Fresh Off the Vine
Above: Dylan Storment. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. If you’ve ever visited the bar at Campo, in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, you know that the drinks are as much of a draw as the food. That drinks…
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Tag: Wineries & Vineyards
The Next Generation of Local Winemakers
Above: Jasper Riddle and his Noisy Water have breathed new life into the oldest wine-making region in the country. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. “Welcome to the smallest winery in the world,” Sean…
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A Year of Magical Living
Above: The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument at sunset. Photograph by Wayne Suggs. We all have our go-tos—a restaurant, hike, gallery, margarita, or green chile recipe—that we return to…
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What to Do in Cloudcroft
WHETHER YOU LOOK EAST from the white sands of the Tularosa Basin or west from the high plains of Roswell and Artesia, south-central New Mexico’s soaring, pine-studded mountains cut a majestic—and…
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Taos' Summer Camp for Epicures
Above: Taos Ski Valley lends its scenic setting to an active wine weekend. Photograph courtesy Taos Ski Valley. Each summer, Taos Ski Valley is gloriously carpeted in wildflowers—and blessedly absent…
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Wine Taste Your Way to Taos
Above: Black Mesa Winery's vines hug the Rio Grande. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Take a rest at one of these wineries between Santa Fe and Taos and sample New Mexico’s impressive new vintages. Pick…
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3 Great New Mexican Summer Wines
We asked wine expert Tasha Zonski-Armijo to recommend some exceptional New Mexico bottles for a hot summer day, and she came up with these three, which you can find through the wineries’ websites or…
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Cooking Up a Scene
Above: Clockwise from top left: Centennial red wine from Pecos Flavors Winery, Valley Gurlz Goodz pickled asparagus, Lusty Monk Original Sin mustard, Valley Gurlz pickled watermelon rinds, Lusty Monk…
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GRAPEVINES WERE FIRST PLANTED in New Mexico in 1629, and the craft beer scene, although its genesis is more recent (1988), is prolific and award-winning enough to cause us to confidently refer to the…
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To Market, To Market
It’s an official lifestyle trend: All over the country, city-dwelling folks are hungering for small-scale, sustainable farming products and experiences. ✤ Our most metropolitan central strip had all…
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