Wine region
New Mexico
New Mexico is a wine region in United States, home to 7 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Gewurztraminer.
On this page
New Mexico's 7 wineries produce predominantly white wine; wines carry AVA designation.
About the New Mexico region
- Location
- New Mexico is home to the oldest wine-making tradition in the United States.
- Climate
- NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance encodes a 1991–2020 statewide mean annual temperature of 54.5 °F for New Mexico.
- Soils
- In USDA NRCS Soil Data Access results for New Mexico survey areas, Aridisols have the largest weighted component acreage, approximately 28,342,850 acres.
Region facts sourced from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance statewide time series for New Mexico, retrieved 2026-07-11. (U.S. Government work / Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105)), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Data Access query for New Mexico (NM survey-area prefix), retrieved 2026-07-11. (U.S. Government work / Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105)), Wikipedia contributors, "New Mexico wine", Wikipedia, revision 1357184113, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Characteristic grapes
New Mexico is best known for Gewurztraminer.
Wine profile
New Mexico is predominantly a white-wine region (about 73% of its wines) — expect white wines, often from grapes like Gewürztraminer.
11 distinct New Mexico wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White8 · 73%
- Rose2 · 18%
- Red1 · 9%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative New Mexico wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Gruet — Brut
- Gruet — Grand Blanc de Noirs
- Gruet — Demi Sec
- Gruet — Sauvage Rose
- Gruet — Blanc de Blancs
- Gruet — Rose Brut
- Gruet — Sauvage Blanc de Blancs
- Page Springs Cellars — New Mexico Vineyard Pinot Gris
Quality designations
Wines here carry AVA status — a controlled quality designation.
- AVAAmerican Viticultural Area — a defined US grape-growing region, marking where the grapes were grown.
United States wine designations
- AVA
- An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good New Mexico wine
Look for the AVA designation — it signals a controlled-origin New Mexico wine.
FAQs
- Where is New Mexico?
- New Mexico is home to the oldest wine-making tradition in the United States .
- Which grapes are associated with New Mexico?
- New Mexico is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Gewürztraminer. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on New Mexico wines mean?
- AVA: An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for New Mexico?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative New Mexico wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for New Mexico?
- The current regional catalogue contains 11 linked wines from 7 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.