New Mexico WineriesWelcome to our New Mexico Wineries Page, New Mexico has the longest history of wine production in the United States. Dating back to 1629, when Franciscan friar Garcia de Zuniga and a Capuchin monk named Antonio de Arteaga planted the first wine grapes in the Rio Grande valley. By the year 1880 grapes were grown on over 3,000 acres, and wineries produced over 1,000,000 gallons of wine. The wine industry in New Mexico declined in the latter decades of the nineteenth century in part due to flooding of the Rio Grande. Prohibition in the United States forced many wineries to close, while others remained operational providing sacramental wine to Christian churches. The modern New Mexico wine industry received significant support in 1978 when a government-sponsored study encouraged winegrowers to plant French hybrid grape varieties. New Mexico now has more than 30 wineries producing about 400,000 gallons of wine annually. The largest vineyard to date in New Mexico is at Luna Rosa in Deming, New Mexico.
Here is a sampling of the New Mexico Wineries listings to plan your road trips from: Alamogordo area The city name is a Spanish word meaning "fat cottonwood". It is the county seat of Otero County. Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range are two major military bases located near Alamogordo. The town has had its share of notability as the first test site for the atomic bomb and home to The White Sands International Film Festival. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Arena Blanca Winery 7320 Highway 54 /70, Alamogordo, NM 88310 Heart of the Desert Vineyard & Tasting Room 7288 Hwy 54/70, Alamogordo, NM 88310 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Albuquerque area The first travelers on Route 66 appeared in Albuquerque in 1926, Route 66 originally ran through the city on a north-south alignment along Fourth Street, but in 1937 it was realigned along Central Avenue. The establishment of Kirtland Air Force Base in 1939, Sandia Base in the early 1940s, and Sandia National Laboratories in 1949, would make Albuquerque a key player of the Atomic Age.
Your winery or wineries in this area are: Anderson Valley Vineyards 4920 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 Casa Rondeņa Winery 733 Chavez Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 Gruet Winery 8400 Pan American Fwy NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113 St. Clair Winery & Bistro, Albuquerque 901 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Anthony area Anthony is in Doņa Ana County. It is located south of Las Cruces on the New Mexico-Texas state line in the Upper Mesilla Valley along Interstate 10. Your winery or wineries in this area are: La Viņa Winery 4201 Highway 28, Anthony, NM 88021 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Artesia area Artesia is in Eddy County. The town assumed its present name in 1903, after the discovery of an artesian aquifer in the area; artesian wells for agriculture flourished in the area until the aquifer became significantly depleted in the 1920s. The city was officially incorporated in 1905. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Cottonwood Winery 1 E Cottonwood Rd, Artesia, NM 88210 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Corrales area Corrales is a village in Sandoval County, The village fights hard to maintain its rural character in light of being surrounded by rapidly growing cities.The Rio Grande Bosque on the eastern edge of the village provides refuge for native animals and plants. (Bosque) is the name for areas of gallery forest found in the southwestern United States. It derives its name from the Spanish word for woodlands. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Corrales Winery 6275 Corrales Rd, Corrales, NM 87048 Milagro Vineyards PO Box 1205, Corrales, NM 87048 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Deming area Deming is the county seat of Luna County It is located 60 miles (97 km) west of Las Cruces. The city, founded in 1881 and incorporated in 1902, was an important port of entry on the US-Mexican border. A nickname was given to the city at the time of its founding, "New Chicago". It was expected that with the surge of railroad usage, that the city would grow drastically and resemble Chicago, Illinois. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Luna Rossa Winery (largest vineyard) 3710 W. Pine Street, Deming, NM 88030 St. Clair Winery, Deming 1325 DeBaca Rd, Deming, NM 88031 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Embudo area Embudo was founded in 1881 when the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad opened a depot there on its Chili Line. The station was named after the village San Antonio de Embudo, located 2 miles up the Embudo River, and until 1902 both communities shared a post office and were known jointly as Embudo. in 1902, anticipating a separate post office in the village, San Antonio de Embudo changed its name to Dixon. creating a idenity crisis in Embudo they got a post office again in 1905 only to lose it in 1909. Finally in 1914 Embudo has had its own post office. