The Mexican Wine Oasis
Parras de la Fuente
It is not a mirage! After having crossed a long desert there appears a miraculous oasis… In this valley of fertile land crystalline springs abound. The Parras valley is a verdant space in which one forgets that they are surrounded by the semi-desert region of Coahuila. In addition to its water reserve, the Parras valley’s...
The Mexican Wine Oasis
It is not a mirage! After having crossed a long desert there appears a miraculous oasis… In this valley of fertile land crystalline springs abound. The Parras valley is a verdant space in which one forgets that they are surrounded by the semi-desert region of Coahuila. In addition to its water reserve, the Parras valley’s...
Mexico’s Wine Country
Valle de Guadalupe
The New World of Wine Today, Baja California is incontestably the major wine region of Mexico. Located northeast of Ensenada in the Mexican state of Baja California, the Valle de Guadalupe produces the majority of Mexican wine—more than 90% of Mexican wine, in fact, comes from this area. Who would have thought that this inhospitable...
Mexican Cuisine and Wine
A Flavorful and Complicated Union
Castilian Spanish uses the word maridaje (marriage) to talk about the association between a dish and a wine. This word is inspired by the French term mariage, “marriage” in English. As in a marriage between two people, the goal in culinary maridajes is to achieve total harmony. To come to a fair balance we must...
Wine and Cheese
Breaking with tradition
The theme of an eternal discussion among sommeliers, the pairing of wine and cheese is without a doubt the most difficult. This despite the fact that both are a result of the blending of yeast and bacteria. A good cheese can better a low quality wine or a powerful cheese can devastate a fine wine....
