VARA Winery & Distillery's Santa Fe Tasting Room adjacent to Hotel Eldorado. VARA Winery & Distillery is an international family of Spanish and American wines and spirits celebrating the origin of the American wine experience thanks to the historical connection of Spain and New Mexico. The history of wine in New Mexico is over 390 years old and is as rich and complicated as its colorful landscape. The flavors of this ancient history plays out in the wine produced here in New Mexico. High quality wines from robust reds to crisp whites utilizing grapes from Spain, California and New Mexico. Spirits all have a Spanish tie and range from Gin, Rum and Brandy.