Enjoy the Wine Route in Guanajuato next weekends

Published July 1st, 2021

If you think of Guanajuato, probably the first thing that comes to your mind is the Museum of the Mummies, the Cervantino Festival, or the hot air balloons. However, one attraction you can enjoy is its wide variety of wines.

Maybe you didn’t know it, but Guanajuato is the fourth state that produces the most wine, with an annual production of 700 thousand bottles.

The producers of this state organized 10 wine harvests, as a ceremony to give thanks to the land for allowing them to have this fruit.

The grape harvests will be held every two weekends at the Wine Museum and in vineyards located in the municipalities of Dolores Hidalgo CIN, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, San Felipe, and León.

The state has dozens of vineyards, and most of them have wine routes that allow you to take guided tours. One of them is Camino de Vinos, a few steps away from the Parador de Sangre de Cristo, a mining community that holds history in every corner and this vineyard has the characteristic of being the highest vineyard in Mexico.

That is why during the months of July and August you can tour the wine route.

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Other vineyards include, Toyán, Los Arcángeles, Bernat, San José La Vista, Octágono, San Bernardino, Tierra de luz and Cuna de Tierra.

If you leave from Mexico City, you will find vineyards scattered throughout the state, so you can live the experience without having to travel a long distance. Most of them, located in Dolores Hidalgo, are only four hours away from Mexico City.

In this region, you can find more than 15 vineyard options, from boutique ones like Garambullo and Dos Búhos to architecturally impressive wineries like Tres Raíces and Cuna de Tierra.

Another option is Vinícola Toyan, which features its red and white wines, a mining town whose cellar is 13 meters underground.

If you would also like to stroll through lavender fields, boutique restaurants and see oil production, you can visit the San Lucas, Santisima Trinidad, San Francisco, or Senderos vineyards.

You can also visit the Lobo vineyard with a combination of wine and music, in its labels you can notice the passion of wine mixed with opera.

Visit the Wine Museum
If you want to take advantage of your visit to learn about the history of wine and the elaboration process of the wines offered by the producers of the “Valle de la Independencia”, a must-see destination is the Wine Museum in Dolores Hidalgo.

It is one of only 2 museums dedicated to wine in Mexico, and there you can learn about the different varieties of wine. You will also discover the richness of the region, the producing houses, and you can taste them all at the tasting bar, or you can take some bottles as a souvenir to set up a tasting with friends at home.

How to get to the Wine Museum?
The Guanajuato Wine Museum is located at Hidalgo Street #12, in the downtown area of the city of Dolores Hidalgo.

There you will find 5 interactive rooms where you can learn about the history of wine, the fieldwork and the cycle of the vine, the winemaking process, and the different types of barrels, corks, and bottles as well as our virtual tastings led by our wine experts in the state.

You can also learn about the wide range of labels produced in the state of Guanajuato in our Wine bar.

Hotels in the Historic Center of the city of Dolores Hidalgo range in price from 655 pesos for a single room to 1,400 pesos in a luxury hotel.