Mexico Flashcards
(36 cards)
What was the first country in the Americas to produce wine?
Mexico
When did winemaking begin in Mexico
- 16th C
- With arrival of the Spanish to the Americas
When was vitis vinifera introduced in Mexico?
- Cortes early order for King of Spain to plant 1000 vines for each native slave in new territory
- carried vinifera from Europe to “New Spain”
What grape was cultivated for church use?
Listán Prieto (Mission)
How did Mission get its name
-Cultivated for church use as priests began to travel North on missions to convert native people!
What lead to Charles II declaring prohibition of winemaking in “New Spain”?
Wine industry was so successful it was exporting to Spain and rivaled the industry of the Old World!
When did prohibition of winemaking in Mexico (New Spain) last until?
Mexican Independence in 1821
When and Who: first vines in Baja California
1701 - Juan Ugarte
WHen ws Bodegas Santo Tomás established?
1888 - after private investor bought land previously inhabited by Misión Santo Tomás
Two established Spanish wineries that invested in Baja Cali and Querétaro during resurgence in 1970s
Casa Pedro Domecq
Freixenet
How many of Mexico’s 32 states produce wine?
Name N-S
(8)
- Baja California (Norte)
- Sonora
- Coahuila
- Durango
- Zacatecas
- Aguascalientes
- Guanajuato
- Querétaro
3 most important regions making wine in Mexico?
- Baja California** (Most important by far)
- Coahuila
- Querétaro
How much of Mexico’s wine is produced in Baja California?
85%
Climate of Baja California?
Maritime influenced Mediterranean
Production areas of Baja California
Guadalupe Valley Ojos Negros San Vicente Valley Santo Thomás Valley Valle de la Grulla Tecate
How many wineries are in Guadalupe Valley?
Aver 140
What is the largest winery in Mexico? Where is it located
LA Cetto
Geography and soil of Guadalupe Valley
- 400 m above sea level
- 25 km from Pacific
- strong oceanic influence
soil
- valley floor - sandy
- hillside - blend of granite and poor clay
Where is Ojos Negros Vally?
Notable facts, soil
Subregion of Baja California
- highest altitude region in Baja C. (800m)
- cooler than the rest of Baja but warmer in summer
- sand and clay
Northernmost valley of Baja California?
San Vicente Valley
- just 11 km from Pacific
- hillside limits humidity from entering
- deep red clay high mineral soils
Where is Santo Tomás Valley?
-subregion of Baja California
Where is state of Sonora?
Climate of state of Sonora?
Best subregions?
Northern Mexico, to the east of Baja
semi-arid
Bahía Kino
Caborca
Hermosillo
Major cities of Baja California
Tijuana - NW tip
Ensenada
What is the closest wine region to Mexico City?
Querétaro
