Article: Guadalupe Valley, Baja California, Produces Wines of Increasing Quality.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Mar. 26--GUADALUPE VALLEY, Baja California--As Victor Torres swished the amber liquid between his teeth, an expression of joy spread across his face.

A French-trained winemaker, Torres knew he had a sweet nectar of exquisite caliber in the making.

Are we talking France here? Maybe Napa Valley?

Neither. Torres is among a new breed of winemakers in the Guadalupe Valley, a pocket of fertile land on the Pacific Ocean side of Mexico's Baja California. The valley is about 50 miles southeast of San Diego.

Blessed by a cooling coastal fog that takes the hot edge off the region's near-desert terrain, the valley is starting to produce ...

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