Our second day wine-pairing lunch was at Casa El Enemigo. We had been there last year, and as it was late May (Autumn in Argentina) then, we sat outside and enjoyed the colorful views. This visit was in early September,…
Winery Tour at Catena Zapata
We had really been looking forward to going to Catena Zapata Winery as we drink some of their standard Malbecs at home, and were anxious to try some of their iconic wines at their vineyards. Once at the actual winery,…
Touring Mendoza Wineries: “Finca La Anita” on Day 1
We started our first of two days of wine touring around 9:45am, with Alejandro picking us up at our hotel, the Park Hyatt Mendoza. We were scheduled to have three days of touring, however as noted in the previous couple…
Mendoza Wine Touring 2018 – Day 2
We started our second and last day of wine touring thru the Luján de Cuyo region of Mendoza. Like yesterday, we would tour two wineries, followed by a late lunch at a third winery. Our first stop today was at Pulenta Estate…
Winery Touring around Mendoza May 2018 (Day 1)
This is our third trip to Mendoza, and as we did on the last two trips, we took wine tours for a couple days with Vendimia Wine Tours. Leo is the owner of Vendimia, and we used him the last…
Day tour to the Andes Mountains
Our first full day of touring in Mendoza was an excursion to the beautiful Andes Mountains, which we had previously arranged with Leo, owner of Vendimia Wine Tours. This is our third trip to Mendoza and we have used Leo’s…
Touring Mendoza wineries with Leo – Day 2
Before heading out on our second day of touring the wineries, we had breakfast at our hotel, The Park Hyatt Mendoza. As we walked down the hall from our room towards the elevator, we looked out at the beautiful 8am…
Touring Mendoza wine country with Leo – Day 1
On our second day of our arrival into Mendoza, we took a private wine tour Steve (DOS) had previously arranged prior to our arrival in Argentina. This is a quick 4 day trip for us from Orlando to Mendoza, taken…