Bringing wine to Mexico?

You can bring up to 3 liters of alcohol of any type duty free per adult. Have a ball!

PH

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Originally posted by mneeley490:
Also, any info on things to do or see would be great!
Thanks

The last time I was there was 1989, I'm sure there have been huge changes since then. I remember stumbling upon a Grand Opening party for some resort down there. Some guy walked by with a tray of champagne, and offered us some. I asked, "how much?" He said, "No, senor. It's all included." We walked in and they had a full buffet of just about everything you could imagine. We spent the whole night there until just about daybreak; eating, drinking, dancing, and socializing.

Everyone else had corporate nametags on. I believe we crashed the party. Oh well, it was a blast.

So you didn't wake up the next morning as the proud owner of a timeshare?

So 3 liters, that's what, 4 bottles? Dang, that sure won't last 5 nights...

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So 3 liters, that's what, 4 bottles?

If you're louzarius on the morning after, it's something like 11.

PH

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Originally posted by mneeley490:
So you didn't wake up the next morning as the proud owner of a timeshare?

Nope. It wasn't a timeshare deal, but a full service hotel and resort there on the beach. I think they compt'd the rooms and party for a bunch of corporate travel folks. Cheap advertising.

Well, it's official. We're going to be at the Golden Crown Paradise resort 3rd week of April. All inclusive (no buffets) and adult only. Sweet...
Now if anyone else is in the area then, we could have a mini-offline. My friend and I are the two winos in our group of four, so we're probably going to bring a couple mags each, just to make it easier.
Still looking for recommendations as to a good restaurant or bar, though.

I last went to Mexico a year ago. The answer above is correct. You are allowed to bring 4 bottles per person into the country. Since I was travelling with 4 other family members, I did not have any problem bringing 12 bottles in.

VM

I would not bring any wine to PV. You are not really going there to drink wine, so why bother.

Well, because much as I like margaritas, they don't go with everything. We'd like to be able to have wine with dinner a couple times, and I'm not sure what all the resort will have to offer. Besides, my friends and I are spread all over the country now, and when we can get together someplace it's a tradition to crack several bottles of our best stuff.

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Originally posted by mneeley490:
when we can get together someplace it's a tradition to crack several bottles of our best stuff.

Not on the beach in Mexico. You'll be sitting there like boiled lobsters, pumping high octane reds into your systems. Like I don't know. I see it every year. Pasty middle aged gringos, with 80% of their skin burned by the sun, swirling Cabs in 90F heat.... Ask yourself, am I going there to relax or get a heart attack?

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Not on the beach in Mexico. You'll be sitting there like boiled lobsters, pumping high octane reds into your systems. Like I don't know. I see it every year. Pasty middle aged gringos, with 80% of their skin burned by the sun, swirling Cabs in 90F heat.... Ask yourself, am I going there to relax or get a heart attack?

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Originally posted by grunhauser:
I would not bring any wine to PV. You are not really going there to drink wine, so why bother.

i did and enjoyed every minute of it.

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Originally posted by TBird:

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Originally posted by grunhauser:
I would not bring any wine to PV. You are not really going there to drink wine, so why bother.

i did and enjoyed every minute of it.

Did you drink it late at night long after the sun went down?

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Originally posted by TBird:

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Originally posted by grunhauser:
I would not bring any wine to PV. You are not really going there to drink wine, so why bother.

i did and enjoyed every minute of it.

That's coming from a guy who needed no make-up to play a Neanderthal in a documentary.

liar! *MINIMAL* make-up...

spo, go to vinocellar main page, there are photos. pic #7 from february.

Which hotel? Don't tell me it was one of those all-inclusive adult places....


The best hotel in PV was Camino Real. A classy, sophisticated joint where people came back year after year. This property, along with the one in Cancun, was sold to Dream Vacations 2-3 years ago. Anyone been there since the buy out? I understand it's an all-inclusive only resort now, which usually attracts the wrong kind of crowd, like mneeley and his syrup swilling buddies.

Grun,
I'm touched that you're concerned about my syrup-swilling buddies and I,(and we do like a jammy Aussie shiraz or Canadian ice wine now and then) but be assured. I am very fair skinned and have learned to live with the sun all my life. I don't intend on broiling in PV. (Oddly, the only time I ever tanned was in St. Thomas, after smearing on a local axelgrease-like sunscreen. That tan stayed for about 6 months. Weird.)
No, the wine is reserved for our AC'd room, or at dinner. The rest of the time I plan on sipping margaritas, G&Ts, Coronas, or whatever high end tequilas I can find, while oogling the sunbathing beauties.

