Wrapped up my stay in beautiful Mendoza cramming in as many winery experiences as possible. This varied from having an outstanding lunch tasting surrounded by vineyards to biking to a few wineries on the Ruta de Vino. Argentina is really making a statement on the world map with their wines, but especially their Malbec version. On the first day, I rented an old beater bike and rode along the Ruta de Vino, aka Wine Road. It was pretty nice for the first mile until the bike path ran out and I’m sharing the road with crazy Argentine truck drivers. After a few tastings of wine, it didn’t seem so bad. A very scenic ride for the most part (first pix). One of the highlights was visiting an winery opened by some Italian immigrants in 1864. A beautiful winery (second pix) with some great old buildings, still be run by the great, great granddaughter. The last highlight was the food/wine tasting in the vineyard. Five courses paired with five wines, all incredible. Now I know how the 1% lives (and I like it!
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Amazing photos and sounds like you’re having a superb adventure. Bottoms up!
Thanks for the compliment! Has been a great trip thus far and I left a little wine untouched but not much. Ciao!
awesome …. looks like a nice tour happenning
Dave,
Has been great. I bought a bottle of my favorite wine, would like to share with you (if it makes it back in the luggage…) cheers
The pics are fantastic! I am certain they can’t begin to touch the real experience, but what an amazing visual refresher. Excellent!
Thanks Trace!
Just looking at that food/drink makes me want more. After i lose the weight gained down there.
Laurent – your photos really “pop”. I am so impressed with your use of lighting and composition. The glistening bar tops, sumptous foods with the wine glass background, and the plump grapes were really evocative. Understanding the world through your photograpy should be fun.
Appreciate it Rob! Was a nice culinary journey. Kinda tough not drinking beer but the vino more than made up for it (ok, snuck a beer or two every once in a while)