Yikes! I finally found the paper with my notes from days 3 & 4 of our honeymoon!
DAY 3: Ensenada, Mexico!
Arrived early in port. We had an early breakfast at the Lido deck buffet to make sure we were off the ship in time four our 9am wine tasting tour!
Only 16 guests on the early tour so the bus felt empty! We sat up front behind the driver and had plenty of room for our bags and jackets & Patrick’s hiking backpack. The bus went thru town for a few minutes
then we stopped by the side of the road… we waited there for 10 minutes or so… was something wrong with the bus? a lost passenger? NO, waiting for the FRESH BREAD to arrive to go with the wine & cheese! YES!
The bus went up the coastal road (Carretera Federal 1) and then turned to go East (inland). It was a one hour drive up to the wine country. Beautiful to get out of the city of Ensenada and up into the countryside and the small towns.
Patrick slept on the bus ride up so he was in a great mood for the trip! After the storm we had at the beginning of the week, we could not have been luckier to have beautiful, warm sun on Wednesday.
We arrived at the first winery, L.A. Cetto , around 10:15am (time for some wine!). We took a short tour of the winery… crushing grapes, barrels, bottling…
then into the tasting room.
Great wines, bread and cheese. Also included, a free bottle of wine. We enjoyed this at Christmas when we got home since you can’t drink it on the ship. We explored the grounds & vineyards for a few minutes…
and found a cage of roosters!
On to the second winery just up the very bumpy dirt road… We probably could have walked there faster since the bus had to navigate very slowly on the mud left from the recent rains.
The second winery was much smaller… The wines were mostly too sweet (honey wine? ugh) but the homemade bread and pizzas were amazing! They also made jams, olive oil and the hottest salsas I’ve ever tasted. I should have bought a jar of everything we tasted! The location was very peaceful with its beautiful views of the vineyards on the rolling hills. We could have stayed there all day!
second half of the day to follow… :)
