Mexico is the first place in the New World where grapes were planted to make wine, but you’ve probably only started to hear about Mexican wines recently. Much of this has to do with the deep outreach undertaken by Beso Imports to thoroughly explore the region for its gems, and to our deep commitment to proper handling of the wines from winery cellar to distributor doorstep. For the first time, the US population can experience the wines from this unsung region in proper condition. 

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In correlation with this expanded access and a subsequent wave of recognition, Mexican wines have significantly increased the quality, with all of its wine regions currently undergoing a renaissance. Across the board, wineries are dedicating themselves to levels of quality not seen before. 

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Along with an immense increase in quality, perhaps the most exciting aspect of Mexican wine is its diversity, with virtually every major grape variety and winemaking style found at a startling level of unique expression. Also, while most of the publicity surrounding Mexican wines is focused around the viticultural region in Northern Baja, it’s important to remember that 13 other states in Mexico have their own wine regions as well. The Beso team has dug deep into all of these diverse communities and landscapes to build up a reference for the unique character each region has to offer and has brought the best of the best to the US market. While our list is constantly on the move, we currently work with 33 wineries from the states of Baja California, Coahuila, Querétaro, and Guanajuato (to see the entire portfolio and purchase on line visit www.mexicanwine.us).  

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As wine and food enthusiasts from around the globe continue to flock to the valleys, vineyards, and restaurants being written up in magazines and newspapers from coast to coast, the era of the secret is out: Mexico is a world-class producer of wine.

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(Click HERE for a list of recent articles about Mexican wines).

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Regardless of whether you heard about Mexican wine from an article in Wine Enthusiast, Wine Spectator, Seattle Times, New York Times, or Vogue, you likely haven't had a chance to try the wines for yourself—until now. ​As a new guard of youthful palates and trend bending vintners continue to reshape the way the world thinks of wine, nearly everyone seems oriented towards finding something more pure, more honest, and more representative of place. The small parcels of land that make up the patchwork of vineyard sites we work with serve as an excellent foundation from which to make wines that speak loudly that they are from "somewhere". It is this "somewhereness" that we are all looking for, and it demands an enormous amount of the winemakers aspiring to achieve this attribute in their wines. Often it is with a lighter touch, rather than a heavier one, that this quality emerges, but regardless it is always a product of sensitivity. What perhaps impresses a first-time explorer of Mexican wines the most is the prevalence of this sensitivity and the distinctive quality it yields to so many of its wines.

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Beso Imports has taken the time to taste through the vast offerings from the 400+ wineries countrywide to build a portfolio founded on the experiential reference necessary to understand the best that each region has to offer. With an exclusively Mexican portfolio, we now offer exclusive import of over 200 wines from 33 boutique estates to 22 states in the US (see the distribution page for details on our distribution relationships in each state) and this number is constantly growing. Most of these wines are available in the US for the first time, and each offers a window into the highest quality at every price point on offer throughout the country as a whole. 

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While there is no substitute to tasting the wines for yourself, here are a few facts about Mexican wine that help to define what it is today:

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• Mexico’s winemaking history extends back almost 500 years. This little-known fact is hard to believe, but it's true. Grapes first went in the ground in Mexico in 1521. Today this history results in old vines, character-driven fruit, and a community with a multi-generational history that parallels its wine.

• Geographical conditions such as high elevation vineyards or proximity to the Pacific temper the climate of the best sites giving them ideal conditions for growing wine.

• A robust community of talented and passionate viticulturists who are oriented towards small productions, largely organic farming techniques, and minimal intervention to make high quality wines that speak of place.

• A broad grape diversity and a spirit for both the singularity of monovarietal expressions well as creative blending are allow the region to generate wines unlike those found anywhere else. 

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Beso Imports has made it their mission to navigate the concept of Mexican wine with onsite experience grounded in personal direct relationships with winery owners and their vintners. Every wine that makes it into our portfolio does so after having been tasted by us personally during many visits to the estates. We take the time to familiarize ourselves with the principal members of the winemaking team, their wines, their winemaking practices, as well as the land they cultivate and the philosophy that drives them.  We are proud to say that the practices and people behind these wines are just as interesting as the wines themselves - driving their appeal with a quality that is both authentic and just downright delicious.

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Our current portfolio consists of wineries that are dedicated to world-class levels of quality, making them the elite candidates for import into the US market. We seek out wineries who:

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• Run operations that are focused on sustainability both in their farming and winemaking practices as well as the value they add to the lives of their employees and their local communities in general.

• Seek to produce wines that do not imitate. All of the wineries we work with base their approach to winemaking as a project of maximizing an expression of place from their vines through the careful cultivation of their fruit and delicate hand in the winery.

• Deliver the highest quality at every price point.

• Have a personal story that is inspiring, sensitive to the land and the vine, and driven by a dedication to excellence.

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While relatively new to the US market, many wines Beso is importing have already found homes on the premiere wine lists of the America's most highly regarded restaurants such as The French Laundry (California), Republica (Oregon), Canlis (Washington), and Comedor (Texas). Many more are on the lips of those intrigued by the world of wine. At Beso, we are continually in the process of refining our portfolio as wineries emerge who are dedicated to the principles on which we base our relationships. From modest, fun, fruit-forward wines, to wines of the highest levels of sophistication, Mexico is producing wines for everyone. Better yet, a number of them are unabashedly world-class wines that are surprisingly affordable, and our portfolio is full of them. 

 

If, like many others, you are looking for a source of the delicious wines of Mexico in the US market, Beso is the right place. It is with great pleasure that Beso brings to you . . . the wines of Mexico.