The state in the south-west of the USA with the capital Phoenix covers around 295,234 km². It borders California and Nevada to the west, Utah to the north, New Mexico to the east and Mexico to the south. Arizona joined the Union in 1912 as the 48th and last of the contiguous states of the United States.

In the 17th century, Catholic-Spanish missionaries from Mexico arrived in what is now Arizona. They planted the first vines to make mass wine. However, there was no continuous development of viticulture and Prohibition (1920-1933) had a long-term negative impact on the development of a commercial wine sector.
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Markus J. Eser
Weinakademiker und Herausgeber „Der Weinkalender“