This was to be our main outing while in Ensenada and we had arranged through the Marina for someone to take us northeast to the Guadalupe valley which is where most of the Wineries are located. The Santo Tomas Winery is the only one located about 45 miles south of Ensenada. Our driver spoke good English and knew the wineries well but was not used to individuals who were looking to taste the better wines in the valley. He took us first to three small wineries, all of which were setup for the mainly for mass tourism. They were interesting but not what we were looking for. We stopped for lunch at the Finca Altozano, were we waited for more than an hour for a table. Their menu prices are in Peso and their wine list is worth browsing through as it has some of the better local wineries on their list. http://fincaltozano.com
We had overlooked the fact it was July 4th week and many places including Finca Altozano were overrun with Americans who had driven south of the border to visit the wineries. Next time we will pick better dates for the visit. After lunch, we managed to get to some better wineries before heading back to Ensenada. The wine tour with tip was $150, lunch being an extra $110.
In the evening we went back to our favorite Churro stand.