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This is the most southern tip of Baja California where the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez and Vermilion Sea, meets with the Pacific Ocean.
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We decided to skip going to the above restaurant and wine bar. It appears to mostly be an American style restaurant where you can purchase wine by the bottle or by the glass. We didn't see any offer of wine tasting or wine flights. Instead, we decided to go to the below Tequila and Mezcal tasting which is more representative of Mexico.
Learn the ins and outs of Mexico's array of traditional alcoholic beverages during this private tequila tasting workshop. Head to the picturesque tasting room for an exclusive sampling of six handmade tequila varieties and three types of mezcal, both paired with traditional snacks like agave heart, dark chocolate, and -- for those willing to take a bite -- even grasshoppers.
This was an amazing experience! We are very glad that we went here instead of going to the restaurant and wine bar. Using Google Maps I saw that this place was located only about 1/2 mile from the cruise port. So Barbara and I decided to walk rather than taking an Uber or Taxi. Most of our walk was just along the water around where all the tour boats were docked. We passed a lot of shops, restaurants, and people offering glass bottom boat rides and other tours. Everything was geared toward selling to the passengers that come off the cruise ships. It was a relatively easy walk mostly in the shade. It was a sunny day without wind but the temperature was only in the 70s so the walk was very comfortable.
After about a 20 minute lecture on the entire tequila and mezcal growing and aging process, we were given samples of EVERY tequila and mezcal that you see in the above photo! We were served each in a shot glass and the presenter served us a full shot of each one! Needless to say, we were a little buzzed by the time we left. A tiny food sample was served with each alcohol sample. I don't normally eat shrimp, but I tried it with the tiny bit of shrimp he served us just to get the full experience. Barbara and I even tried one of them along with a little bit of grasshopper (cricket), again to get the full experience. The small amount of grasshopper didn't look much like a grasshopper, any more than the tine piece of shrimp looked like a shrimp. The grasshopper was crunchy but didn't taste bad. It tasted like some crunchy cereals.
Barbara and I never drink any spirits as a "shot" but rather sip them and swish them around in our mouth to let the full flavor come out, just as we do when drinking wine. The presenter said this is the proper way to drink tequila and mezcal also. You don't drink them as a shot unless you are trying to get drunk quickly and don't care about enjoying the characteristics of the spirit. We drank about half of each shot without food and then drank the rest of each shot after having the food pairings offered to compare the difference in taste.
The ones that we liked the most was the mezcal as mezcal usually has a smokey taste due to how it is made over a fire, and also the coffee flavored tequila. So we purchased a bottle of each of those to take home. As a quick side note, on this cruise the ship did not bother to confiscate any wine or other spirits that we purchased on shore. We could have drank all of them on board had we wished to do so. Only on one Princess cruise did the ship crew ever require us to either turn over the bottles of alcohol to be held till the end of the cruise, or pay a $15 per bottle corkage fee (now $20 per bottle). Generally, if you purchase bottles of wine or other spirits on shore, the chances are good that Princess will let you bring it on board without either a corkage fee or being held till the end of the cruise. But, don't bring the bottles out of your cabin. No outside bottles of spirits are allowed in any public area of the ship and they usually will charge you the corkage fee if you bring a bottle of wine to dinner. However, if you just fill up a glass in your cabin and bring that with you, there will be no problem.
This was another example of a tourist attraction that we found to be far superior to similar tours offered by the ship. We've been to Cabo San Lucas many times and we've done the Tequila Tasting Tour offered by the ship multiple times. We didn't want to do it again so is why we went looking for an alternative. We've never gotten such an indepth explanation of the tequila and mezcal making process as we did in this experience, or got to try so many different ones with an explanation of the different plants, production, and aging of each. This Tequila Tasting took an entire 90 minutes. On a similar note, the BEST Glass Bottom Boat tour we've ever had in Cabo San Lucas was not a Glass Bottom Boat, but on a boat that was 100% "Transparent!" There is no need to look through a glass in a box in the center of the boat, these boats are completely see-through and you can see the fish by just looking down at your feet, or looking in any direction toward the water. Just do a web search for "Transparent Boat Cabo San Lucas" or "Clear Boat Tour Cabo San Lucas." There are many tour companies you can purchase it from, but I believe there is only one operator. I think that operator is "Calypso Trip" and you can book with them on the web by clicking here. Click Here to view photos that we took when we were on the Clear Boat Tour. I wish the cruise ships offered this boat tour as it is far better than any Glass Bottom Boat Tour by far.
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