MENDOZA, ARGENTINA

We took a wine tour through Mendoza on a beautiful sunny day and started tasting wine
no later than 10am! We toured 4 very different wineries all specializing in 100 percent Malbec which we discovered we both love. Our first stop was a very old one begun in 1928-Mendel with very high end boutique wines; another new and very modern winery- making Gran Estirpe; and one that also made delicious olive oil as well as wine named Tapiz and where we had a 5 course meal and I can't remember the fourth one...haha! Just kidding! It was Clos de Chacras. Each one was unique and special. We loved Mendoza after Buenos Aires. Clean, safe with very friendly people.

We spent three days in Mendoza including a trip to the foot of the Andes and an hour walk up the incredible Aconcagua, 22,000 ft at the summit and the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere! The Andes are enormous, rugged and majestic. Off to Chile and then Peru!