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New Mexico has the longest history of wine production in the United States.[citation needed] In 1629, Franciscan friar Garcia de Zuniga and a Capuchin monk named Antonio de Arteaga planted the first wine grapes in the Rio Grande valley of southern New Mexico. Viticulture took hold in the valley, and by the year 1880, grapes were grown on over 3,000 acres (12 km2), and wineries produced over 1,000,000 gallons (3,750,000 liters) of wine. The wine industry in New Mexico declined in the latter decades of the nineteenth century in part due to flooding of the Rio Grande. Prohibition in the United States forced many wineries to close, while others remained operational providing sacramental wine to Christian churches. The modern New Mexico wine industry received significant support in 1978 when a government-sponsored study encouraged winegrowers to plant French hybrid grape varieties. Annual wine festivals help promote awareness of the growing New Mexico wine industry. The industry’s growth is
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