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Distinctions for wineries
Experience leaves a mark. Consistency earns prestige.
Four seals reviewed every month, a race of ten plaques for the first to reach the top and a national recognition every year, with a category for boutique houses.
Today, for wineries. Hotels, restaurants, tours and bars: Coming soon
The seals
What do I have to do to earn one?
Each seal includes what the previous one asks. In all of them, one in four reviews must have arrived without the winery's link. The average of the winery and that of its 14-day-old reviews must reach the minimum on the day of the review.
The Cities and Wines Seals recognize wineries that are consistently well rated in the reviews published on Cities and Wines of Mexico, and that also take care of their page and reply to their visitors.
Level 1 of 4
Selection: Worth the visit.
50reviews*
Level 2 of 4
Prestige: Leaves a mark.
150reviews*
Everything from Selección, and also:
Level 3 of 4
Excellence: Crowns the experience.
300reviews*
Everything from Prestigio, and also:
Level 4 of 4
Icon: Marks the destination.
600reviews*
Everything from Excelencia, and also:
* These figures are provisional: they will be set with the first months of data.
How each seal is calculated →Founders' Plaque (Placa Fundadora)
And what if I get there first?
The first 10 wineries to reach the Ícono Seal receive the Founders' Plaque, numbered from 1 to 10 in the order of the review in which they reached it. If two reach it in the same review, the order is decided by the date of the review that completed the requirement and then by their identifier in the guide.
10 of 10 Founders' Plaques left.
Top Distinction · Every year
And nationwide?
The Top Distinction recognizes, nationwide, wineries that won the Enthusiasts' Choice of the same year. It uses the same data: the reviews that count, from visits of the year evaluated. It is awarded only if there are at least 10 winners of the Choice.
The winners with the best adjusted average, up to half of them and a maximum of 25.
The best rated for service, with at least 8 reviews that rate it.
The top rated among those that offer lodging or a restaurant according to their profile.
Up to 3 in the country and one per region.
Meet Gran Casa ↓The Enthusiasts' Choice. The first edition will be awarded in February 2028, with visits from 2027.How the Top Distinction is chosen →
Category of the Top Distinction · For boutique houses
Great for its wine and its experience, not for its size.
It recognizes the houses that stand out for the quality of their wine and their experience without having to be big. We do not ask for hectares, bottles produced or any other production figure: only the enthusiasts' reviews count. A winner of the Choice receives it if it meets all four criteria:
People who visit you rate your wines and the experience highly.
They are ordered by the adjusted average of the «wines» and «experience» aspects of the reviews that count. At least 5 reviews that rate the wines are needed; the experience is always rated.
You have fewer reviews than the winery in the middle of your region.
It has fewer reviews that count than the median of the eligible wineries of its region, that is, the middle figure: half have more and the other half, fewer. If its region has fewer than 5 eligible wineries, it is compared with the median of all the eligible ones in the country. This rewards boutique houses without asking them for any figure.
Your reviews come with photos, and many arrive without your link.
At least 3 reviews with an approved photo and one in four as a minimum, and at least 5 reviews that did not arrive through the winery's own link and 40% as a minimum. That way it cannot be inflated.
First, win the Enthusiasts' Choice.
Only among the winners of the Enthusiasts' Choice, like the other categories of the Distinction.
Up to 3 in the country and one per region. The best one is taken from each region; among them, the 3 best in the country.
Claim your listing (in Spanish)How to start today
Where do I start?
Reviews are written by your visitors. What is in your hands is that they find you, that your page is complete and that every visit is worth telling about.
Take control of your business's account at no cost. We confirm that you represent the winery with the phone or email of the winery that we already have on record.
A complete profile means the winery has a representative, confirmed its data in the last year and its page has its own photo, a phone number, a location, hours and a confirmed way to visit. It is what the Selección Seal asks for.
Invite everyone who visits you, with the same message and after the visit. Do not offer anything in exchange or ask them to write at your winery. In your panel you have your link, a card to print and a message for WhatsApp.
And let them find you on their own too, because the seals ask for it. In all of them, one in four reviews must have arrived without the winery's link.
Replies mean you answered in public, within 30 days or less, at least 7 out of 10 reviews of the last year. It is asked from the Prestigio Seal. Replying, asking for reviews and reporting is included in all plans, also the Basic one.
Each review rates five aspects from 1 to 5: wines, service, experience, setting and value. A well-attended visit is the best invitation to tell about it.
What your winery gets
And where is it seen?
On your page, on the guide's cards, in your tasting room and in your email every month. The examples below use a «Vinícola de ejemplo» (sample winery): no winery holds a seal yet.
Sample winery
Guadalupe Valley, Baja California
4.6 · 52 reviewsPrestigio Seal 2026What it means
Prestigio Seal 2026 · in forceLevel 2 of 4. Confirmed in the review of September 2026.
Next to your rating, with the «What it means» link, and a block at the end of your reviews with the level and the review that confirmed it.
4.6 (52)
Prestigio SealIn the directory, in your region and in the lists of the top-rated, right below your rating.
You download it from your panel when you accept the terms of use. It is the same for all the wineries of the level, always with its year.
Ciudades y Vinos
Your month on Cities and Wines
Your seal on Cities and Wines: Prestigio Seal 2026.
In the email of each month, «Your month on Cities and Wines».
Frequently asked questions
Another question? Write to us at [email protected].
Seals. They cannot be bought or require a plan, and they look the same on every profile.
Top Distinction. It cannot be bought or depend on a plan: no winery obtains it or keeps it by hiring anything.
Founders' Plaque. The physical plaque is a gift: it costs the winery nothing.
Top Distinction. Each winner receives a physical plaque of the Distinction as a gift.
Replying, asking for reviews and reporting is included in all plans, also the Basic one.
We calculate the seals every month and publish them on the second business day. A seal goes up in any month, except the Ícono (Icon) Seal, which is awarded every quarter, and it goes down only in the reviews of March, June, September and December. The stars change with every review: the seal says in which review it was confirmed.
If it goes down or is withdrawn, you stop using it within 30 calendar days in digital media and 90 in printed pieces already produced.
If we confirm that a winery manipulated reviews, we recalculate its seal without them. In serious cases we withdraw it, and it cannot hold one for 12 months. We do not publish names.
Top Distinction. It is withdrawn only if manipulation is confirmed in its period, and we say so publicly.
Invite everyone who visits you, with the same message and after the visit. Do not offer anything in exchange or ask them to write at your winery.
Today the seals and the Distinction are calculated only for wineries, because they are the businesses that receive reviews on Cities and Wines.
Yes: the seals and the Top Distinction are the official recognitions of Cities and Wines of Mexico. The portal awards them according to visitors' opinions, in reviews that we look after rigorously so that they are truthful, and with the methodology in plain sight; no authority issues them.
It does not go on labels, packaging or containers of alcoholic beverages, nor is it used to suggest that it certifies the quality of the wine or that a government authority issues it. In your tasting room and your social networks, yes. It is used only while it is in force and always with its year.
The reviews that count for the stars: visits of the last 3 years, with no courtesy visits or people who work at another winery. They must also have been published for 14 days and come from accounts at least 30 days old. We do not verify visits: each author declares their own.
Seals: Methodology in force since November 28, 2026.
Top Distinction: Methodology in force since November 28, 2026.
Your first seal
Claim your listing, complete it and share it with the people who visit you. The rest is told by your visitors.
Take control of your business's account at no cost.