Two women called Margarita, two historic bars, two different styles. Stagecoach canteen or elegant casino. In any case, a trip filled with nostalgia. You decide: who makes the best margarita? The margarita is Mexico’s most international cocktail. From the Baja California frontier to bars all over the world. Two landmark bars in Ensenada dispute the credit of inventing the margarita: Cantina Hussong’s, a former stagecoach cantina, and the Bar Andaluz, a beautiful bar with the

The story begins in the early 50s, when in 1954, Rosa María Plasencia’s father first arrived to live on this special piece of coastal land, to fish the lobsters he was told were abundant in the area. Rosa María’s mother’s family came a year later. The young couple met, fell in love, married and built a tiny house across the street from what is now the family restaurant, Puerto Nuevo II, the rest so they say….is history. It is one of the greatest stories of the birth of a culi

Do you know the differences between mezcal and tequila? Many people have been fooled by myths or marketing tactics that aren’t necessarily true. Some people believe that mezcal and tequila are the same thing, which is not technically a fact. We are here to break the myth about mezcal and tequila. It’s time to put your alcohol knowledge to the test! The following article by examiner.com explains what the true differences are between mezcal and tequila and what makes them each

And of how it somehow transited from the continent to Ensenada The history of wine in Mexico is closely linked to the Catholic faith of the Spanish conquerors of the 15th century. The natives made fermented beverages sweetened with honey, some of them from grapes of Vitis rupestris, Vitis labrusca and Vitis barlandieri varieties, at the time satisfying a less sophisticated thirst. The first news of wine made from Vitis vinifera in America was documented during Juan de Grijalv

Tips to map the gastronomic evolution of Ensenada The vertiginous takeoff of Valle de Guadalupe can't be explained without the impetuous evolution of winemaking in Ensenada. The so-called "new world wines" broke with ancestral traditions and reframed techniques, as science explained its microbiology and proposed new tools and ways to manipulate wine making processes. The wines of Ensenada acquire a particular expression because, in many ways, they are more free and innovative