![]() ![]() In addition to the modern Tasting room, you will find 1000-year-old petroglyphs behind the main building, along with a Meditative Labyrinth you may wander through while listening to the nearby Rio Grande River. īlack Mesa Winery: This winery is located about 1 mile south of Vivac, on the Low Road to Taos, and is a great place to stop when exploring the Rio Grande Valley. Stop in for a tasting in their adobe building, and enjoy some of their award-winning Special Reserve Riesling, or Rio Embudo Red Reserve wines. This winery (also one of the highest altitude wineries in the world) has won numerous awards for its wines and has been selected as the Best Winery in New Mexico on numerous occasions. La Chiripada Winery: Located only a mile from Vivac at HIghway 75 Rd 1119 #8, Dixon, NM 87527, this is the oldest continuously operating winery in New Mexico. This is a wonderful place for a romantic evening watching the beauty of Northern New Mexico as you sip your wine and talk with friends. Not only do they have a tasting room and numerous New Mexico wines, but this is also a perfect place to spend a weekend afternoon or evening, relaxing in their outdoor seating area among the grapevines while listening to local musicians play. This winery, located at 6,000 feet above sea level, is one of the highest altitude wineries in the world. Vivac Winery: The Vivac Winery is located at 2075 NM Route 68 in Dixon, NM. A cluster of wineries is located 25 miles south of Taos, along the famous “Low Road to Taos” which runs along the bottom of a valley adjacent to the Rio Grande River. New Mexico continues to manufacture excellent unique wines to this day, with several wineries located here in the area near Taos, where you can go for tastings, to buy wine to take home as a memory of your time here, or to listen to local musicians while watching the spectacular sunsets of the High Desert. Prior to that time, the Spanish Government had barred the export of any wine grapes, but in 1629, in order to obtain wine for church services, the first vineyard in America was founded in the Rio Grande Valley. See /listener for privacy information.While it might be surprising to think that the High Desert of Northern New Mexico has wineries you can visit, in all actuality, New Mexico has a long history of vineyards, extending back to 1629, when a Franciscan Friar and a Capuchin Monk planted the first wine grapes in America. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: People really like the Montepulciano because it's number one at the vineyard. The ones that like the sweeter of the ones like the dry ones, the most popular for the dry wines. And, you know, just something to nosh on with your tasting, Since you have such a large variety of wine and cider selections, I know it's going to be tough, but could you narrow it down to some favorites? There are two palates that we see on a daily basis. I mean, we try to stay local and we get local beef jerky and chips. But then other than that, we do have snacks. So when they get the crostini box, they get a half glass of white wine of their choice. So it's a really nice pairing with one of our whites. She makes these homemade crostini and then blends them in with the local feta cheese and pistachios actually look pistachios from out of the dessert and local honey. But the chef that I've been talking about, she makes these makes Merlot popsicles. You're not cooking food on the property, right? We don't. ![]() And it's working with that same chef that we use with our virtual tastings as well. If you look under wine cider and food pairings, we'll have the hard cider, the ones that go to the hard, hard cider, the white wine, and the red wine. So we've got actually recipes on our website. The kind of heat would go with slightly sweeter, would go great with that spicy food. So they're going to be very friendly like this. Just because they're lower in alcohol and because of the area, they're going to be a little bit higher in acid. So you know, some of the Napa cabs can run up 16 percent and ours are really right in between 12 and 13 percent. So our wine is definitely made for that sort of pairing. So if you went to one restaurant, it's going to have different red and green in the spice level is going to be different than in the restaurant down the street. Obviously, the red and green chili's are big, here and everyone's got their own recipe for that. Well, New Mexico food is sort of a blend between Native American food and Mexican food is the best way I can describe it. ![]()
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