Deputy Antonio Rodr?guez Hern?ndez, the president of the Baja California House of Deputies? Commission for Economic Development and Port Affairs
(Comisi?n de Desarrollo Econ?mico y Asuntos Portuarios de la C?mara de Diputados) spoke to Frontera about other developments in the region including
the creation of a ?Wine Corridor? between Ensenada and Valle de Guadalupe. The project includes 50 million pesos (approximately US$4.4 million) for a
highway that will allow more tourists to reach the region.
The ?Escalera N?utica? (Nautical Stairway), a plan to develop ports, hotels and golf courses around the Gulf of California, is also ready to get
underway, Rodr?guez stated. In all the Escalera will involve 700 million pesos of investment, he said.
One Escalera project that is about to begin is the widening of the highway between Bah?a de los ?ngeles and Santa Rosalita which will allow for the
transfer of yachts between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California, Rodr?guez said.
Water
Don Jorge - 11-30-2004 at 08:14 AM
What that region really, really needs is some government investment to provide a steady source of good water. In drought years there simply is not
enough well water to properly grow grapes.
The area between el Sauzal and Valle de Guadalupe, San Antonio de las Minas, has the best climate in Baja California for growing a variety of wine
grapes. The soil is marginal in many places but some of the best wines are grown on marginal soils.
They could provide the farmers with sufficient water if they really wanted to.
Huge amounts of water from the Guadalupe region are sent to Ensenada but none is earmarked for agricultural use in the area between the well farm and
Ensenada.
With sufficient water, San Antonio de las Minas would be great place to grow world class grapes!Juan del Rio - 11-30-2004 at 05:35 PM
?Escalera N?utica? at Santa Rosalilitawoody with a view - 11-30-2004 at 06:18 PM
Quote:
One Escalera project that is about to begin is the widening of the highway between Bah?a de los ?ngeles and Santa Rosalita which will allow for the
transfer of yachts between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California
howzabout they finish the road down to the "marina" at rosalillita first before they decide to widen it. i'm pretty sure that there aren't enough
yachts traveling that route that they need to pull over (due to a narrow road) so another may get past.
Que lastima!
edevart - 11-30-2004 at 06:29 PM
Uh, yah. So, where are the yachts? The development at Santa Rosalillita is yet another example of the mexican government making bad decisions from
their offices in D.F. which adversely affect the local inhabitants of the region that they are supposedly aiming to help. If you look to the far
right of the photo you will see the location of what used to be a nice sandy beach, perfect for launching pangas. Now, the beach has disappeared, and
by most accounts, the citizens of Santa Rosalillita are peeed. This marina and the road into Santa Rosalillita are currently in litigation, as the
mexican government started this project illegally. Now, the whole development (at Santa Rosalillita) is in jeopardy. But, hey no skin off the
government's backs...just off the hard-working locals of Santa Rosalilita. What a joke. And what a shame.edevart - 11-30-2004 at 06:31 PM
Woody,
They can't finish the road because they are being sued. They started this road in secret, without the standard review/comment process and without
permits. I guess those yachts are going to have to stay in the water where they belong.
[Edited on 12-1-2004 by edevart]BajaNomad - 11-30-2004 at 06:54 PM
Had to remove and resize Juan del Rio's Santa Rosalillita image from above. Please keep attachment files sizes to 50k or under. Thanks. Here ya'
go:
[Edited on 12-1-2004 by BajaNomad]BajaNomad - 11-30-2004 at 07:08 PM
These articles were reporting (a year or more ago) that the Mexican government was abandoning plans/work at Santa Rosalillita.
when my son and i camped overnight to the south of the fishing village (next beach south) last june, we stopped a local man passing our campsite in a
pickup to ask permission to sleep on his beach for the night.
after a short exchange regarding his view on our spot in relation to the expected high tide that night we pointed in the direction of the "marina" in
asked him what he thought of the thing. he threw his hands in the air and just shook his head
now we hear talk about floating marinas and such crap...if it (the mex. govt. and its shortsightedness) wasn't so dumb, it would be amusing.
Good dirt
Don Jorge - 12-1-2004 at 06:35 PM
Here's an old photo of some dirt in Valle de Guadalupe I grew cucumbers on. This picture is from the early 80's.
This piece is where Monte Xanic now grows grapes for their award winning wines.
The photo was taken in October. I remember it rained 6 inches in October that year, a warm rain, and the crops loved it.
Monte Xanic was the first out of the area wine player and deserves a lot of credit for transforming the region into a bonafide appelation.
Santiago "Jim" Bibayoff, who sold the land to Monte Xanic, deserves a lot of the credit also. He was the first to tear out his vineyard of uva
corriente and look for another winery/winemaker to come into the region beacuase Cetto and Domecq were paying next to nothing for the grapes they
bought from local farmers.
