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Article: !Viva el vino! The west's most exciting new wine country is in Baja California. Sara Schneider travels Mexico's Guadalupe Valley.(WINDOW ON THE WEST)
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- May 1, 2006
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Some people like to compare the view down-valley from the Monte Xanic Winery to the Napa Valley of 30 years ago. But others consider the Guadalupe Valley's vineyards, olive groves, and farms more like agriculturally diverse Sonoma County.
These comparisons are for us; the valley doesn't need them. Angling northeast from Ensenada in Baja California, 1 1/2 hours from San Diego, the Guadalupe Valley is changing at an astonishing rate. New vineyards are carpeting the land; new wineries are rising, crafted from the region's distinctive honey-colored stone. And last year a Guadalupe Valley-grown wine won a blind tasting over all of its counterparts in Spain. The story ...