lthough New Mexico has four American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), the state’s passionate growers and wineries reference their wine regions by trails – northern, central, southeast and southern. Yet, even information from the New Mexico Winegrowers Association states that: “Here in southern New Mexico is where the grape growing is done. There are more vineyards here than in any other part of the state. Many of the northern wineries source their grapes from these southern vineyards where the climate is more suited to grape growing.”