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Founded in 1984 by the French Gruet family (originally Champagne producers from Bethon, France), Gruet Winery in Albuquerque produces méthode champenoise sparkling wine using grapes grown at 4,300-foot elevation in the Rio Grande Valley — one of the highest-altitude wine-growing regions in North America. Gruet Brut has been consistently recognized by Wine Spectator and is the most nationally distributed New Mexico wine, representing the state's unexpected fine wine identity.
Quick facts
- ·Tasting room at 8400 Pan American Freeway NE, Albuquerque.
- ·A genuinely surprising and specific Food & Drink story — French winemakers making sparkling wine in the New Mexico desert.
- ·Not a chain, not generic.
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