Attend Concurso de Paella (Fiestas de la Vendimia), Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California

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Every year, as the Valle de Guadalupe Fiestas de la Vendimia draw to a close, the Concurso de Paella (Paella Contest) serves as the grand culmination of the festival. As the last event on the calendar for the annual wine fest, the Paella Contest makes sure that the Vendimia goes out in style. Held at Liceaga winery outside under the oak trees in the dog days of summer, it’s a beautiful and quixotic event. Hundreds of tables are spread out under the shade of the oak trees as thousands of people gather – tipsy on happiness, paella and wine. Almost every winery in northern Baja (that’s over 100 wineries) is in attendance, serving up free samples of wine to partygoers. And when you need some food to soak up the abundance of wine, you don’t need to go far to find the paella. There are about 80 paella booths set up, all making huge pans of paella, competing for the judges and feeding the hungry masses. There’s no better way to say goodbye to the Vendimia or the last days of summer than by drinking wine and feasting on paella under oak trees in the Valle de Guadalupe.

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