Exploring sommelier opportunities within Mexico’s burgeoning wine regions presents an exciting prospect for wine enthusiasts seeking to immerse themselves in the country’s viticultural landscape. While Mexico may not yet be as internationally renowned as some traditional wine-producing countries, such as France or Italy, its wine industry is experiencing significant growth and recognition.

• Mexico/BCS – Sommelier f/m/d – One&Only Palmilla
• Mexico/Nuevo León – Sommelier f/m/d – Cantinetta Arboleda
• Mexico/Jalisco – Sommelier f/m/d – Garza Blanca Preserve Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta
• Mexico/QRoo – Sommelier f/m/d – Barcelo Maya Grand Resort
• Mexico/CDMX – Sommelier f/m/d – Cava Sautto
• Mr. Jaime Girones – Mexico (Sommelier, Consultant Sommelier)
• Jorge Alberto Trejo Monroy – Mexico (Head Sommelier)

Mexican endless wine making started with the appearance of the Spanish in the sixteenth hundred years, when they carried plants from Europe to advanced Mexico, the most seasoned wine-developing district in the Americas. In spite of the fact that there were native grapes before the Spanish victory, the Spaniards found that Spanish grapevines likewise did very well in the settlement of New Spain (Mexico) and by the seventeenth century wine sends out from Spain to the New World fell. In 1699, Charles II of Spain disallowed wine making in Mexico, except for wine for Chapel purposes.[1] From that point until Mexico’s Freedom, wine was delivered in Mexico just on a little scale.[2]

After Freedom, wine making for individual designs was not generally precluded and creation rose, particularly in the late nineteenth and mid twentieth hundreds of years. Numerous other European worker bunches assisted with the rebound of wine in Mexico. In any case, the Mexican Upheaval put off wine creation, particularly in the north of the country.[3] Wine creation in Mexico has been ascending in both amount and quality since the 1980s, despite the fact that opposition from unfamiliar wines and 40% assessment on the item makes contending troublesome inside Mexico. Mexico isn’t customarily a wine-drinking nation, but instead favors brew, tequila and mezcal. Interest in Mexican wine, particularly in the significant urban communities and sightseers regions (alongside the presentation into the US on a limited scale), has developed alongside Mexican wines’ standing all through the world. Numerous Mexican organizations have gotten various awards.[4] Different wine makers from Mexico have won global honors for their products.[3] In 2020, the wine Wear Leo Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon won gold in the Global Cabernet rivalry (CIDC) and the prize for the world’s best Cabernet.[5] The wine is delivered in Parras, Coahuila in the Northwestern area of Mexico.

There are three significant wine-creating regions in Mexico, with the Baja California region delivering 90% of Mexico’s wine.[2] This region is advanced vigorously for enotourism with the “Ruta del Vino” (Wine Course), which associates north of fifty wineries with the port of Ensenada and the line and the yearly Vendimia reap festival.[6]