Black Mesa Winery And Cidery - Velarde

Black messa is GREAT!Wines are wonderful!People are perfect!Prices are pretty goodAtmosphere is astronomical!!Go there!! Get some!!

Fantastic wines and ciders, wonderful people, beautiful space. Hummingbirds in spring, lovely colors in fall. Pick n’ stomp is a great time. And Sola the cat is fabulous! A favorite northern NM spot and one I recommend to everyone visiting the Santa Fe or Taos area.

Stayed overnight in RV using Harvest Host membership. Nice level site on gravel. Noisy due to close proximity to highway with rumble strips to enhance the noise. No hookups but that's fairly typical with Harvest Host wineries.Wine tasting room is quite nice with pleasant outdoor sitting area. We tried two of their dry red wines and enjoyed them! Bought some to take with us. Really nice folks!

Conejito White is a great wine to sample right now (Oct., 2022); just the right blend of Riesling Sauvignon Blanc reminds me of a late harvest dessert wine. And for $20, it 's a steal. Have an attached photo of who greats you on the walk up to the tasting room.Their guard cat rules as the photos imply. This winery is unique in that it loves to use lavender in wines. Its a great change from time to time. You can buy online as well.Oh, in summer, they have a ton of hummingbirds to watch as you sip! Enjoy.

My husband and I were on a vacation in Taos. We went to your winery, browsed in the gift shop and then went to the counter for the tasting. We were given 2 laminated sheets with all the wines and sheets to complete for each of our 5 tastings. My husband wasn't into wine tasting but I pushed him into tasting five so that we could choose bottles to buy from 10 different choices. We completed our selections and the gal said she would bring the wines outside. Out of the 10, the only one I drank the entire tasting was a white. All, the others I tasted, tasted as tho the bottle had been sitting open for awhile. I returned the two wine glasses, one was over 1/2 full from the discarded wine. I picked up a shot glad as a souvenir. Sad I couldn't buy a nice bottle of wine. The gal asked me if I was ready to check out and I said yes. She then informed me that the charge was $28 and some change. I looked at her shock since the shot glass was only $2.95. She said the tastings were $12 each. I saw no signs anywhere in the gift shop or on the laminated sheet or did she even mention this. She said there was a sign outside as we walked in. Well when we walked in we were looking around and never noticed a small sign attached to a barrel below our waist so we would have to be looking down in order to see this. I told her I thought it was truly unfair to charge me when no one had said anything and there's nothing posted anywhere around and suggested that they should have it listed on the laminated sheets. She said she'd mention it to the owner/manager. Wasn't very nice but I paid the bill.I really felt ripped off. She did not care and we left!!