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Full Belly Files | Both Sides of Baja California, Part One

I visited both Cabo San Lucas and Valle de Guadalupe in March, and here’s what I found; plus, stories you may have missed.

Full Belly Files | Both Sides of Baja California, Part One

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My month of March was bookended by trips to Baja California.

The first, for a magazine assignment, involved me driving my increasingly old — and briefly broken down; more on that next week! — Ford F-150 from Santa Barbara across the Tijuana border to Valle de Guadalupe, where I spent three appointment-packed days being properly introduced to Mexico’s top wine region.

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