Mesilla Valley AVA

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| name = Mesilla Valley AVA

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| type = American Viticultural Area

| year = 1985{{cite web | url=https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&SID=9cfdb16bbeb8c115d87f38c0bc52e68c&rgn=div8&view=text&node=27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.80&idno=27 |website= Code of Federal Regulations | title=§ 9.100 Mesilla Valley |date=2012-02-12| format=Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas | access-date=2007-11-15}}

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| country = United States

| part of = New Mexico, Texas

| similar = Middle Rio Grande Valley AVA, Mimbres Valley AVA

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| total size = {{convert|280000|acre|sqmi|0}}{{cite web |website=Appellation America |date=2007 | url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Mesilla-Valley.html | title=Mesilla Valley (AVA): Appellation Profile | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407200108/http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Mesilla-Valley.html | archive-date=2015-04-07 | access-date=2007-11-14| url-status=live}}

| planted = {{convert|40|acre|ha|0}}

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| grapes = Black Muscat, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dolcetto, Malvasia, Merlot, Mourvedre, Muscat of Alexandria, Primitivo, Riesling, Sangiovese, Viognier, Zinfandel

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The Mesilla Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located primarily in the state of New Mexico, with a small area in the state of Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.gotexanwine.org/findwinesandwineries/appellations.html|title= The Wine Growing Regions of Texas| website=Go Texas Wine |publisher= Texas Department of Agriculture|year=2006| archive-date=2011-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726125239/http://www.gotexanwine.org/findwinesandwineries/appellations.html|access-date=2007-12-16}} Spanish explorer Don Juan de Oñate arrived in the area in 1598, and named a Native American village in the valley Trenquel de la Mesilla, from which the valley as a whole became known as Mesilla Valley. Although viticulture began in nearby El Paso as early as 1650, grapes were first planted in the Mesilla Valley only in the early twentieth century, near the town of Doña Ana. Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Syrah are the most important grape varieties planted there.https://www.wine-searcher.com/regions-mesilla+valley+-+new+mexico?srsltid=AfmBOoq0EdfcGaPJ0RLy7K6cliz3Cmy7452FUBB_C00jrh0E7vJCvJYB The climate in the Mesilla Valley is dry and hot.