I’ve been to Mexico twice in my life. The second time was a business trip to visit
a factory for a vendor whose guitars I sell.
The trip was into a working part of Mexico which was a little unnerving
(at the time, I didn’t know the language; I do now and bet I’d have a different
experience). The views weren’t Cancun
beautiful, there was a lot of barbed wire and traffic filled streets.
Oh, and did I mention the best street tacos I’ve ever had in
my entire life? Seriously. We ate lunch at this little hole in the wall
place and I can’t even put into words how amazing the food was. The people in the restaurant were friendly
(it helped we had a company translator).
It was an incredible experience to the “real” side of Mexico that didn’t
include beaches and tourist locations.
My first trip was to the ruins at Tulum on a cruise
tour. Needless to say, that was a very
different experience. We enjoyed the
tourist side of the country and visited the most amazing tequila store I think
I’ve ever seen. To this day, I can’t
drink tequila. They basically handed us
shot glasses and told us to try anything we wanted until we found what we
wanted to purchase. Not something you
should do to two college students.
This wine was as much as surprise as both my trips to
Mexico. I didn’t expect to enjoy a
Mexican wine. Correction: I didn’t even
know Mexican wine was a thing until I ran across this bottle as part of my Wine
Club. It’s dry, has medium tannins, with
oak and tobacco. Interesting, different,
less fruit than I’m used to in a Petite Sirah, but enjoyable.
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