Balagna Winery
223 Rio Bravo Drive
Los Alamos (White Rock),
NM 87544
Phone: 505-672-3678
Fax: 505-672-1482

Proprietor/winemaker: John Balagna

Sip your wine from above the clouds! The tasting room portal at Balagna Winery overlooks an 800 ft. gorge of the Rio Grande and offers spectacular scenery. Winemaking is a second career for John Balagna, who spent 42 years as a nuclear chemist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The winery is a labor of love sculpted into the side of the mountain. Sculpture abounds on the winery grounds where John's wife displays her white marble statues.

Wines produced are all from New Mexico grapes. They include Chardonnay, Riesling, Zinfandel, and blends such as Celeste Blaco, Dago Red and Italian varietals. A best seller, La Bomba Grande wine, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first nuclear bomb test.

The winery is open six days a week for tours, tasting, and sales from noon to 6 pm. We are closed on Mondays.