Crillon Mendoza

... us to the first stop where we take a tour of the winery (Carinae) and have a few delicious samples. Unfortunately they dont export a lot and we couldnt possibly carry wine with us for a few more months so you'll just have to believe us that it was absolutely divine wine!<br><br> Across the road was an olive oil farm which proved to be a very interesting little tour. We now now why extra virgin olive oil costs the most and that sometimes in the shop you see white ...

... town with slightly run down adobe houses and shops all along the main street. Many of the wines produced in the area are made from the malbec grape, that is normally associated with Argentina, but many of the wines are also varietals that mix malbec wine with cabernet sauvignon and some other French grapes. Our first stop was Carinae, which is a vineyard started in the last decade by two French retirees (with the counseling of a French ...

... to where all the action happens in BA on Paddy´s day. Its around where all the Irish pubs, in San Martin. There were thousands of people drinking on the streets. The bars were mostly charging around 50 pesos to get in (then you get 50 pesos of beer but you have to stay in that bar). But it was better craic on the street. So the guys from my hostel all went back to the hostel but I wanted to stay in that area so I went off by myslef and met up with a few Dublin guys who I´d ...

... for bus travel. The hostel we stayed in was right in town but wasn't that great, very squishy. Everything here in Argentina is expensive so Dave and I have been relegated to dorm rooms, here we had a nice 8 bed one. Jo and Jozza were arriving in a few days time and we wanted to do a wine tour with them so we decided to check out the city. Mendoza is quiet a nice place, but really just another city ...

On se leve tot pour eviter une marche sous le soleil. Pris en stop par un camion transportant du calcaire a Buenos Aires pour purifier l'eau, on arrive assez vite a San Luis. Les paysages sont essentiellement composes de paturages a perte e vue avec des troupeaux de vaches diriges par des gauchos (les cow-boys d'ici). Nous prenons un bus et 3h30 plus tard nous arrivons a Mendoza en ayant traverse des vignes, en effet nous voici dans la region des vins. On se fait alpaguer vers le ...

... maturation (to be matured).<br> <br> <br><br>If it's not good enough then it goes straight from the metal vats into glass bottles.<br><br>Katie obviously fancied herself as a 'premium vintage'!<br><br> <br><br>After the interesting tour, it was tasting time again! <br><br> <br><br>We tasted ...

... peak and the highest mountain outside the Himalayas, is also nearby. Sounds like it could be a good view but most say that it's not all that. I couldn't drag myself away from my wine IV to see it. <br><br>I have enjoyed the Argentinians very much and I hope the rest of South America delivers more of the same. My limited Spanish could easily be more of a problem for me if the people weren't so great. If I don't understand something they often just keep ...