Wine Taste at Bodegas de Santo Tomás Winery (Valle de Santo Tomás), Baja California

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Bodegas de Santo Tomas Winery in Santo Tomás, Baja California was the very first winery in Baja California, being founded in 1888 by native Italian Francisco Adonegui and Spaniard Miguel Olmart. Santo Tomás is the third largest winery in Mexico, but visiting here still feels like a personal and intimate experience. The tasting room is nestled under a grove of impressively tall eucalyptus trees with floor to ceiling windows providing a scenic view. The actual winery where they produce the wine is off limits (it’s the round building in the middle of the vineyards—designed by Alejandro D’Acosta), but if you make arrangements in advance you can participate in one of their special excursions. Twenty-one varieties of grapes are grown here, including 75-year old Tempranillo vines. In addition to the 230 acres of grapes, they have 120 acres of olive trees that are used to produce the various olive oils they make and sell. Bodegas Santo Tomas has won innumerable awards for its sensational wines, especially the vibrant ruby cabernet sauvignon and darker cabernet-merlot blend (Santo Tomas Reserva Unico). The “Saunara” is a Barbera rosé that was made by winemaker Laura Zamora’s daughter in 2012 as a tribute to her mom. In addition to regular tastings in the tasting room, Santo Tomás offers a few unique experiences if you make advance arrangements. Possibly the best of these is a unique opportunity to ride on a cart pulled by a John Deere tractor through the vineyards where you’ll stop at various stations to wine taste and get a real understanding of the vineyards and winery. It’s one of the most unique experiences in this region and shouldn’t be missed. Production: 120,000 cases a year

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