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09/02/07 - Bernalillo, NM & Hatch, NM Attending the New Mexico Wine Festival on Saturday, following it up with the Hatch Chile Festival on Sunday |
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We're trying not to festival ourselves out before the big one -
the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta in October (not to mention the
big NM State Fair starting this Friday!), but we just couldn't
pass up wine and chile this weekend. First, our friends
Naomi and Mike invited us to attend the NM Wine Festival in
Bernalillo. We found some decent wines at the Black Mesa
Winery booth and drank plenty of them while enjoying Naomi's
makeshift picnic. A great way to spend a Saturday
afternoon. The next morning we drove 2 1/2 hours south to Hatch, NM, the world capitol of chile! That is chile with an 'e' (what many Americans might incorrectly call 'peppers'), not chili (the bowl of spiced meat & beans from Texas). Hatch is just 45 minute or so from Mexico, but it felt even closer. A very down-home fest it was, with plenty of chile ristras for sale, country music bands, carnival rides & games, and lots of taco stands. The air was strong with the scent of roasting chiles and conversations in Spanish. On our way home we stopped off for a visit of Truth or Consequences, NM. It was once called Hot Springs, NM until it answered the call of the Truth or Consequences game show in 1950, which challenged any American town to change its name to the name of the show. Though the name is no longer Hot Springs, it still has them, and we've heard it's now popular with tourists. It was more like a ghost town when we wandered through. Perhaps we'll go back some day, perhaps we won't.
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Look! We're at the Hatch Chile Festival!
