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| Cavas Valmar |
| Established |
1983 |
| Located in |
Ensenada, Baja California
Norte |
| Phone Number
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646-178-6405 |
| Web
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none |
| Tasting Room |
by appointment |
| Current Production |
2,500 cases per
year |
| Vineyard Size |
Small, some grapes
purchased |
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Engineer Fernando Martain moved
to Ensenada from Mexico City in the early 1980's
to accept a job at Bodegas Santo Tomas. While there,
Martain met and married Yolanda Gayosso Valentin,
whose grandfather, a French immigrant named Federico
Valentin, enjoyed making wine from grapes grown
at his ranch located to the north of downtown Ensenada.
Once Don Federico learned of Martain's similar enthusiasm
for winemaking, he encouraged the newly married
couple along with his two sons, Hector and Gontran
Valentin, to start making wine seriously. His advice
to them was "to focus on making a little bit
of good wine rather than a lot of average stuff".
Thus in 1983 they founded Cavas Valmar, a small
family run urban winery located on Don Federico's
rancho. The name, of course, derived from the merging
of the first three letters of the two family names,
Valentin an Martain.
At first, they made wine on an old parking lot at
the rancho, with a small mill, a manual corking
machine, a little basket press, and 20 American
oak barrels. In 1985 they introduced their first
two commercial wines, originally producing a modest
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