Gruet Winery

Celebrate Life with Gruet Wines

We are  honored to announce that Gruet Winery has been awarded

 the very prestigious title of the United States Wine Producer of the

Year! The International Wine and Spirits Competition aims to

promote the quality and excellence of the world's best wines, spirits

and liqueurs. The IWSC was founded in 1969 and is the premier

competition of its kind in the world.This honor was accepted by Sofian

Himeur of Gruet Winery at the Guildhall, City of London   IWSC

Awards Presentation and Banquet, on Wednesday 17th November

2010.

Gruet Gift Baskets

We also offer standard and customized gift packages and wine gift

baskets that will delight your loved ones, friends, and business

associates.

New Release Sparkling Wines


We make still wines too!

We make limited quantities of excellent, award-winning Pinot Noir

and Chardonnay, with a regular and a barrel select cuvée of each. We

also make a tiny amount of fantastic Rhône-style Syrah.

Can't find Gruet wines in your area?

We are distributed in 49 states, if you have any questions please visit

our trade page. You can get in contact with our knowledgeable sales

team, or get in contact with the distributor in your state. You can

also buy directly from us and have your wines shipped to your front

door.

Did you know?

Gruet winery produces seven different sparkling wines, we produce

four non-vintages (Brut, Blanc de Noirs, Rose, and Demi-Sec) and

three vintage wines (2006 Blancs de Blanc, 2003 Grand Rose, and

2001 Grande Reserve). Check out our online shop and see which wine

is on special this month!

8400 Pan American Freeway N.E.,

 Albuquerque, NM
(505) 821-0055 .

 Fax (505) 857-0066 .

Toll-Free (888) 857-WINE (9463)

 
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History of a Champagne Family

Gilbert Gruet founder of Gruet Winery was born in Bethon, France in

 1931. He grew up in a poor family, and began working at a young

age. In 1952, Gilbert Gruet, along with his wife Danielle, dreamt of

producing fine quality Champagne. Gilbert followed his heart and in

1967 created the U.V.C.B. (Union Vinicole des Coteaux de Bethon), a

co-op in the village of Bethon.

In 1983, the Gruet family was traveling through the Southwestern

part of the United States, and while in New Mexico met a group of

European winemakers who had successfully planted vineyards In

Engle, near the town of Truth or Consequence, 170 miles south of

Albuquerque. The land was inexpensive and the opportunity golden.

In 1984, Gilbert Gruet, whose Champagne house, Gruet et Fils had

produced fine Champagne in Bethon, France, since 1952, made the

decision to plant an experimental vineyard, exclusively planted to

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes. His children, winemaker Laurent

and daughter Nathalie, and family friend Farid Himeur then relocated

to the great state of New Mexico to begin their American wine

making adventure.

At 4300 ft. the vineyards are some of the highest in the United

States, so regardless of how hot the days might be, the temperature

at night can drop as much as thirty degrees, cooling the fruit and

slowing down the maturation process on an otherwise short growing

season. Sandy and loamy soil, and a lack of humidity that might

contribute to rot, give us a consistency of fruit year in and year out,

and allow us to produce our award winning wines without the use of

pesticides.

The excellent 1987 harvest allowed Laurent to produce his first two

wines following the strict guidelines of a true Methode Champenoise.

His Gruet Brut N.V., and his Gruet Brut Blanc de Noirs N.V. Production

totaled 5000 bottles. All manual machinery had been shipped from

France and the wine was produced in a small rented facility in the city

of Albuquerque.

In 1989, after the required minimum of two years aging on tirage,

our first two sparkling wines were introduced to a very appreciative

wine world. Critics and connoisseurs alike were astonished by the

quality and the value. New Mexico wine was on the map!

In 2008 Gruet sold 100,000 cases of wine and distributed them to 48

states. We now produce seven different sparkling wines: Brut NV

(non-vintage), Blanc de Noirs NV, Rosé NV, Demi Sec NV, vintage

Blanc de Blancs, vintage Grand Rosé, and the Gruet Winery's luxury

tête de cuvée - the vintage Gilbert Gruet Grande Reserve. We also

produce two excellent Chardonnays and two Pinot Noirs, both with a

regular bottling and an unfiltered barrel select reserve bottling.