Querétaro Wine Country and the Cheese and Wine Route, Mexico
Querétaro's vineyards grow at about 6,560 ft (2,000 m), with sharp swings between day and night. The state is the main producer of sparkling wine in Mexico, and its wine route is also its cheese route, known as the Ruta del Arte, Queso y Vino (the Art, Cheese and Wine Route).
This guide groups the wineries and places by town and valley. Many are around Tequisquiapan, Ezequiel Montes, and Bernal, with others in Colón, Cadereyta, San Juan del Río, El Marqués, and Huimilpan. Many houses hold their own vendimia, the harvest festival, in summer.
- 36wineries
- 34receive visitors
- 11with lodging
- 24with a restaurant
- 25places to stay, eat and tour
Querétaro, zone by zone
7 zones, from the one with the most wineries to the one with the fewest. The zone of each winery comes from its profile.
Tequisquiapan
10 wineriesZonesBodegas Jacques & Cie
Only traditional-method sparkling wines, with French rootsCR Vinos MX
Sommelier tastings and country cooking on the road to San José La Laja
Norte B
Its own wine and beer on container terraces in Tequisquiapan
San Juanito Vitivinícola
Age-worthy reds and a Malbec sparkling wine facing Peña de Bernal
Viña Magal
Parsionero, a wine named for sharecroppers, in Tequisquiapan
Viña Tx
The vineyard inside town, in the middle of downtown Tequisquiapan
Viñedo La Revuelta
A long lunch among the Revuelta family's Tempranillo and Merlot vines
Viñedos Los Rosales
Forty years selling grapes before bottling its own Salvador
Vinícola San Patricio
Santiago Apóstol wines, from barrel-aged red to fortified, since 2001
Vinícola Tequisquiapan
A Navarrese wine tradition that the Ochoa family brought to Tequisquiapan
Ezequiel Montes
9 wineriesZones- Villa Progreso
Bodega Bothë
Salvador-grape wine in the Otomi town of Villa Progreso 
Bodegas Vaivén
Wine, beer, and orchard cooking in the Valle del Coyote
De Cote Casa Vitivinícola
A cellar 23 ft underground in the Valle de Bernal
Finca Sala Vivé by Freixenet Mexico
Traditional-method sparkling wines aged 82 ft underground
Puertas de la Peña
Syrah sparkling wine and barrel-aged reds at the foot of Peña de Bernal
Viñedo de Piedra
A lookout tower and a small train among the vines, facing Peña de Bernal
Viñedos Azteca
Wine, horses, and a Mexican table on a former hacienda in Ezequiel Montes
Viñedos El Sueño
Family reds and whites on the road to Xilitla
Viñedos La Redonda
Half a century of Querétaro vines, planted by a winemaker from Conegliano
El Marqués
6 wineriesZones
Casa de Quino
An estate with a vineyard, a hotel, and two restaurants in El Lobo
Hacienda Atongo
A viceregal hacienda in El Marqués with Nebbiolo and Chenin Blanc
María & Bernardo
A house with a vineyard and Xarello sparkling wine at 6,300 ft
Puerta del Lobo
Parellada, Xarello, and Macabeo among nine grapes in El Marqués
Viñedos del Polo
A country residential development with polo, golf, and a vineyard, in El Marqués
Vinos del Marqués
A workshop to blend your own wine at 6,560 ft, in El Marqués
Colón
5 wineriesZones
Tierra de Alonso
Wine and cheese from a Santander family in Colón
Tierra de Peña
Natural wine with horses and oxen in view of Peña de Bernal
Vinaltura
Plot wines in Colón, advised by Hugo D'Acosta
Viñedos Donato
A Gran Ensamble from Colón and Guadalupe Valley facing the Peña
Viñedos Paso de Serra
Reds named for a friar at about 6,400 ft in the Valle de Colón
Cadereyta
2 wineriesZones
Huimilpan
2 wineriesZones
San Juan del Río
2 wineriesZones
Where to stay, eat and tour
25 businesses of Querétaro with a page in English: hotels and rentals, tours and services and venues.
Where to stay
17Hotel
Hotel Casa de Vino
Tequisquiapan
Rooms named for grape varieties, a wine therapy spa, and cheese and wine route packages, a three-minute walk from downtown Tequisquiapan.
Hotel
Gran Hotel Firenze
Tequisquiapan
An outdoor pool, an indoor pool with a hot tub, and a spa, two blocks from downtown Tequisquiapan and 5.6 miles from the vineyards.
Hotel
La Casona Tequisquiapan Hotel & Spa
Tequisquiapan
A family zone and an adults-only zone with a spa, a pool, and a fire pit, in the colonia Hacienda Grande of Tequisquiapan.
