Sedona News – Eric Glomski, Founder and Director of Winegrowing at Page Springs Vineyards & Cellars, will present a talk at the Sedona Heritage Museum entitled “What the Northern Arizona Wine Industry Could Have Been – The Story of Henry Shuerman.” The talk will take place at 10 am on Thursday, February 13 in the Historic Apple Shed at the Museum. Glomski’s talk is part of the Museum’s popular Sedona Stories Speaker Program.
Henry Schuerman made Arizona history when he opened the first commercial vineyard and winery in the state in the 1880s. After decades of successful operations, Schuerman was arrested for failing to comply with Arizona’s laws regarding the prohibition of alcohol. Glomski will do a deep dive into Schuerman, his operations, and what may have been for the Arizona wine industry if it hadn’t been for Prohibition.
Eric Glomski has been working professionally in the wine industry for over 29 years. Previously, he taught at Prescott College and owned and operated his own ecological consulting firm Riparia, LLC, which performed biological research and conducted restoration projects along rivers throughout the Southwest. After leaving consulting, Glomski moved to California where he worked his way up from cellar worker to co-winemaker at David Bruce Winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains from 1997 to 2002. While at David Bruce, he also did extensive coursework in the University of California at Davis’s Viticulture & Enology program.
Moving back to Arizona at the end of 2002, Glomski helped start up Echo Canyon Winery near Sedona, leaving in 2004 to found Page Springs Cellars, Inc. He later co-founded Arizona Stronghold Vineyards in 2007 and created Provisioner, Stronghold’s second label in 2015 (the state’s largest brand by volume). Glomski has grown Page Springs Cellars from three to over 50 employees and has established this family owned boutique winery as one of the top in the state. He is currently involved in all aspects of the management of Page Springs Cellars from vineyard to bottle.
Page Springs is 100% solar powered, reclaims all its wastewater on site, and runs a composting program that turns all the business’ solid waste into fertilizer for its vineyards. Glomski regularly lectures on wine and grape growing, helped start up the Yavapai College Viticulture and Enology program, and has helped establish over a dozen other Arizona vineyards & wineries. Eric lives in Page Springs with his wife Gayle, where they raised 4 children who all live in Arizona.
Sedona Stories is a monthly program of the Sedona Heritage Museum. It is held at 10 am on the second Thursday of every month.
The Sedona Historical Society operates the Sedona Heritage Museum located in Jordan Historical Park, 735 Jordan Road in Uptown Sedona, Arizona. Open daily 11 am – 3 pm. For more information call 928-282-7038 or visit www.sedonamuseum.org.