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PLEASE DON'T USE FACEBOOK TO SEARCH, OR POST, FOR EL PASO WINERY. THE ENTIRE SITE HAS BEEN SCAMMED INCLUDING: TELEPHONE NUMBER, HOURS OF OPERATION AND REVIEWS!

DID YOU KNOW. . . that last Fall the State Liquor Authority informed me that I would no longer be able to sell to my customers my award-winning homemade Sangria?
        Apparently, some fine, upstanding citizen felt responsible, or important enough, to report me to the State. Actually, I thought it was a joke especially since I've been making Sangria on the weekends for 28 years! They asked me for the recipe, which I immediately supplied. When they saw that I usually add a small amount of Triple Sec or Blackberry Brandy, they searched the winery looking for the additional alcohol. Of course there wasn't any here -- I make the Sangria in the kitchen of my house. They left with the warning to not sell Sangria any longer.
        They knew I was livid. Now, think about this for a moment. . . with all the disasterous, and longterm, effects left by the Covid mandates, the horrible mess we're in with the border invastion, existing wars and pending new ones, NYS has to send out two agents to check under my counters, etc., to look for a minute amount of alcohol added to my 28-year history of El Paso Winery Sangria!
        The following week, one of the agents called to tell me I could continue making Sangria, but I must use NYS brandy.
        Forgive me for saying this but, if you refuse to hear the whisper, don't worry, you'll hear the scream.

                                                          Maryl