Ensenada is a city in the state of Baja California, Mexico. It is located 116 km (about 70 miles) south of Tijuana. Ensenada is locally referred as La Bella Cenicienta del Pacifico (The Beatifull Cinderella of the Pacific). Located in the Bahía de Todos Santos — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean — Ensenada is an important commercial and fishing port as well as a cruise ship stop.

The city is backed up by small mountain ranges. Due to its location on the Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean latitude, the weather tends to be mild year-round. Although the winter rain season is short and the area is prone to prolonged droughts, Ensenada sits in the heart of a wine country that is widely regarded as the best in Mexico. It is said that the first vitis vinifera made it to the peninsula (specifically to the San Ignacio Mission) in 1703, when Jesuit Padre Juan Ugarte planted the first vineyards there. More than 90% of Mexico's wine production comes from this region.
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