Welcome to Veda Guadalupe! This is Mexico's premier wine region located two
hours by car from San Diego it offers a low-key less commercial and more
authentic wine experience with farm-to-table Baja cuisine
it also has over a hundred wineries and counting. Vamanos!
After taking Mexico's scenic route we land at valle de guadalupe to visit
santo tomas one of the larger wineries in the region primera we hone the vinny
cola and Baja California
and they drove us down here and they'll be started in the 1900s okay some
Russians arrived in the valley. This valley was only for growing wheat. So what happens with the Santo Tomas variety, is a must that
Valley has a lot of microclimates and imagine if I'm standing here and I'm a
little bit hot and then I could start then I could stand over here and I would
feel a little bit cool alright so that's what we call a microclimate. This
is the wine color
right now we're trying the Chardonnay
it's delicious. Mike what do you think about the wine here? We are at Santo
Tomas and look at how beautiful this property is it's up on a hill and you
can see the vineyard down below beautiful tasting room most of these
bottles are made for local consumption so we're really glad to enjoy them here
with this is view
much less crowded and it reminds us of Napa only like 50 years ago famous one
made here era because it's very robust very complex this is 100 percent Barbera
there are only 8 wineries out of 170 in this valley they have a hundred percent
Barbera very good so your most refreshing by the way Lupe is like an
up-and-coming wine region
we're so happy to be here in Mexico they're mostly known for tequila, Mezcal
cerveza but wine is a new thing it's used in high-end celebrations but now a
lot of people are drinking wine at the table. The families are coming here to
celebrate and enjoy the wine. This is only sold here in Mexico, it's a reserve.
These are the prices and it's $1 to 17 pesos right now the one that we really
liked is called the Barbera which is a Red wine 270 roughly about 16 or 17
US dollars. Now time to head to one of the more boutique wineries, called Lomita.
Bienvenidos a Lomita!
sauvignon Blanc
you are going to find a little bit of acidity
but also in aroma, you are going to find tropical fruits
like pineapple,
guava, mostly green apple.
It's a really refreshing wine.
the guava
Lomita and valle de guadalupe this is the patio see everything from up here at
Lomita we were able to get a peek into the winemaking process as the workers
were sorting the grapes by hand lenita makes wines only from its own vineyards
and grapes are processed right here on the property it's this kind of
authenticity that really makes this region special here they are picking out the stems
just the grapes are going right down there
we're getting the behind-the-scenes look into the winemaking process they're
crushing the grapes right here behind this is the mural
now time to try the cuisine where we had to Javier Plascencia restaurant this is
the restaurant finca Alto Sano a very famous restaurant
going in now for lunch, this is finca Altozano,a special
farm-to-table restaurant here in Baja California. finca Altozano. What chef is this? Javier Plascencia.
we ordered wine, he's opening it for us. Javier Plascencia is a
famous chef here in the region known for his innovative Baja cuisine the
restaurant features a gorgeous indoor/outdoor patio located on the farm
where they grow many of the vegetables that go into the dishes so we are here
in early September and they just finished harvesting so all the grapes
are gone off of the leaves here but they are starting with production now so it's
a really exciting time for the wineries and we are not done yet it's time to go
to Hacienda Guadalupe our third and final winery of the day. One thing to
note is that if you are a California resident you can only bring back one
bottle of Mexican wine per person or you can enjoy them freely here in the Baja
region also you can purchase them at trulyfinewine.com link in the
description below.
So as we were driving, we noticed
a lot of dirt roads, Mike explain.
They don't went to much development because there's a lack of water.
they were bumpy but they allowed us to get to some some of the
more boutique vineyards that most people do not get to go. Yeah Cheers!. If you're looking for
a new region to go wine-tasting definitely check out via de Guadalupe
the cuisine wine and atmosphere are unmatched now time to head back up the
coast across the border back to San Diego we hope that you enjoyed this
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