Monte Xanic Wines
Monte Xanic is gorgeous large scale winery in Valle De Guadalupe. Aside from just wine they also have a hotel and spa scheduled to open in 2011 which will have 42 luxury villas where you can truly live the wine experience. You can get to the winery by travelling down Route 3. When you cross the bridge over the dried up river bed, you will come to a sharp turn to the right. At this turn you make a left into Francisco Zarco. After you pass through the town you will see the winery entrance on your right.
The phone number to schedule a tour of the winery is (646) 174-6155. Reservations are required to tour this winery. The hours are from 9 AM to 4 PM Monday thru Friday, and 8 AM to 12 PM on Saturday. You can also email them at ksaenger@montexanix.com.mx and visit their website at www.montexanic.com.mx. The following information on the winery was taken from their website.
History
Our first 20 years of history have served to confirm that the value’s upon which Monte Xanic was founded, were the right ones: to be pioneers in both process and technology, as well as to position ourselves in the Premium market; to proudly proclaim that we are Mexican; and to produce wines of a consistently high quality.
Hans, Richard, Manuel, Eric and Tomas were 5 friends who had a dream to create a winery that would produce high quality local wines. It was 1987, the border had just been opened to foreign wines, and a number of local wineries were closing down as a result of their inability to compete with modest quality wines that were being sold in a market that believed all imports were superior. In spite of that, they dove full force into their project consolidating a brand that today is the benchmark of the Mexican Wine Industry.
As for the name: “Xanic” originates from the Cora Indians who continue to inhabit parts of Nayarit, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, and which means “flower which blooms after the first rain.”
Check back at a later date for personal experiences that we will share when visiting this beautiful and well known winery. This is another one of our trips that we are planning to complete very soon.