La Hoya de Mismaloya

La Jolla?? Then why aren't you sitting in one of those delapidated, run down shacks/fine restaurants on the beach next to the hotel?? I thought I knew you, man... I stayed there once or twice and the beach is ok, if you don't mind no-see'ems, but those shacks with grills across the "river" are a goldmine!! I can tell you that had you run into me there, you would not be looking so composed and reserved on that photograph...You and me, we'd be wrestling pelicans in the bay, encouraged by very flammable margaritas!!

ahhhh, i had the runs for DAYS from the salsa from those shacks! still, i return....

i was beckoned to the area by the call of the nearby jungle. it's my neanderthal heritage.

Uh, guys, if there's someplace I need to avoid, I'd appreciate info on that also. Do I need to double up on my Amodium?

Don't go near salads or anything unpealed and uncooked for that matter. Order bottled water, if you must, and no ice without alcohol! Beer is better, of course.

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Originally posted by grunhauser:
and no ice without alcohol!

if you happen to make that mistake(notice how i blamed the "salsa" ), just say F it and go in with your guns blaring. die with your boots on.

I agree. Remember, by poisoning yourself, you are poisoning the germs.

Well, I'm reasonably sure I'll be ok. I've been to Tiajuana a few times and eaten the street-meat from the cart vendors with no ill effects.
(Funny story: In the tourist area in TJ there are about 10 food joints per block. My wife refused to eat anywhere except the TJ Denny's, thinking it to be safe. Man, I've gotten sick nearly every time I've eaten at Denny's here in the states. )

You can not bring enough wine with you to Mexico. I carried on 6 with me to Cabo last year and wished I brought more. Wine is expensive there if you run out. I learned High octane zins go pretty good with Mexican food while your toes are in the sand.

High octane zins sound good. Also taking a mag of '98 Sandhill cab for carne asada.
Well, I'm off early tomorrow morning. See you guys in a week if something doesn't get me first.

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Originally posted by mountainman:
I learned High octane zins go pretty good with Mexican food while your toes are in the sand.

I doubt the locals taught you, but hey, if that's how you measure the quality of life, more power to your sandy toes. Hopefully your heart can keep up with your brain.

BRR's fish taco thread reminded me about this one.
I found out I was the most adventurous of our group. Though I revelled in streetmeat and suffered absolutely no ill effects, the other 3 guys would not partake. Even had the shrimp kabobs from the beach vendors (and who knows how long they'd been walking up and down the beach with those. )
Beef, pork, and fish tacos, cerveche, fruit on a stick, sweet roasted corn on the cob, guacamole, you name it! All of it was fabulous! And I have a newfound appreciation for tequila cocktails.
(Also did the parasailing and zip-line canopy tour. )

Now, though, I've discovered that I'm ruined for any Mexican restaurant fare back home. I'll have to start looking at cookbooks and try my hand at some more authentic dishes.

wasn't the canopy thing fun?

Chevys is very close to true Mexican flavor. It's fresh too. Much freasher than the dead shrimps on stick from a beach bum.

Yeah, the canopy was a blast! The last zip line led straight into a bar where you could sample the local tequilas. Unfortunately, except for my friend and I, the rest of the touristas were all car salesmen from Minneapolis, and they definately couldn't hold their liquor.

I've been to Chevy's. It's a cut above the rest, but they still tend to substitute heat for flavor.
And the beach shrimp was still great; coated in some kind of orangey chili oil.

Heat for flavor? I doubt it's their intention, probably just the quality of produce, and still, their food is pretty damn good. And those margaritas! I can't never leave without drinking 3 or 4 of those with my shrimp fajitas. Ay caramaba!

What I mean is you can have both heat and flavor if you do it right.
A good example of this was a cerveche platter I sampled. The best one was a mixture of shrimp, thinly sliced coconut, coconut milk and I don't know what all; it was in a green sauce. It had the most wonderful flavor of the three I sampled, but also had the most heat. Toward the end, I was sweating profusely and starting to tear up, but the flavor of the chiles was so fantastic that I couldn't stop until it was gone. Wish I knew what that was!

You wish you knew? You said it yourself, it was cerveche.

I had some heat thrown at me by my buddy last night. The fool sliced 5-6 rocoto peppers and fried them with onions and garlic to go with our fajitas. MAAAAAAAN, oh maaaan, were those peppers hot or what!!