Hotel
Hotel La Plaza de Tequisquiapan
Tequisquiapan
Colonial architecture on the main plaza of Tequisquiapan, next to the parish church of Santa María de la Asunción, with a pool and a garden.
Inn
Posada del Virrey
Tequisquiapan
24 rooms, a pool, a restaurant, and parking at an inn one block from the main garden of Tequisquiapan.
Hotel
Hotel Quinta Tequisquiapan
Tequisquiapan
21 suites, a pool, a garden, and a chef-driven regional restaurant, in a 1997 hotel in downtown Tequisquiapan.
Hotel
Hotel Real de San José
Tequisquiapan
22 rooms with heated pools, a spa, and the restaurant Las Tejas, in the Magdalena neighborhood of Tequisquiapan.
Hotel
Hotel Sol y Fiesta
Tequisquiapan
Villas for up to six people among sabino cypress trees full of birds, with a pool, in downtown Tequisquiapan since 1990.
Hotel
Villa Antigua
Tequisquiapan
Three pools, a spa, a tennis court, and a convention center, 10 minutes from Tequisquiapan, on the road from San Juan del Río.
Boutique hotel
Matian Hotel Boutique
Tequisquiapan
14 rooms, a pool, Oliva Spa, a restaurant, and a bar at a boutique hotel three blocks from downtown Tequisquiapan.
Hotel
Hotel Jardín del Edén
Tequisquiapan
30 rooms with a pool and a restaurant, for families and groups of friends, in the colonia Adolfo López Mateos in Tequisquiapan.
Hotel
Hotel Río Tequisquiapan
Tequisquiapan
23 rooms, gardens with an art collection, a pool, and the restaurant Río 33, on Calle Niños Héroes in Tequisquiapan.
Hotel
Hotel Bello Atardecer
Tequisquiapan
Four suites named for the seasons, steps from the Jardín Principal of Tequisquiapan, with lodging, tour, and balloon flight packages.
Boutique hotel
Altamonte Hotel Boutique
Bernal, Ezequiel Montes
Online booking, a restaurant, and massages at a small hotel in Bernal, Querétaro, in the area of the cheese and wine route.
Hotel
La Casa de la Marquesa
Santiago de Querétaro
A Baroque mansion from 1756 with 13 suites, a chef-driven Mexican restaurant, and Clarisa Wine Room, in the historic center of Querétaro.
Hotel
Fiesta Americana Hacienda Galindo
San Juan del Río
A spa, a heated pool, its own vineyard, and Saturday tastings at a viceregal hacienda in Galindo, San Juan del Río.
Hotel
Hotel de Piedra
Bernal
Stone walls at the foot of Peña de Bernal, with a Mediterranean restaurant, Cava de Piedra with house wines, a spa, and a heated pool.
Tours and transportation
4Wine tour
Vino Tours Tequisquiapan
Tequisquiapan
Cheese and wine, the Sierra Gorda, opal mines, and balloon flights, with an office on Calle Niños Héroes in Tequisquiapan.
Wine tour
Viajes y Enoturismo
Tequisquiapan
Daily cheese and wine departures from Calle Juárez in Tequisquiapan, with wineries, cheese dairies, balloon flights, and lodging packages.
Wine tour
Cadena Enoturística
Tequisquiapan
The Querétaro art, cheese, and wine route, with vineyards and cheese dairies, from an office on Calle Carrizal in downtown Tequisquiapan.
Travel agency
Espíritu Aventurero
Tequisquiapan
A predawn departure from Mexico City to a cheese farm, a vineyard, and Bernal, on the Querétaro cheese and wine route.
Services and venues
4Event venue and vineyard
Hacienda La Solariega
La Noria, Huimilpan
A restored late 17th-century main house, with a boutique vineyard and halls with retractable roofs, in La Noria, Huimilpan.
Event venue and vineyard
Alma de Agua
La Trinidad, Tequisquiapan
An island for ceremonies, a vineyard, a hall, and a garden of about 108,000 square feet for weddings, in La Trinidad, Tequisquiapan.
Event venue and vineyard
Hacienda Lagunillas
Lagunillas, Huimilpan
21 rooms, a spa, a vineyard, a consecrated church, and terraces for weddings at a colonial hacienda in Lagunillas, Huimilpan.
Event venue and cheese cave
Cava Bocanegra
Fuentezuelas, Tequisquiapan
A tour of an underground cheese cellar, a garden picnic, and a restaurant, in Fuentezuelas, Tequisquiapan.