Luna Rossa Winery hosts private parties and full-service events for up to 150 guests in its courtyard, or 80 guests indoors, at its estate in Deming, New Mexico. The family-owned winery grows all of its grapes in its own vineyards in the Mimbres Valley and has been making Italian varietals there since 2001.
Seminars and company events
The winery's events offer is written for any kind of gathering, which makes it a fit for a company dinner, a team celebration or a client evening with a wine theme. The team helps plan the event and serves it in full, so an organiser does not need to bring in outside staff. A group can combine the event with a tasting of the estate's wines, which are made only from grapes grown near Deming. The site does not describe meeting equipment, so a working session with screens should be checked with the winery first.
Weddings and receptions
The courtyard and the indoor space suit private receptions and family celebrations, with full service in both. The site does not describe a dedicated wedding package, so couples should confirm the format, the date and the timing of a ceremony directly with the owners.
Rooms and capacities
There are two settings. The courtyard takes up to 150 people with full service and is the place for the largest gatherings in good weather. Indoors, the winery takes up to 80 people with full service, which covers a seated dinner or a party in cooler months or after dark. The winery also runs a tasting room on site, where visitors sample the current wines, and tours can be booked.
Catering
Events are served by the winery itself, which describes them as full service. The family also runs Luna Rossa Winery & Pizzeria in Las Cruces, opened in 2011 and now among the best-rated restaurants in that area, so the house has hands-on restaurant experience. Menus should be discussed with the team when planning.
History and setting
Luna Rossa means red moon in Italian, and the name guides the winery's aim to make wine from the best vineyards in New Mexico. Paolo D'Andrea was born and raised in Friuli, in northeast Italy, into four generations of wine growers. He studied viticulture at a college in Spilimbergo, specialised in grafting vine plants, and came to the United States in 1986, where a large New Mexico company hired him to teach vineyard pruning. He founded Luna Rossa with Sylvia D'Andrea in 2001.
The winery operates its own vineyards and keeps yields low for quality. The valley's strong swings between day and night temperatures add complexity to the wines. Aged wines rest only in medium toast French and American oak barrels, and production was around 8,000 cases a year as of 2023. A second tasting room operates in Mesilla, New Mexico, and a wine club takes members with no membership fee.
Getting there
The winery stands at 3710 West Pine Street in Deming, in southwest New Mexico, near the vineyards it farms. The Las Cruces pizzeria and the Mesilla tasting room are further east, for groups who want to extend a visit.
