Noisy Water Winery

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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Apr 23, 2024 at 1:07 PM Permalink

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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Nov 8, 2023 at 11:05 AM Permalink

The Hill

The best winery in every state, according to Yelp

The analysts at Yelp have sorted through the platform’s databases to identify the top-rated wineries in each state. See the results, based on Yelp’s own user-generated reviews and ratings at the link here

Aug 30, 2023 at 2:58 PM Permalink

Seven Fifty Daily

A Case Study in Growing an Emerging Wine State

From investing in education and grape-growing subsidies to galvanizing the winemaking community, New Mexico offers an example of rightsized growth. In 2029, New Mexico will celebrate 400 years since Mission grapes were first planted along the banks of the Rio Grande by Franciscan monks to make sacramental wine. It’s the oldest wine growing region in the U.S. and...

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Feb 21, 2023 at 2:46 PM Permalink

The Vintner Project

Noisy Water Winery’s Jasper Riddle is on a Mission To Save Farmers’ Water Rights in New Mexico

All of the surface water in New Mexico is allocated. Almost all of the groundwater in the state is spoken for, too. A new venture that needs water almost always has to purchase water rights from a person or business with an existing allocation. Often, it’s farmers selling and other industries buying. As farmers sell off their water rights, they’re setting up the state’s agriculture industry for a dry future. 

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Nov 15, 2022 at 1:13 PM Permalink

New Mexico Magazine

A Ruidoso Winery Is Making Noise

"I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE I LEARNED TO MAKE WINE starting at the bottom of the bottle,” says Jasper Riddle, a longtime Ruidoso resident and owner of the Noisy Water Winery, which has expanded to six locations throughout New Mexico. The most recent, Noisy Water’s new tasting room in Ruidoso, opened in February in the lively midtown district packed with shops, restaurants, pubs, and galleries.

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Sep 14, 2022 at 1:20 PM Permalink