Arizona
Why this Arizona winery is ranked in the top 2 in the country
An Arizona winery has made the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards 2024 for best tasting rooms in the country.
Los Milics Vineyards, in the southern Arizona community of Elgin, is the No. 2 tasting room in the U.S.. The list came out July 31.
A panel of experts, including editors at USA TODAY and 10Best.com, selected the nominees. The public then voted for their favorites.
Pavle Milic, co-owner of FnB restaurant in Scottsdale, opened Los Milics tasting room in Elgin in 2022. Before that, Milic and Mo Garfinkle purchased 20 acres of land in southern Arizona to establish their vineyard in 2018. With that, Milic’s decade-long dream came to fruition.
“First, we thank the panel of experts who nominated us for this honor,” Milic said in a press release. “Secondly, a huge thank you to everyone who voted for us. We are grateful to all of you for your belief in Los Milics Vineyards and your support.”
What to know about Los Milics Vineyards
In 2022, Milic hired the architectural firm of Chen + Suchart to design a tasting room akin to an art installation at the vineyard. The result is a beautifully modern and minimalist space with floor-to-ceiling windows that reveal dramatic views of the grapevines and the Mustang Mountains.
For those wishing to stay overnight, the winery has nine one-bedroom, one-bathroom casitas.
Los Milics also has a tasting room in Old Town Scottsdale.
This is not Los Milics’ first award. In 2023, the Elgin tasting room was named one of the three best new wine tasting rooms in USA TODAY’s list of 10 best new winery experiences in the US.
“This award belongs to the entire Los Milics team who believe in our vision to bring a new wine tasting experience to Arizona,” Garfinkle said in the press release.
“Our goal has always been to make excellent wines and invite our guests to experience them in an exceptional setting with superb service. We are still a young winery, so for our tasting room to be voted the 2nd best in the US is a huge honor for us.”
Details: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays-Mondays. 423 Upper Elgin Road, Elgin. 520-221-0180, losmilicsvineyards.com.
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Arizona
Person accused of making terroristic threats to medical facility in northern Arizona
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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NFL mock draft: 4-round projections for Arizona Cardinals
In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Detroit Lions NFL Draft Injury Report: Arizona State CB Keith Abney
Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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