Nayarit Wineries: High-Altitude Vines Near Jala, Mexico

Nayarit is a young high-altitude wine region in the south of the state. In Jala, at about 6,200 ft (1,900 m), vines have grown since 2019 on the volcanic soils of the Ceboruco, and in 2023 the Consejo Mexicano Vitivinícola (the Mexican Wine Council) counted the state among the 16 wine-producing states in the country.

Jala was the first Pueblo Mágico of Nayarit, in 2012 (Pueblo Mágico is a federal tourism designation). The 1870 eruption of the Ceboruco left the volcanic soils that made the town famous for its giant corn and where vines are planted today, and the state's first commercial wines came out in 2022.

The vineyard is in Cofradía de Juanacatlán, in the municipality of Jala, at the foot of the Ceboruco volcano. From Tepic it is about an hour on Federal Highway 15D. From Guadalajara the sources disagree, from 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes, so check the route before you go.

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