In the 1620s, the wine grape was introduced to Bernalillo by the Catholic priests and Spaniards.

Slowly over time, the wine industry came back into Bernalillo and has sustained its health today, becoming a tradition and staple within the town itself.

Most of these are descendants of colonial Spanish and Mexican settlers in the area from the 16th through the 19th century.

20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Anton Docher, who became known as "The Padre of Isleta", first served as a priest in Bernalillo after coming as a missionary to the United States from France.

Bernalillo is mentioned several times in Willa Cather's 1927 novel Death Comes for the Archbishop.

Sam Shepard's play The Late Henry Moss is set "on the outskirts of" Bernalillo.

Bernalillo is mentioned and is the scene of part of the action in Ben Sanders book "American Blood" Allen and Unwin 2015 Media related to Bernalillo, New Mexico at Wikimedia Commons Atrisco Heritage Academy HS, Kirtland Air Force Base, and National Museum of Nuclear Science & History are adjacent to but outside of the city limits.Rio Grande HS and Sandia Peak Tramway are near but not in the city limits.