Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Bloom in the sunshine. The historic town of Mountainair celebrates art and nature at the Mountainair Sunflower Festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. What began in 2000 as a small celebration…
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Tag: New Mexico Wines
High Times at Elevated Pour
AS US 64 DROPS OUT of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, it winds through aspen and pine forests and deposits you in a peaceful valley. At 8,880 feet, the quiet village of Angel Fire features a ski…
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Not Your Grandmother’s Wine
STEPPING INTO THE tasting room at Embudo Valley Vineyards, in Rinconada, is like walking into a friend’s party on a Friday night: The rooms are full, someone’s strumming a guitar, and the wine is…
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Polychrome Brings Natural Wine to NM
IN BOSQUE FARMS, Polychrome is bringing a little punk rock to the wine world. Friends Zac Webb and Timothy Eyster, who met in Albuquerque’s late-’90s music scene, have traded guitars for grape…
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Raise a Glass to Christopher Goblet
FEW PEOPLE OUTSIDE of New Mexico know that the Land of Enchantment is the country’s oldest wine-producing region, which is something Christopher Goblet intends to change. As executive director of the…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Sit under the stars. See the stars close up at the Starry Nights event at the Pecos National Historical Park on Saturday at 8 p.m. Santa Fe Stargazers will be there with telescopes and lots of…
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Datebook: May 2023
THE SILVER CITY BLUES FESTIVAL might just be the ultimate jam session. Normally a three-day gathering of guitar pickers, honky-tonks, and blues bands in the artsy mountain town, the event this year…
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Sample These Southeastern New Mexico Wineries
Enchantment Vineyards Enchantment Vineyards, in Portales, in eastern New Mexico, takes advantage of alkaline soil and a dry climate to yield rich grapes for its prized chambourcin, a dry red that…
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Try These Mesilla Valley Wineries
Rio Grande Winery From the lawn at Rio Grande Winery, the peaks of the Organ Mountains appear to be painted a lavender hue in the last rays of sunset. Located just south of Mesilla, the 18-year-old…
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La Viña Winery Improves with Age
A FLEET OF PUFFY CLOUDS sails serenely above La Viña Winery as I step under a stonework archway, through the glass-paned doors of a two-story Mediterranean-style building, and into La Unión winery’s…
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