At a glance
- Winemaking
- Antonio Badán, founding winemaker; Natalia Badán, in charge of the winery since 2008
- Grapes
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Chasselas
- Style
- Bordeaux-style blend · Chasselas · small production
- Visits
- Open to the public
The house
Editorial review · reviewed on October 11, 2026The Badáns, a family of Swiss and French descent, built this ranch from scratch in the 1950s, long before Guadalupe Valley (Valle de Guadalupe) filled up with tasting rooms. Today it combines a vineyard, an underground cellar, an organic farm, and a producers' market.
The dream began with Henri Badan, who saw a future in the valley. His son Antonio, an oceanographer, made the wine for years in a cellar short on technology and long on patience, until he died in 2008. Since then his sister Natalia Badán, who grew up on this land, has run the house with help from her children.
The vineyard yields Bordeaux grapes and also Chasselas, the Swiss white that became the house signature. Production is small, and much of it sells in the region. The organic farm around the vines supplies Deckman's en el Mogor, chef Drew Deckman's restaurant on the property, and other cooks in the area.
The ranch sits at the km 85.5 marker of Federal Highway 3, between Tecate and Ensenada. A visit includes a tasting in the cellar and, on market day, vegetables from the farm. The winery has no confirmed website, so the practical way to reach it is a message on Facebook. Natalia Badán suggested drinking the 2020 vintage of the red from 2025 on, which means that bottle is now inside the window she proposed.
The wines
Two wines define the house: a Bordeaux-style red blending Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot, made for cellaring, and a dry white from Chasselas, a Swiss variety.
Red
Mogor Badán
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
The house's classic red. Natalia Badán suggested drinking the 2020 vintage from 2025 on.
White
Chasselas del Mogor
Chasselas
Dry white from the Swiss grape the family brought to its ranch.
Grapes it works with
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cabernet Franc
- Merlot
- Chasselas
- In the vineyard and the cellar
- organic farm on the ranch
What to taste
Chasselas del Mogor, a dry white from a Swiss grape, and the red Mogor Badán, with some years of bottle age behind it.
Why go
A ranch that predates the valley's boom, with an organic farm, a market day, and the cooking of Deckman's en el Mogor a few steps from the cellar.
The visit
Receives visitors. Confirm the hours before you go. Reservations are recommended.
Offers:TastingsRestaurant
Tastings and tours
No website or phone number confirmed. Message the winery on Facebook before you go.
Amenities
- Restaurant
Other activities
- producers' market with vegetables from the organic farm
Getting there
Carretera Federal 3 (Mexico Federal Highway 3), Tecate to Ensenada, km 85.5 marker
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