Mendoza Wine Tours

... crossed into Argentina. The clouds lifted and glorious sunshine brought out the beauty of the Andean mountain range. We arrived in Mendoza, the leading wine region of Argentina and home of the Malbec, at around 5pm. We were knackered after the bus trip - ...

... ended up finding Shane's hostal by accident, so we rang the buzzer and they let us in. Shane was there with a bottle of wine! So wemet his friends there Micaela frm Germany and Ching from Taiwan. We joined up to their wine tour because ours hadn't gone ...

... .  We found a small boutique one that organised high level tours for small groups - Ampora Wine Tours.   There are 3 principal wine regions in Mendoza: Luján de Cuyo, Maipú and Valley de Uco.  We arranged a full day ...

Welcome to beautiful Mendoza; wine country Argentina where Malbec wine is drank more than the water and the steak is a cow on a plate. Heres 5 things I experienced during Mendoza. 1. The surrounding landscape over the Andes is unlike anything Ive ever ...

... that is always up for a play with a stick (dont start thinking dirty things now people). The plan is to drink lots of Wine! Wine tours on bikes...and of course celebrating my 23rd! Here we come :D And to start it off nicely there´ll be free wine at ...

... journey (although in parts scary) through the Andes, we returned to Argentina to a town called Mendoza, famous for their wine. And of course, their wine tours by bike... Our hostel was brilliant and we really made ourselves at home with the free glasses ...

... it was only gorgeous.. rare all the way ohh and we managed to polish off a few of the local Malbec. I know jack shit about wine but Mendoza is famous for its wine and vineyards and people come from all over the world to sample it and do tours so who am i ...

... have been helpful to have been volunteered this information by the receptionist beforehand - but no! That afternoon we took a wine tour. Mendoza and the surrounding area produces 2/3rds of Argentinian wine so there were rich pickings to choose from. ...

... steel vats to assist in the flavour. There were about 20 vats, all with different names, As land is expensive in Mendoza, Renancer only grows a small amount of their grapes onsite. The majority comes from other growers from varying altitudes, the wines ...

... ), but the hostel in general looks nice and clean. Right after the checkin I asked about tours the receptionist could recommend for being a day in Mendoza and after being given the options I chose a biking tour through the beautiful vinyards ...

... from bodega (winery) to bodega all afternoon long. There were wonderful tours and even more wonderful wines! Even made it to a chocolate and liquer factory :) yummy! All in all, Mendoza was a blast and now we are on route to Santiago, Chile! Adios ...

... really easy cycle, totally flat and not too busy" I think we SPOKE too soon...... Terrible pun, sorry.  After the overnight bus to Mendoza we met up with Sophie and Ally who were still there. We had a lovely long walk to the HUGE park on the edge of ...

... found the greatest B&B online. I'm quite sure they don't speak a word of English, but the pictures are great - http://www.mendoza.com.ar/finca_adalgisa_2.html Toronto/ Greensville Time: 12 Noon Calgary/Barhead Time: 10 am Comox Time: 9 am Us: ...

... time of year for cherries and they were very cheap to buy. Its possible to live here very cheaply. In addition to the wine tours I also took a trip to the surrounding region which is quite dry. There is a canyon which is quite interesting but not too ...

... , there were no events involving the consumption of wine.  Instead, the festival centers around the coronation of the Mendoza wine queen.  Before the festival begins, each of the 18 communities that comprise greater Mendoza elects a wine ...

... (from BsAs and moved to Australia with her family 14 years ago) came up to meet me from Bariloche.  We went to do the wine tours on our own, rather than through the hostel which didn´t seem like nearly as fun.  We went to the tourist info ...

... naturally there were still heaps of Merlots, Cab Savs, Pinots, Sav Blancs, Chardonnays and Roses. During our stay we did two wine tours. One tour of the Maipu and Lujan de Cuyo districts. These are the tradional wine growing districts. The second tour ...

... right. So mendoza is wine country. It´s probably the Napa Valley of Argentina where their prize wine is called Malbec. On wine tours, you´ll be able to walk through the actual wineries and get to see how wine is produced, stored, and eventually ...

... as arranged with Harriet, Sarah, Nicki, Meals, Josh and Sam (bods we had met along the way since Rio) to hit up Mr Hugos biking wine tours in Maipu. We had a minor gringo moment getting on the bus, but a helpful local sorted us all out and off we went. 6 ...

... lake and a hill that you can climb to get up to a cool monument. The other main thing to do is the wine tours. We took a bus to a small town near Mendoza where you can hire bikes. We chose to cool holland bikes, got a map and headed to the furthest winery ...