Dixon (Vivac Winery) ★ 4.5
Vivac Winery sits 45 miles north of Santa Fe at the Dixon turn-off with a Tuesday-Sunday tasting room, gourmet picnic items and handmade chocolates on sale.
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Pojoaque (El Parasol) ★ 4.4
The El Parasol Pojoaque outpost (open since 2006) plates rolled tacos and chile cheeseburgers on the New Mexico Green Chile Cheese Burger Trail.
Albuquerque (Gruet Winery Tasting Room) ★ 4.4
Gruet, founded 1984 by the Gruet family, pours New Mexico methode champenoise sparkling at the Albuquerque tasting room; the caviar pairing is the upgrade.
Chimayo (Rancho de Chimayo) ★ 4.7
Chimayo is the heart of New Mexico red chile country; Rancho de Chimayo (2016 James Beard America's Classic) plates the canonical stuffed sopaipilla.
Abiquiu (Bode's General Store) ★ 4.5
Bode's has run a general store, gas pump and breakfast burrito counter in Abiquiu since 1893; this is Georgia O'Keeffe country, hot case open daily 06:30.
Taos (The Love Apple) ★ 4.7
The Love Apple cooks Northern New Mexican farm-to-table in a converted 1860s Placitas Chapel north of Taos Plaza; Chef Andrea Meyer's kitchen runs Wed-Sun.