"Every vine has a story" Nearly four hundred years ago, New Mexico's wine journey began when the first Mission grapes were planted in 1629. At the Capitan Public Library on Friday, October 2, at 7 p.m., taste this rich legacy, the oldest in the United States, in Donna Blake Birchell's Power Point presentation of the struggles and triumphs that shaped New Mexico's burgeoning wine industry.
Her book for this discussion, New Mexico Wine: an Enchanting History, is published by the History Press.
Birchell's account of the history finds that despite greedy Spanish monarchs, prim teetotalers and the one-hundred-year flood's gift of root rot and alkaline deposits, New Mexico's winemakers continue to harvest the fruits of sun-soaked volcanic soils and clear skies. Their family stories blend with the vines and traditions of the Old World.
Birchell will also verbally give a brief tour of some of the wineries
included in the book and tell of their specialties as we follow the New
Mexico Wine Trail.
Three wineries donated bottles of wine to the library to be discussed during the presentation. Tularosa Vineyards donated their international award winner and number-one seller, Sangiovese. Cottonwood Winery in Artesia sent a bottle of their #1 dry red wine, 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon. Dos Viejos Winery in Tularosa donated their State Fair of N.M. award-winning and customers' favorite 2006 Sangiovese.
Donna Blake Birchell is a native New Mexican and wine enthusiast, whose passion for history developed at a young age. Birchell, a former librarian, is currently a board member of the Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society. She has authored four books on local New Mexico history: Carlsbad and Carlsbad Caverns, Eddy County, New Mexico Wine: An Enchanting History, and Wicked Women of New Mexico.
Three wineries donated bottles of wine to the library to be discussed during the presentation. Tularosa Vineyards donated their international award winner and number-one seller, Sangiovese. Cottonwood Winery in Artesia sent a bottle of their #1 dry red wine, 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon. Dos Viejos Winery in Tularosa donated their State Fair of N.M. award-winning and customers' favorite 2006 Sangiovese.
Donna Blake Birchell is a native New Mexican and wine enthusiast, whose passion for history developed at a young age. Birchell, a former librarian, is currently a board member of the Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society. She has authored four books on local New Mexico history: Carlsbad and Carlsbad Caverns, Eddy County, New Mexico Wine: An Enchanting History, and Wicked Women of New Mexico.
Refreshments will be served after the discussion. Books will be available for
purchase and signing by the author. She will also have copies of Wicked Women of NM available.
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