The flavour of Mexico: the wines of Guadalupe Valley

The tour will be interesting to the tourists staying in San Diego (USA), with Mexican or U.S. visa who want to get a taste of Mexico. You will visit the heart of the wine-making of Mexican land.

Day 1. San Diego – Tijuana – Ensenada

Tijuana is a city of contrasts, the gateway to Mexico, the city of nightlife, of drugs without prescription, of cheap and delicious meals. You will visit the main street of Tijuana – Avenida Revolucion, where you’ll have without fail to take a picture with a local landmark – zebra "a la Tijuana." Then you will lunch in Puerto Nuevo with lobster and famous Mexican beer "Corona".

Accommodation at the hotel of Ensenada.

Ensenada is Mexican fishing village, a favorite place of Californians. At 35 km from Ensenada Bufadora is situated. It’s the most beautiful place of California Peninsula, where the Pacific Ocean waves hit the coastal cliffs and surge 20-meter height.

Day 2. Guadalupe Valley

Find the answer to the eternal question "red or white?" Our excursion to the wineries "Monte Xanic" and "La Cetto" will help you. It is impossible to go to Mexico, to the valley of vineyards de Guadalupe, without tasting of the famous Mexican wines!

The history of Mexican winemaking dates back to 1521, the next year after the arrival of Spanish conquistadors to the Mexican land. They were not going to renounce the wine away from home! At this time, Cortes issued a decree that all new Spanish settlers were due to cultivate grapes on lands granted to them. As a result, the country became well-provided for wine and no longer needed the export of it from Andalusia to the end of the century.

The descendants of first Russian immigrants – Molokans – are successful winemakers too in Baja California. Molokans settled here a century ago. Hard-working, striving for peace within the community and beyond, they quickly gained respect among the local population. We suggest you to visit the House-Museum of the first Russian settlers of the last century in Mexico, to know their way of life and traditions.