July 29

TAURUS 4/21-5/20

July’s stars emphasize day-to-day function and planning. Those in the real estate market or construction will see opportunities ahead. Expect prices to soar in rentals, and new construction will rise rapidly. Home life can be more active and enjoyable.

Personal power days: July 4, July 5, July 31

GEMINI 5/21-6/20

Lucky you, the month ahead off ers new opportunities related to earnings or career, despite interferences from travel plans. Hone up on your marketing and sales skills. A mini vacation not far from home is favored.

Personal power days: July 6, July 7, July 8

CANCER 6/21-7/22

Happy birthday, America, and happy birthday, Cancers. Home and family are where your heart is, and that’s where it may remain for the next 23 days. The new moon in Cancer on July 10 begins a new cycle for you. Full moon on July 23 and July 24 opens the door to buying, renting or staying.

LEO 7/23-8/21

Mars will be in Leo until July 29, and that activates your own interests and personal needs. Work issues pick up by the 22nd. Finish a project or make a decision so you can move forward. Relationships are in this month’s spotlight.

Personal power days: July 11, July 12

VIRGO 8/22-9/23

It’s playtime. With Mars in Leo, you’ll be socially active and working on ways to enjoy yourself and get back in touch with relatives and close friends. Health, employment and work issues will need to be addressed, especially when three planets slow down. Underline the last weeks of July.

Personal power days: July 13, July 14, July 15

LIBRA 9/24-10/22

July’s story is nonstop drama. It’s a good month to work on your family dynamics or creatively decorate. Spend money wisely in light of the rising costs of materials. The real estate market is booming.

Personal power days: July 16, July 17

SCORPIO 10/23-11/22

Getting use to the new norm, Scorpio? Carefully consider bank loans and housing interests. Trust your inner feelings. Follow through on an educational pursuit. Socially network. Family and home obligations may require your attention the first three weeks.

Personal power days: July 18 and July 19

SAGITTARIUS 11/23-12/21

Despite travel woes, Sagittarius folks are in a good mood. Take that short trip, but be back between July 22 to July 31. Hopefully progress can be made regarding schools being reopened and more distribution of the vaccines in the month ahead. The new moon is on the 13th.

Personal power days: July 20, July 21

CAPRICORN 12/22-1/19

This month, the theme is relationship and family aff airs. Get to know your co-workers or neighbors better. Expect to have creative people infl uencing your life or asking you to join groups. There is potential for a happy work ending on the July 30 or July 31.

Personal power days: July 22, July 23

AQUARIUS 1/20-2/18

New moons suggest new beginnings. Saturn brings us challenges and lessons to learn. Accept the challenge and many doors will open for you. Summer solstice off ers a fresh start and a planetary cycle that will alter your life for years to come. Underline July 29, July 30, July 31 and February 2022. In the meantime, enjoy your family home and new friends.

Personal power days: July 24, July 25

PISCES 2/19-3/20

July has a few more storm surges on our calendar. July continues to bring an overload of issues to be addressed and not to ignore. This may alter your personal and work world this month. Expect to be busy and in demand, especially if you are in health-related services

Personal power days: July 26, July 27 

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