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DRINKS ORIGINALLY FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA
Margarita
 One of the most famous drinks around the world, known as “The Queen of Cocktails”, found as its hometown the beautiful seaport of Ensenada , Baja California . Created by Mr. David Negrete Covarrubias, who arrived to Baja California in the early ‘40s, setting himself at the port where he worked in important bars of that time such as Hotel Cadillac and the old Casino Riviera del Pacífico. Furthermore becoming a hotel and restaurant businessman of this port.
The story goes that one time, when Mr. Negrete, better known as “Deny”, was working at the bar as usual, a customer and a friend of hers asked him for a salty drink, since she liked her drinks with salt, and it bothered her to be salting them every time.
In that instant “Deny” took the martini shaker, he squeezed an ounce of lemon, added an ounce and a half of Tequila and three quarters of an ounce of Contreau (orange liquor), furthermore taking a champagne glass from that time, wetting the glass edge with lemon, and then frosted it with salt, forming on it a beautiful white ring and so serving for the first time the “Margarita” cocktail, honoring her friend, Miss Margarita Orozco.
Later on, this drink was presented to the world with its original presentation and flavor, in the First Regatta from New Port Beach California to Ensenada in the year 1950. Up to this date, and around the world it is served in a Margarita glass frosted with salt.
Currently, there is a great variety of new recipes based on this drink, such as tamarind, mango, strawberry, peach, etc., which may be tasted almost in any restaurant or bar in the world.
Clamato Cocktail
The original drink “Clamato” was invented by a company from California, United States, by creating a special mix of tomato juice and clam juice, which broke with the traditional drinks of the time. The word “Clamato” comes from Clam, and Tomato.
It is in the “El Acueducto” bar from the Hotel Lucerna of the city of Mexicali, Baja California, where this world famous recipe is originally, which today may be tasted in any restaurant of Mexico. |
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Baja California Wine
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Located in the north part of the Baja California State , the Wine Country enjoys a Mediterranean weather, ideal for grapevine harvesting. In Mexico, there are few micro-climates like the one that exist in the Wine Country, which combine those unique features of altitude, soil, season , time and temperature, without forgetting the love for the art of making good wine.
The San Antonio de las Minas, Guadalupe and Calafia Valleys , are the heart of the Wine Country, same that extends to the north of Valle de las Palmas in the municipality of Tecate , and south of Ensenada to Santo Tomás and San Vicente Valleys.
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