Ensenada Wine Tour

[lakegirl16]

We are in Ensenada on a Coastal Cruise in February '24.  Looking to do a private wine tour.  The ship offers one but we did a ship tour last year and this repeats one of the wineries.  Has anyone done a private tour with a company you would recommend?  Thanks.

[Luv2cruze me and u]

Check viator.com and search wine tours in Ensenada.  You should find a few in there that have good ratings.

[lakegirl16]

5 minutes ago, Luv2cruze me and u said:

Check viator.com and search wine tours in Ensenada.  You should find a few in there that have good ratings.

Thanks.  I did see some tours there and others on line.  Was just hoping someone had personal experience with a tour/guide.  

 

[Luv2cruze me and u]

Just now, lakegirl16 said:

Thanks.  I did see some tours there and others on line.  Was just hoping someone had personal experience with a tour/guide.  

 

Couples Tour is the name of the one we did and Josue was our driver both times.  He is awesome and you can ask for him too.

[FLConnie]

On 9/25/2023 at 11:06 PM, Luv2cruze me and u said:

Couples Tour is the name of the one we did and Josue was our driver both times.  He is awesome and you can ask for him too.

We are doing that tour later this month.  Did you choose wineries before hand?

[Luv2cruze me and u]

20 hours ago, FLConnie said:

We are doing that tour later this month.  Did you choose wineries before hand?

We picked a few and our driver picked one.  Here are some of the ones we have visited (note: we have done this excursion twice so these are across two trips).  Magoni - The inside tour was just okay...outside tasting area was really cool.  Bruma - One of the nicest wineries we have been to.  Great tour and an incredible restaurant with tapas on the property.  You need a reservation for this one.   Our driver (Josue') knew someone working the desk and called and got us in.  Xecue' - Just a tasting room and a nice patio.  Tasted 5 of their wines.  Nice setting.  Next trip we went to Monte Xanic - Nice tour and sat on the patio for our tasting.  Nice property.  The next stop was Clos de Tres Cantos.  No tour on this one but a nice setting/view for the tasting.  They also paired the wines with chocolates that were fantastic.  The last one was Vena Cava.  Really cool story and venue.   They also have a food truck on site.  Good luck and enjoy!  

[FLConnie]

1 hour ago, Luv2cruze me and u said:

We picked a few and our driver picked one.  Here are some of the ones we have visited (note: we have done this excursion twice so these are across two trips).  Magoni - The inside tour was just okay...outside tasting area was really cool.  Bruma - One of the nicest wineries we have been to.  Great tour and an incredible restaurant with tapas on the property.  You need a reservation for this one.   Our driver (Josue') knew someone working the desk and called and got us in.  Xecue' - Just a tasting room and a nice patio.  Tasted 5 of their wines.  Nice setting.  Next trip we went to Monte Xanic - Nice tour and sat on the patio for our tasting.  Nice property.  The next stop was Clos de Tres Cantos.  No tour on this one but a nice setting/view for the tasting.  They also paired the wines with chocolates that were fantastic.  The last one was Vena Cava.  Really cool story and venue.   They also have a food truck on site.  Good luck and enjoy!  

Thx.  These are most of the same ones we thought would be good from watching You Tube videos!

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

On 10/10/2023 at 7:29 AM, Luv2cruze me and u said:

  Magoni - The inside tour was just okay...outside tasting area was really cool. 

 

Our go to wine we buy at the grocery store.  Nothing fancy but good solid wines.  

[tootsiescurly]

On 9/22/2023 at 9:50 AM, lakegirl16 said:

We are in Ensenada on a Coastal Cruise in February '24.  Looking to do a private wine tour.  The ship offers one but we did a ship tour last year and this repeats one of the wineries.  Has anyone done a private tour with a company you would recommend?  Thanks.

We did a private wine tour several years ago. It was very good. I believe we used Baja California Wine Tours.

[MartaMartian]

Thanks, everyone, for the information. I would like to do a wine tour in Ensenada Feb 2024 as well!

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

On 10/13/2023 at 3:20 PM, tootsiescurly said:

We did a private wine tour several years ago. It was very good. I believe we used Baja California Wine Tours.

They are one of the better known ones in the area.  There was a problem last year with a bunch of unlicensed tour operators taking people and the transit police cracked down hard.  They were pulling over vehicles, kicking everybody out, and towing the vehicles.   

[KeepCalmBearOn]

Frankly, I'd never use Viator, we always book locally. I've used the company below several times.

 

https://bajawinerytours.com/valle-guadalupe-winery-tour/

[lakegirl16]

On 11/3/2023 at 4:48 PM, scottca075 said:

Frankly, I'd never use Viator, we always book locally. I've used the company below several times.

 

https://bajawinerytours.com/valle-guadalupe-winery-tour/

Do you have favorite wineries you've visited?

[KeepCalmBearOn]

18 minutes ago, lakegirl16 said:

Do you have favorite wineries you've visited?

 

Monte Xanic, Bruma, Adobe Guadalupe and Domecq.

 

But there are a dozen good ones.

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

On 11/9/2023 at 7:02 PM, lakegirl16 said:

Do you have favorite wineries you've visited?

El Cielo, Las Nubes, Decanto, St Tomas,  way to many to single out.  

[SelectSys]

On 10/30/2023 at 4:27 PM, ATSEAMYLIFE said:

bunch of unlicensed tour operators taking people and the transit police cracked down hard.

Can you explain more?  Did they pull over taxis or private cars?  Did you see this in Valle or down in Ensenada?  

[ATSEAMYLIFE]

It was the large vans without the proper markings. I didn’t see it but it was all over the locals FB pages.