Santo Tomás

Nice find on our fun walk while on land for the day. It was interesting to hear about the history. Maybe we’ll plan to tour their vineyard next time.
Wifi was weak to non-​existent. We each did a tasting flight. The guy was attentive and fun to chat with at the beginning. Until more people started showing up and we then had to get his attention to get each of our tastings. We didn’t end up buying any wine. Nothing particularly jumped out to either of us.

Worst Place Ever.
Gave us wine in little plastic sippy cups, and they did not want to let us do a wine tasting at first because they wanted us to wait for another two hours to join a tour group. It is a cruise ship tour trap. The wine we did try was terrible btw.

Four of us did a wine tasting here while on a four-​day cruise and we all loved the wines. It was actually a tasting room in downtown, so it wasn’t actually at the winery, but being downtown meant that we could stop by there on our next cruise without having to go too far.
I actually forget most of the names of the wines, but we tasted a very light white, a Barbera rose, a Tempernillo, a Cab, and the Tinto port. I ended up buying a bottle of each wine we tasted, so that says a lot.
The staff was super friendly and spoke excellent English (a plus for us — sadly — monolinguists).
They also have olive oils, which were very tasty, and chocolates. I got the 66% and wasn’t that impressed.
I could charge the wines, but the chocolates and olive oils need to be paid for in cash, although American $$s were accepted.

My husband and I got engaged years back in the Guadalupe Valley of Mexico.
This area has a fond place in my heart! On our most recent anniversary trip, we decided to travel out a bit to the the «oldest» winery in Mexico in Ensenada. This is where it all started (well in our area of the world at least). This winery is, Bodegas de Santo Tomas! We simply fell in love again! We took home (what we could legally carry)…choosing the 2011 Barbera!
On the original trip to Mexico when we got engaged, we had the pleasure of dining with some of the «Who’s Who» elite of the Mexican wine world, one of the men behind it all was Hugo D’Acosta who has been influential in shaping the wine industry in the county. I was told he changed the way wine was being produced in Mexico, including his previous work at Santo Tomas. He now has his own shiny vineyard that we hope to enjoy on our next trip… can’t wait for that review!

Honestly, I would go back just to purchase their olive oil. Unfortunately I didn’t have any cash so I wasn’t able to buy some. The person who was helping with the wine tasting seemed knowledgeable. I went with a large group and they were accommodating. I can’t compare this winery with any other in the region as I have only been to Santo Tomas but the experience was great.

It’s the oldest winery in Mexico. This location isn’t the original winery but it’s pretty big. You really can’t miss it driving along this main road because you will see signs and flags. In order to get to the tasting room, you have to drive through the vineyard, which is pretty nice.
Once you get to the tasting room, called the «cava», you walked up the ramp through HUGE double doors into a gorgeous room. The place is really nice and modern with bottles of wine stocked from ceiling (high ceiling) to floor. The glass casing which showcases the boxes of fine chocolates they sell is also where you do the tastings with a guide.
I’ve been here twice and wasn’t able to do the tasting the first time because apparently they only do it on the hour, so if you miss it you’ll have to wait for the next one. This time, we came with local friends (who also owns a B&B down the road) and were able to get in on the tastings. The 3 wine plus chocolate tasting is $ 10 ($ 100 pesos) per person. My bf and I shared one tasting because i was still full from breakfast. Wine and chocolate pairing sure is like heaven in your mouth!
After the tasting, we sat in the outdoor patio over looking the winery and were treated by our friends to more wine (Mision 1888), which is our favorite wine and actually the cheapest one! You can buy them at the local liquor stores around Baja for cheap! We always get a bottle or two before heading back to the states.
The experience here was very nice but i only give it only 3 stars because it’s too pricey for my liking and i dont like that you can only doing the tasting on the hour.