Corona de Valle, La Ruta del Vino, Baja California

During our two week break of constant travel we made some short excursions to Ensenada to see the town and also wanted to have a glimpse of the famous La Ruta del Vino (the route of wine). In this area ofShortly aBaja California there are lots of vineries and restaurants. While with three kids and a car it is not so easy to taste wine properly we drove to one of a family friendly restaurant called Corona de Valle.

The place was a bit off of the main road number 3 and the dirt road leading there was well maintained and surprisingly almost wider than the main road.

The restaurant was a modern building and a ten times bigger terrace. There were almost more waiters than guest on this sleepy January lunchtime. Shortly after us a bus arrived with about 30 elegant mexicans in nice cowboy hats and pretty dresses. We had to rely pn our good old casual camping style clothes but we do not care any more that much about fashion amyway.

The menu was simple with an interesting taco soup (tasted great!). My wife ordered seafood and I went for a steak which was nice. Honestly we still enjoy even more the authentic tacos and burritos at small streetfood places. The wine we ordered was very good (I just tasted it a biz as had to drive). Yet the best part was a short bicycle tour across the wineyard.