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[sdc]

Mexican wines,, for the most part suck....sorry but its the truth if you do the pepsi chanllange againist CA, Chilean European wines..they just don't hold up....but San Tomas makes some drinkable reasonable reds...

[mikethedog]

Hello everybody,
Back in January, a national, weekly magazine called Día Siete conducted their 4th Annual Tasting of Red Mexican Wines and these were the results:

1 Passión Meritage 2003, San Rafael

2 Tramonte 2003, Vides y Vinos Californianos

3A Roganto 2003, Vides y Vinos Californianos

3B Equinoccio Nebbiolo 2002, Viñedos Lafarga

3C Sangre de Cortés 2001, Casa Couttolenc Bueno

4A Vino de Piedra 2003, Casa de Piedra

4B Icaro 2002, Vinos y Terruños

5A Doménica 2003, Viñas Pijoan

5B Californio 2003, Vinos Tanama

5C Liceaga Merlot Gran Reserva 2002, Viña de Liceaga

5D L.A. Cetto Reserva Privada CS 2002, L.A. Cetto

5E Sangre de Cortés Merlot CS 1999, Casa Couttolenc Bueno

6 Gran Reserva Casa Grande CS 2002, Casa Madero
(Valle de Parras, Coahuila)

7A Macouzet CS / Merlot 2002, Vinisterra

7B Portada 2003, Aborigen

7C El Gran Vino Tinto 2001, Chateau Camou

7D Sirocco Reserva 2001, Santo Tomás

7E Liceaga Merlot 2001, Viña de Liceaga

7F Concordia 2000, L.A. Cetto

7G Valmar CS 2000, Cavas Valmar

7H Gran Ricardo 1998, Monte Xanic

8A Yumano Tinto 2003, Vinos Shimul

8B Gabriel 2003, Adobe Guadalupe

8C Chateau Domecq 2002, Pedro Domecq

8D Reserva Magna Cosecha Limitada 2002, Pedro Domecq

8E Mariatinto 2002, Escuela de Vinos Artesanales de El Porvenir

8F Reserva Especial Casa Grande Shiraz 2001, Casa Madero

A note about the numbering used: wines with the same number are tied in that place, the letter goes from the most recent harvest on.
All of them except #6 and 8F are from the various Ensenada valleys.

Salud!!!
mike

[Aztec Eagle]

I worked close to 8 years in a wine shop in Beverly Hills catering to the rich and famous, and i learned quite a bit about wines and different spirits from all over the world,and they just spoiled my palad with our weekly wine tastings and cigar dinners,and sometimes wen i crave a good wine the best place to find it and at the best price seems to be COSTCO they have a decent selection at a good price,since i did not use to pay for wine and i know how much it cost wen i see the prices down here i prefer not to buy it!..lol cheapskate hu?

I have tasted some good Mexican Wines like L.A. Cetto Nebbiollo and is not that expensive,but theres some disgusting ones like the awful PADRE KINO white wine that my mom uses to cook...lol

But the best tip is to paire good food with good wine,with Mexican spicy food like a mole i would try a Zinfandel or a Ceviche a nice Suavignon Blanc or some Carnitas with a wine like a Pinot Noir.

But im a working man still love my beer....

[BajaGringo]

Many of the Baja vineyards are still relatively new when compared to other more established areas. I love wines from Chile and Argentina and in the last few years the quality of wines has really improved as the grape vines in the Guadalupe Valley continue to age and mature. Several of the wineries were recognized internationally last year and on a recent outing I hit a few new wineries that are a bit of the road and found some very wonderful wines. Each year should get better in time...