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CULINARY TRAILS The Flagstaff-Grand Canyon Ale Trail is a self-guided beer tasting tour with microbrewery stops in Flagstaff, Williams and Sedona. flagstaff aletrail.com
For listings of breweries across the state, check out the Arizona Beer Trail. craftbeeraz.com/ arizona-beer-trail-road-map
For wine, travel along Arizona’s three wine trails, including the Verde Valley Wine Trail in the north, the Sonoita/Elgin Wine Trail in the south and the Willcox Wine Trail in the southeast. arizonawine.org/ winetrail.html
And there is wine. About 45 minutes southeast of Tucson you will find Dos Cabezas WineWorks, which offers tastings of its wines from its two estate vineyards, Pronghorn Vineyard in Elgin and Cimarron Vineyard in the Kansas Settlement.
Dos Cabezas 3248 Highway 82; 520-455-5141; doscabezas.com
SPAS AND INNS
For food inspiration and spa treatment, try an aromatherapy massage at the Boulders Resort & Spa in Carefree, which uses seasonal herbs from its organic garden to customize massages. Try lemon verbena, peppermint and lavender. You can also take part in an organic cooking
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demonstration and have a sumptuous garden-to-table dinner while pondering the area’s 12-million-year-old boulder formations. 34631 N. Tom Darlington Dr.; 480-488-9099; theboulders.com
At the Hermosa Inn in Paradise Valley, head chef Jeremy Pacheco
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and his team grow their own. Pacheco uses wheat from his family farm to make pasta and the kitchen cooks with basil, rosemary, thyme, lettuce, fennel, onions, squash and heirloom tomatoes grown in the inn’s garden. 5532 North Palo Christi Rd.; 602-955-8614; hermosainn.com
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The Fresh Foodie Trail takes food enthusiasts through Mesa and the regional towns of Gilbert and Queen Creek and includes 11 stops at places such as The Orange Patch and Queen Creek Olive Mill. visitmesa.