In the span of a little more than a decade in the late 1800s, New Mexico went from producing 16,000 gallons of wine to producing nearly 1 million gallons of wine, making the state fifth in the nation for wine production.
Today, New Mexico doesn’t even rank in the top 10 wine-producing states. But, with new technology developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers are hopeful grape harvesting and wine production in New Mexico could come to the forefront again.
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