La Chiripada Winery Explained

La Chiripada Winery is an American winery in Dixon, New Mexico, founded in 1981 by Michael and Patrick Johnson.^[1] It has regularly won awards for its wines at the Southwest Wine Competition and the New Mexico State Fair Wine Competition.^[2] It is the highest commercial winery in the United States, at an elevation of 6100feet.^[3] La Chiripada is a feature of the annual Dixon Studio Tour, which is held in late fall and is the oldest continuously running annual studio tour in Northern New Mexico.^[4]

La Chiripada has a tasting room in the Taos Downtown Historic District^[5] on Bent Street, the La Chiripada Wine Shop.^[6]

History

La Chiripada was founded by the Johnson family, who built the adobe winery by hand in 1981.^[2] It is located south of Taos, New Mexico in the Rio Embudo Valley.^[5]

The vineyards produce an annual crop of twenty to thirty tons of grapes. La Chiripada produces a variety of whites, reds, and specialty wines.^[2]

See also

• List of wineries in New Mexico
• New Mexico wine

Further reading

• News: All in good time: Award-winning wines of La Chiripada . May 13, 2013 . Virginia . Clark . . 2015-04-21 .
• Book: Pinney, Thomas . A History of Wine in America: From Prohibition to the Present . 2 . University of California Press . 2005 . 978-0520941489 . 333–334.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael . Johnson . Patrick . Johnson . History of La Chiripada Winery . LaChiripada.com . 2015-04-21 . 2015-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150428173529/http://lachiripada.com/la-chiripada-history . dead .
2. Book: Artisan Farming: Lessons, Lore, and Recipes . Richard . Harris . Lisa . Fox . Gibbs Smith . 2008 . 9781423601333 . 7.
3. Book: Niederman, Sharon . Signs & Shrines: Spiritual Journeys Across New Mexico . The Countryman Press . 2012 . 9781581578171 . 64.
4. News: The Dixon Studio Tour celebrates 30th artistic anniversary . November 4, 2011 . Dory . Hulburt . . 2015-04-21 . dead . https://archive.today/20150422004011/http://www.taosnews.com/entertainment/arts/article_94eeb3e8-062e-11e1-993b-001cc4c03286.html . April 22, 2015 .
5. Jordan . Simon . High Country Vineyards . Snow Country . Summer 1995 . 0896-758X . 25–26.
6. Web site: Retail Locations for La Chiripada Wines . LaChiripada.com . 2015-04-21 . 2015-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150429141958/http://lachiripada.com/la-chiripada-retail . dead .