Wine Production in El Paso and the Grapevine Inventory of 1755 by Rick Hendricks Wine production in colonial El Paso had its roots farther north in New Mexico. Before he came to El Paso to found the mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe to serve the Manso Indians, fray García de San Francisco served in San Antonio de Senecú. In the 1630s the Senecú produced sufficient wine to supply all the other missions in New Mexico. In addition to locally produced wine, Franciscans serving in the New Mexico mission field received one hundred liters of wine transported in the tri-annual mission … Continue reading Wine Production in El Paso and the Grapevine Inventory of 1775