Ensenada: Guadalupe Valley Wine Tasting & Grilled Beef

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José Luis and Alberta's Winery: Five Wines, One Afternoon in Guadalupe Valley

You taste five wines made on-site while sitting in a room overlooking the vineyard, with grilled beef ribs and a local cheeseboard between pours. José Luis and Alberta built this winery to share the same way they started — as an extension of how they live — and that shows in the detail. The tasting room is accessible, the pace is unhurried, and you leave knowing exactly where the wine comes from.

Step-by-step itinerary

Wine tasting and local food experience

Arrive at the Tasting Room
Enjoy outdoor area with vineyard view
Taste 5 wines: 3 reds, 1 rosé, 1 white
Sample cheeseboard with local cheeses and cold meats
Eat grilled beef ribs with vegetables

The Experience

You walk into the tasting room and José Luis is already there, moving between the bottles and the view — the vines spread out behind the glass like the whole reason the place exists. He and Alberta started making wine at home in 1999, just to drink it themselves, and somewhere between then and now it became something they wanted to share. That shift, from private to open, is still the thing that runs through every bottle. José Luis handles the vineyard side — the soil, the fruit, the standards — while Alberta directs the fermentation and runs the numbers. You can feel both of them in what you're about to taste.

The tasting room has an outdoor area that catches the light, and from there you move through five wines: three reds, one rosé, one white, all made here. The Special Reserve is the one people come back for — a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Nebbiolo that pulls from three different microclimates in the valley: Guadalupe, San Antonio de las Minas, and San Vicente. Each soil shows up in the glass. Between tastings, the kitchen sends out grilled beef ribs with charred vegetables, then a cheeseboard of local cheeses, cold cuts, bread and seasonal jam. It's not rushed. The wine tasting in Ensenada's Guadalupe Valley doesn't feel like a transaction — it feels like you've been invited to understand how two people spend their time.

The tasting room is wheelchair accessible, and public transportation runs nearby if you're not driving. The whole afternoon unfolds at a pace that lets you actually taste what's in front of you instead of moving to the next thing. If you've never been to a small winery where the owners are still the ones pouring, this is the kind of place where that matters.

What’s included

Your afternoon includes a tasting of five wines made on-site, grilled beef ribs with charred vegetables, and a cheeseboard of local cheeses, cold meats, bread and seasonal jam served in the tasting room overlooking the vineyard.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessiblePublic transport nearby

Operated by Xecue Vinicola

Is this one for you?Right for anyone who wants to understand where wine comes from without the formal tour — you taste five wines, eat real food, and sit in the room where it's all made, which is what makes a small winery different from a large one.