Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Wine Festival 2018
Wine Festival 2018
Ken Bilagy and Nina Dillard of Elemental Artisans of Silver City with their jewelry creations
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Wine Festival 2018
Cynthia Aguirre prepares to pour Conquistador Reserve wine from Luna Rossa Winery in Deming.
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Wine Festival 2018
Andy Gomez, Jr, and Andy Gomez, Sr., own the just-opened The Jerky Store and More in Bayard.
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Wine Festival 2018
Elisa Aragon of Las Neve Niñas Winery in Mora, She is a partner and winemaker with Samuel A. Aragon.
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Wine Festival 2018
Janna Mintz of relaxing Bemer Therapy
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Wine Festival 2018
Chris Wickham of Tularosa Winery
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Wine Festival 2018
Sheila Sarmiento of Origami Owl custom jewelry
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Wine Festival 2018
Devin Dennis and Trivva Rue of Noisy Water Winery of Ruidoso, with an events barn in Alto, NM.
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Wine Festival 2018
Julie Coster of Chandler, AZ, with wine holders made of recycled metal.
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Wine Festival 2018
Ehran Krauel, Theresa Fisher and Michael and Traci Alva of Sombra Antigua Winery
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Wine Festival 2018
Miranda Semmerling of Mountain and Pine, with her design work
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Wine Festival 2018
Representing Black Mesa Winery are Jerry and Lynda Burd, with Susan Meredith
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Wine Festival 2018
Tony Carrion of Eagle Creations in Tempe, Arizona.
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Wine Festival 2018
Representatives of Sheehan Winery, a premier backyard winery, in the South Valley of Albuquerque. They use only New Mexico grapes and offer backyard tastings.
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Wine Festival 2018
Lynn Welsch with her Mountain Spirits Studio fabric "paintings."
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Wine Festival 2018
From Amaro Wines out of Las Cruces are Cheridye Ortiz and Luis Menchaca
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Wine Festival 2018
With Rada Cutlery are, from left, Michelle Deming, Gilbert Jimenez, Gibby Jimenez, Isaac Moreno and Vanesss Padilla
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Wine Festival 2018
Veronica Azar of Chic Creations
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Wine Festival 2018
Sue Reed tests the nose of the wine in the glass.
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Wine Festival 2018
Tess Sanchez, Nicole Mattson and Lynsey Horcasitas of Wicked Creations Winery
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Wine Festival 2018
Dawn Gray of Off the Grid Art Glass
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Wine Festival 2018
David and Esperanza Gurule, owners of La Esperanza Winery
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Wine Festival 2018
Linda and John Rokosz of Ruckus Ridge Crafts in Mimbres
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Wine Festival 2018
Ruckus Ridge Crafts has wine stoppers made from grapevine grafts
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Wine Festival 2018
Donna Vorrasi shows off jewelry from Bellisima in Sun City, Arizona
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Wine Festival 2018
Sharon Lam presents her clothing line from Lion City 2 in Phoenix
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Wine Festival 2018
George Yeager, Naomi Morales and Sandra Fraere represent St. Clair Winery
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Wine Festival 2018
People gather to chat or to taste wine or to partake of the ambience of the festival
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The two-day event, a first for Silver City, brought lots of local residents and a few visitors and vendors from outside Grant County to try the wines, purchase a bottle or two, and check out the other vendors of everything from food to jewelry to clothing to art works to kitchen accessories.