France Week at Tijuana’s Alliance Française, Nov. 9–14: a Buñuel film, a Provence tasting and a wine dinner

The Alliance Française de Tijuana is hosting the 14th France Week in Baja California from Monday, Nov. 9, to Saturday, Nov. 14, with one event each evening at 7 p.m., San Diego Red reported on Nov. 7. Three of the six nights are free; the wine tasting, the concert and the closing dinner are ticketed, and advance registration is required because space is limited.

The program

• Monday, Nov. 9: an opening panel on prominent French women of Baja California. Free, 40 places.
• Tuesday, Nov. 10: a talk on 200 years of diplomatic relations between France and Mexico, with Ana Lilia Nieto of El Colef and Diana Méndez of UABC. Free.
• Wednesday, Nov. 11: a tasting of four Provence wines led by sommelier Romina Mendoza, in the garden. 650 pesos (US$35), 50 places.
• Thursday, Nov. 12: classical and contemporary French chamber music by Contratiempo, an ensemble from Ensenada. 250 pesos, or 200 for Alliance students; 45 places.
• Friday, Nov. 13: a Movie Club screening of Luis Buñuel’s La mort en ce jardin (1956). Free, 40 places.
• Saturday, Nov. 14: a five-course French dinner paired with wines from the Henri Lurton family’s winery in Valle de Guadalupe, in the garden. 850 pesos (US$46), 80 places.

The festival traces back to an accord reached about 15 years ago by France’s embassy in Mexico and the Champagne region, and a key aim was linking Valle de Guadalupe’s wine industry with French experts, Jean-François Piche, the Alliance’s founder and general director, told San Diego Red. This year’s edition is held in partnership with the Honorary Consulate of France in Tijuana, according to the outlet.

Before you go

• Reserve by WhatsApp at +52 664 622 1522. The tasting and the dinner must be confirmed at least 24 hours ahead.
• The Alliance is at Azucena 3934-C in Colonia El Prado, the address Mexico Daily Post published, with the same phone number, when it covered the 2024 edition.
• All six nights share one listing on our calendar, and the rest of the week, including CECUT’s free FeLiNo literature festival, is in our week ahead.