Mexico’s wine country gets big — maybe too big
The Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California is Mexico's premier wine country. As its profile rises, locals worry it's outgrowing its infrastructure and losing its peaceful charm.
Headlines From The Times · Javier Plascencia, Javier Cabral, Mario Diaz, Melissa Kaplan, Shannon Lin, Denise Guerra, Shani Hilton, Gustavo Arellano, Lauren Raab
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Show Notes
The Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California is Mexico’s premier wine country, a lush valley that makes Napa seem as gorgeous as a parking lot.
But a lot of development is coming to the Valle — and many locals aren’t happy.
Today, we travel to this beautiful, contested space with two experts. Javier Cabral is the editor of LA Taco and wrote about a recent anti-development protest there. Javier Plascencia, a pioneering chef, has seen Valle grow and wants the world to come in — in a sustainable way.
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