Mexican Wine
Baja California's Valle de Guadalupe grows most of our Mexican wine, including Monte Xanic and Santos Brujos.
Mexican wine questions
What are the main wine regions in Mexico?
Baja California produces most of Mexico's wine, especially Valle de Guadalupe near Ensenada, along with Valle de Santo Tomás and San Vicente. Other regions are growing, including Coahuila, home of Casa Madero, the oldest winery in the Americas founded in 1597, as well as Querétaro, Guanajuato, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes.
Is Mexican wine good?
Yes, and it's improving quickly. Valle de Guadalupe has a Mediterranean climate with warm days and cool Pacific breezes, ideal for grapes. Small, ambitious producers work with Italian, Spanish and French varieties, and many wines are bold, ripe and food friendly. Quality has risen a lot over the last 20 years.
What grapes are grown in Valle de Guadalupe?
Valle de Guadalupe grows a wide mix. Common red grapes include nebbiolo, tempranillo, cabernet sauvignon, grenache, merlot, syrah and zinfandel, and blends are very popular. For whites, chenin blanc, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay are common. The valley's nebbiolo is quite different from Italy's, riper and fruitier.