Valle is not a new wine region — some vineyards date from the 1920s —
but this Mexican wine country is calling to millennials, with modern, design-y wineries and grit that can’t be found in Napa or Sonoma.
Millennials Answer the Call of Mexican Wine Country -
Tear yourself away from the picture-postcard Pacific views on Route 1, south of the border between California and Mexico, and you see Valle de Guadalupe undulating to the east, its Mars-like boulders and vast stretches of rose-gold-colored dirt belying the fact
that there is some pretty great wine being grown here.
Though its accommodations are costly — around $500 per night depending on room size — the
hotel, like the rest of the region, knows how to appeal to pop-culture-savvy travelers.
Four weeks later, they bought a hillside property that is now home to a winery, bed-and-breakfast
and Corazón de Tierra, whose tasting menu of farm-to-table Mexican fare clocks in at under $50 per person.
“It used to have a very stinky, particular smell; the wine was very bad,” said Hans
Backhoff, founder of Monte Xanic, a large, polished winery that opened in 1988.
“What used to happen in this part of the world was that no one had anything to do and now everyone has appointments every hour,” Mr. Gregory said.
Next to Lomita, La Cocina de Doña Esthela serves hangover-curing heaps of diner food like machaca
con huevo (eggs scrambled with beef, onions and green peppers), chilaquiles and lamb tacos.
