Pajarito Farms
Farm Life
Meet Hazel, head of gopher control
Every farm has a pest management program. Ours has four legs, a brown-and-white coat, and a single-day record of six gophers.
From the vineyard
Farm Journal
Field notes from a working vineyard: pruning, frost nights, irrigation, equipment, harvest, and what we're learning as we go.
Harvest
Harvest 2026: come pick with us
Our first real harvest ran four weekends starting August 15–16. Hand-picking, our very first crush, and a bottle of the first vintage reserved for every day picked.
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History
The oldest wine region in America is right here
By 1629, Franciscan missionaries had carried contraband grapevines up the Camino Real and planted them along the Rio Grande near Socorro — about 140 years before California's missions. We're not starting a tradition. We're picking one back up.
Vineyard
Where the vineyard stands: 3,500 vines
A quick status check on the property: roughly 3,500 vines across 4.5 acres, eight varieties, planted over multiple seasons — and room to grow.
Frost protection
Smudge pots
Spring in Albuquerque means freeze warnings after bud break. When the forecast drops, we light the smudge pots between the rows and stay up with the vines.