At a glance
- Founded
- 2012first six barrels
- Winemaking
- Sitara Pérez, founding winemaker (since 2012)
- Grapes
- Syrah, Grenache, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Muscat
- Style
- minimal intervention · small lots · rosés · Syrah
- Visits
- Open to the public
The house
Editorial review · reviewed on October 11, 2026Sitara Pérez came to Guadalupe Valley (Valle de Guadalupe) in 2012 to learn the trade from the inside, and that same year she filled her first six barrels. She is American, from a family that is Mexican on her father's side. Since then she has bought grapes from vineyards around the valley and worked them in small lots, mostly Syrah and Grenache for the reds and rosés, plus white blends for her La Chula line.
Every wine carries a woman's name, from La Traviesa to La Atrevida, and the story behind each label, a tribute to the winemaker's friends, is part of the tasting. The whites are picked by hand and skip malolactic fermentation to stay fresh. The reserve red, by contrast, spends two years in large American oak barrels. Among the reds is La Traviesa, a Grenache, and among the rosés RebelGirl, a Syrah.
The tasting room is called El Corcho Rosa and sits in Ejido El Porvenir, a farming community's shared land, on the road to El Cielo. Follow the pink signs to find it. Along with tastings there is food and, some days, live music, in a mood closer to a gathering of friends than to the protocol of the big wineries.
In 2025 Sitara's story reached San Diego public television, on KPBS's travel series Crossing South.
The wines
Small lots and minimal intervention, with grapes from Guadalupe Valley. The La Chula whites skip malolactic fermentation, the reserve Syrah spends 24 months in large American oak barrels, and the house also bottles a rosé and a Grenache.
Red
La Atrevida Reserva Especial Syrah
Syrah
24 months in large American oak barrels (puncheons).
White
La Chula Chameleon
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc
Hand-picked, with no malolactic fermentation.
Red
La Traviesa Grenache
Grenache
Rosé
RebelGirl
Syrah
A Syrah rosé.
Grapes it works with
- Syrah
- Grenache
- Chardonnay
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Chenin Blanc
- Muscat
- In the vineyard and the cellar
- hand harvest · whites without malolactic fermentation
What to taste
La Atrevida, a reserve Syrah with two years in large American oak barrels, set against a La Chula white made without malolactic fermentation to keep it fresh.
Why go
A relaxed tasting room with food and live music some days, at the winery of a winemaker who dedicates her labels to her friends.
The visit
Receives visitors. Confirm the hours before you go.
Offers:TastingsRestaurantEvents
The El Corcho Rosa room serves food and has live music some days. Check the hours before you go.
Getting there
In Ejido El Porvenir, on the road to El Cielo. Follow the pink signs.
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