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March 3, 2025 | Edible NM

Edible NM Episode 16: Super New Mexican

How does an Italian find himself opening a winery in Ruidoso? Jasper Riddle of ⁠Noisy Water Winery⁠ tells us about his path to becoming a vintner and prolific wine producer, grape grower, and grape buyer. Riddle also shares how he and his town are faring as they recover from the 2024 South Fork Fire.

April 23, 2024 | Nick Ramirez

Shoutout Colorado

Meet Jasper Riddle | President Noisy Water Winery

We had the good fortune of connecting with Jasper Riddle and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Jasper, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
In building my business I started with absolutely nothing. I heard no from over a dozen banks in trying to get things started before I was able to hear my first yes. Its grown from 4 people to over 100 in the past decade and when facing challenges I can understand the fear of “Oh no! what if I fail? What If I make a big mistake? What if it all goes away?”

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November 8, 2023 | Anne Cosgrove

Business Facilities

New Mexico: Supporting Entrepreneurial Spirit

A fifth-generation winery, Noisy Water based in Ruidoso, NM, was recently awarded economic assistance to support an expansion of its production facilities that supply products to tasting rooms in Albuquerque, Red River, Cloudcroft, Alto, and Ruidoso, as well as distribution of wine across New Mexico and the U.S.

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March 19, 2022 | Karen McDonald

Farm Credit Agribusiness

Deep Roots & A Bright Future

Noisy Water Winery is helping revitalize New Mexico’s wine and grape industry.

You might not imagine a thriving wine industry in New Mexico, known for its high desert and rocky mesas. But the state’s sunny days and cool nights combine to produce abundant grapes for its 40-plus wineries.

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February 25, 2022 | Laurie Wilson

VinePair

Bring On the Heat: Chile Infusions Are Spicing Up the Wine Industry

"Variety is the spice of life, and wineries around the country continue to diversify from traditional winemaking by crafting unique wines with heat — especially great sips for the long, cold months."

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March 3, 2020 | Jim Duane

Inside Winemaking Podcast

Jasper Riddle - Noisy Water Winery

This episode features Jasper Riddle, proprietor and winemaker for Noisy Water Winery in Ruidoso, New Mexico. I was able to meet Jasper when he was in town for the Unified Sypmposium trade show in February, 2020.

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May 21, 2019 | Zibby Wilder

Santa Fe Reporter

Grapes Expectations

"there's a unity now, within the industry, to get New Mexico wines on the map versus fighting over whose wine is better, especially over the past three to four years. There are a lot of bridges being built"

- Jasper Riddle

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March 31, 2019 | Gwyneth Donald

New Mexico Magazine

Best Fruit Forward

Jasper Riddle and his Noisy Water have breathed new life into the oldest wine-making region in the country.

"Noisy Water’s 2016 Reserve Cab earned 92 points, the state’s highest rank, in critic James Suckling’s “American Wine Revolution” report, which covered tastings of more than 800 American wines not from California, Washington, or Oregon. The cabernet grapes are grown on 35-year-old vines in Deming, and the wine is aged in new French oak barrels."

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June 27, 2018 | Fiona Adams

Wine Enthusiast

Meet the Producers That are Redefining American Wine

These winemakers from New Mexico, Michigan, Texas and Vermont are proving through their world-class bottles that there’s a lot more to the American wine scene than the West Coast.

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