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Vivac Winery 2075 State Highway 68, Embudo NM 87531 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Espanola area Espaņola, incorporated in 1925, is situated in an area that Juan de Oņate declared a capital for Spain in 1598. Espaņola is well known as the first Capitol City in America Your winery or wineries in this area are: Santa Fe Vineyards 18348 US Hwy 84/285, Espanola, NM 87532 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Las Cruces area Las Cruces was founded in 1849 when the US Army laid out the new town after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo had ceded the land to the United States in 1848. The settlement was created as an overflow area from the colony of Doņa Ana, located six miles north of the new settlement. Doņa Ana was on the US side of the Rio Grande, and the nearby village of Mesilla had been founded in 1848 by settlers from Doņa Ana who wished to stay in Mexican territory. In 1853, the Mesilla region was also incorporated into the United States with the Gadsden Purchase Your winery or wineries in this area are: St. Clair Winery, Las Cruces 1800 Avenida De Mesilla # B, Las Cruces, NM 88005 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Los Alamos area Los Alamos is home to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which was founded to undertake the Manhattan Project. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Don Quixote Distillery and Winery State Road 4, Los Alamos, NM 87544 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Mesilla area In 1853, with the Gadsden Purchase. Mesilla became a part of the United States, as well as the southern part of New Mexico and Arizona. Mesilla served as the capital of the Confederate Territory of Arizona in 1861-1862 during the Civil War, and was known as the "hub", or main city for the entire region. During the "Wild West" era, Mesilla was known for its cantinas and festivals. The area attracted such figures as Pancho Villa, Billy the Kid, and Pat Garrett. The village was also the crossroads of two major stagecoach lines, Butterfield Stagecoach and the Santa Fe Trail. The village of Mesilla was the most important city of the region until 1881. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Vintage Wines 2461 Calle de Principal, Mesilla, NM 88046 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Placitas area Placitas is in Sandoval County, It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Anasazi Fields Winery 26 Camino De Las Huertas, Placitas, NM 87043 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Rio Rancho area The Rio Rancho area was originally part of the Alameda Grant, which was founded by the Spanish in 1710. The City of Rio Rancho was incorporated in 1981. The opening of a large Intel Corporation plant in 1981 had a major economic impact on the city. Since the 1990s, Rio Rancho has taken steps to become more independent from neighboring Albuquerque by incorporating a new Downtown City Centre that includes a new city hall building and a multipurpose arena, Santa Ana Star Center. The arena opened in October 2006. City Hall opened in September 2007. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Matheson Wine Company 103 Rio Rancho Blvd. B3, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Ruidoso area Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. Your winery or wineries in this area are: Willmon Vineyards 2811 Sudderth Dr. Ruidoso NM 88345 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Santa Fe area The town was formally founded and made a capital in 1610, making it the oldest capital city in what is today the United States. Jamestown, Virginia (1607) is of similar vintage but not as a capital. Santa Fe is at least the third oldest surviving American city founded by European colonists, behind the oldest St. Augustine, Florida (1565). (A few settlements were founded prior to St. Augustine but all failed, including the original Pensacola colony in West Florida, founded by Tristán de Luna y Arellano in 1559, with the area abandoned in 1561 due to hurricanes, famine and warring tribes. Fort Caroline, founded by the French in 1564 in what is today Jacksonville, Florida only lasted a year before being obliterated by the Spanish in 1565.) Your winery or wineries in this area are: Santa Fe Brewing Pub & Grill 35 Fire Place, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 New Mexico Wineries - Area Lodging options Create your own leisurely or romantic winery weekend road trips, drive to more then one. Use this road trips link and provided winery zip codes above to do a little exploring along the way.
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