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Featured Wines of the Month
Each month we highlight a new wine region and curate four white and four red wines that best represent the region. These wines are featured in our Wine Station dispensers for tastings and are available for purchase by the bottle.
August 2025 - Mexico
Featuring wines from Mexico in our Wine Stations! Stop in for a tasting.
Mexico has the oldest wine industry outside of Europe. Vitis vinifera vines were planted in Mexico following the Spanish conquest of 1521, with seeds and cuttings of the Listán Prieto grape brought from Spain. In 1524, conquistador Hernán Cortés, the de facto ruler of “New Spain,” ordered certain Spanish settlers to plant vineyards.
The quality of Mexican wine and brandy began to jeopardize Spanish imports, which led to restrictions being placed on planting. In 1699, King Charles II of Spain prohibited wine production entirely in Mexico, except for sacramental wine. Nevertheless, though wine was made mostly by missionary priests, many of them ignored the government edicts and made wine available for secular consumption as well.
In 1683, the first grapes were planted in Baja California, now the country’s predominant wine region. Missionary Junípero Serra, called the “father of California wine,” brought the first vines to San Diego from Baja California in 1769.
Learn more at our Mexico Wine Tasting Wednesday, August 13th, 6:30 pm.
