While syrah and zinfandel are common, the mission grape, a red grape that had been used for sacramental wine in its native Spain, is used by some wineries in the Mesilla Valley to make a pale-red ...

Beginning in the early 1800s, the Mission grape was cultivated at a series of missions that dotted the Pacific coastline from Mexico to Sonoma. It wasn't until the 1970s that a handful of small, ...

Most of the early pioneers in brandy production were Catholic monks who planted the Mission grape around the California ...