Wineries - Southwestern States (AZ, NM, OK, TX)

Wineries in Hill Country, near Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Southeastern Texas The Texas Hill Country contains 20 of Texas' many fine vineyards. They follow a Y-shaped formation, starting just south of San Antonio, and extending up towards Austin. Wineries in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado You may be surprised to learn that New Mexico boasts the oldest commercial wine industry in the United States. Since the early 17th century, New Mexican vineyards have been producing wine commercially, originally for the production of sacramental wine for the Spanish colonies of the New World. Wineries in Phoenix, Tucson, Scottsdale, Tombstone and Southern Arizona Franciscan missionaries were the first ones to plant vineyards southeast of Tucson, and there are still two wineries in the southern Arizona region producing great wine. Wineries near Grand Canyon, Sedona, Prescott and Northern Arizona Major Tourist Attractions in the Region Bell Mountain Vineyards & Winery - Fredericksburg, Texas Fall Creek Vineyards & Winery - Tow, Texas Balagna Winery - Los Alamos, New Mexico Santa Fe Vineyards - Espanola, New Mexico Grape Creek Vineyard & Winery - Stonewall, Texas Black Mesa Winery - Velarde, New Mexico Charron Vineyards - Vail, Arizona