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La respuesta es SÍ, si existe un paraíso de Vino en México y se ubica en Baja California. 

Hablar de los viñedos de Baja California, es hablar de la cultura del vino y sus tierras en el municipio más grande del país. Esta zona abarca la mayor superficie de vid sembrada y conglomera la mayor cantidad de vinícolas activas en producción. Ensenada es uno de los 6 municipios que forman el estado de Baja California; tiene una extensión de casi 20 mil kilómetros cuadrados y es sede de la única escuela de enología del país. 

En cuestión vitivinícola Ensenada ofrece una serie de microclimas que permiten el uso del suelo, en un 90% arenoso de gran porosidad, para el sembrado de vid. El empeño de comunidades llegadas de diversa procedencia, como italianos, españoles o rusos (que cuentan con el Museo Comunitario Ruso del Valle de Guadalupe) ha servido para que 100 años después el prestigio de estos vinos trascienda las fronteras de México con más de 69 bodegas actualmente en producción, repartidas por siete distintos valles.

Baja2La zona de los Valles de Guadalupe, Calafia y San Antonio de las Minas concentra el mayor número de viñedos, con bodegas y vinos que gozan de un reconocimiento mundial, de esta zona se destacan  L.A. Cetto,  Santo Tomás, Monte Xanic, Pedro Domecq y la “Escuelita Enológica”, proyecto que inició el Enólogo Hugo D’Acosta. El mapa enológico de la región se extiende hacia el sur con los valles de Santo Tomás, San Vicente y Ojos Negros, y hacia el norte con el Valle de las Palmas. Aproximadamente el 92% de la producción de vinos de México proviene de aquí.

Las uvas que mayormente se emplean  en la producción del vino de Baja California son Chenin Blanc, Colombard, Sauvignon Blanc y Chardonnay para los blancos y Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Tempranillo, Zinfandel, Syrah, Nebbiolo, Cabernet Franc, Grenache, Petit Syrah y Malbec para los vinos tintos, sin olvidar los viñedos experimentales de Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir y Sangiovese.

La oferta de vinos se complementa con el aliciente de la gastronmía ensenadense de fama mundial, como la convinación de platillos de mar y tierra que han provocado concursos internacionales como la feria de la langosta, la cual se sirve típcamente con frijoles negros, arroz, salsa  y tortillas de harina, este platillo marida de manera extraordinaria con un blanco de barrica, un rosado seco o un tinto joven y fresco; además encontraremos, uno de los museos de vino más importantes del país, tiendas especializadas en la venta de vino,  delicatessen y espacios naturales de gran belleza. Cada año en el mes de Agosto con 4 sábados de eventos principales, se desarrollan las Fiestas de la Vendimia en donde se da gracias por el fruto recibido y se celebra la nueva cosecha. La gran mayoría de las vinícolas grandes y pequeñas se unen en estas festividades y culminan con la fiesta de las paellas que consiste en un divertido concurso de paellas creadas por diferentes restaurantes, chefs y cocineros aficionados de la zona ; así mismo a la par de estas festividades se desarrolla el concurso internacional “Ensenada Tierra del Vino” que es un concurso de vinos mexicanos que ha ganado gran popularidad.

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Historia del Vino Ensenadense 

En 1707 el padre Franciscano Eusebio Kino realiza la primera vendimia en Baja California, esta vendimia fue a partir de uva misión.  Para 1791 el padre Dominico José Llorente fundó la misión de Santo Tomás sembrando árboles de olivos y 2,000 vides.

En 1769 Fray Junípero Serra llevó de Loreto hacia el norte de la península y también hacia la Alta California la planta de la “vitis vinífera” para consumo de los habitantes de las misiones californianas. La primera misión fundada fue la de San Diego de Alcalá. 

En 1843 se crea la Escuela Nacional de Agricultura gracias al presidente Antonio López de Santa Anna. 

En 1888 Francisco Andonegui y Miguel Ormart fundan la bodega de Santo Tomás, la primera comercializadora de vinos en Ensenada, Baja California.

En 1900 hubo un trágico suceso mundial. Gran parte de los viñedos mexicanos quedó destruida por la filoxera.

En 1904, llegó a México una familia de rusos molokanes huyendo de los Zares por cuestiones religiosas. Forman una comunidad en Valle de Guadalupe, esto resultó en una de las vinícolas más populares del Valle de Guadalupe: Bodegas Bibayoff. 

En el año de 1910 comenzó la Revolución Méxicana y desgraciadamente el sector vinícola se vió fuertemente afectado. 

En 1928 Angelo Cetto creó su propia marca de vinos mexicanos en el Valle de Guadalupe en Ensenada, llamada L.A. Cetto. Actualmente es la vinícola de mayor producción en todo el país.

Baja31953. Se establece en México la familia Domecq creando la famosa vinícola Pedro Domecq, inicialmente elaborando destilados a base de uva.

En 1987 fue el gran parteaguas de los vinos de calidad en México, ya que fue cuando se constituyó la vinícola Monte Xanic, una vinícola visionaria que logró producir el primer vino de calidad Premium en el país. 

Actualmente, Baja California es el principal y más popular estado productor de vino en México. Algunas otras vinícolas importantes en la historia de Baja California son:

  • Casa de Piedra: Fundada en 1997 por el reconocido enólogo Hugo D’Acosta, esta vinícola tiene como principal objetivo resaltar el origen y la historia detrás de la uva.
  • Magoni: Fundada por el enólogo italiano Camillo Magoni. Camillo trabajó durante más de 24 años en la industria del vino Méxicano en dos de las principales bodegas Mexicanas, LA Cetto y Domecq, hasta que decidió abrir su proyecto propio. Además de Casa Magoni, este visionario enólogo y apasionado del vino, creó una innovadora finca para ensayos experimentales donde el objetivo es plantar diversas variedades de uva en el Valle de Guadalupe y determinar cuales son las que mejor se adaptan a este hermoso terroir, todo sustentado en la ciencia. 
  • Villa Montefiori: Fundada por el enólogo Italiano Paolo Paoloni, Villa Montefiori es reconocida por su producción de excelentes vinos Premium con variedades típicas Italianas y vinos con estilo Europeo. Montefiori ha logrado posicionarse como una de las bodegas de mayor calidad en el país. 
  • La Lomita y La Carrodilla: Propiedad del empresario Fernando Pérez Castro. Estas vinícolas se enfocan en la agricultura sustentable. Finca La Carrodilla fue el primer viñedo mexicano en tener certificación orgánica y biodinámica. 
  • El Cielo: Además del proyecto enológico, El Cielo tiene uno de los proyectos turísticos más ambiciosos de la región, con sus espectaculares hoteles y restaurantes, el Cielo se convierte en una visita obligada. 
  • Vena Cava: Fundada en el 2005 por el americano Phil Gregory y su esposa Eileen, Vena Cava es una vinícola boutique que está enfocada en la calidad antes que en la cantidad. Su portafolio incluye excelentes ejemplos de vinos naturales. 

Además de tener excelentes vinos, Baja California es un destino turístico muy importante en el país; con restaurantes posicionados año tras año entre los mejores del país, unas vistas de ensueño empezando por la carretera escénica donde podrás observar el azul profundo del mar mientras te diriges a tu vinícola favorita y un ambiente donde se respira la cultura del vino.  

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