Wineries to visit in Mendoza?
Hi there,
Anyone have any informed suggestions of worthwhile wineries to visit in Mendoza, Argentina?
We will be there for two day and will be hiring a driver to take us around a few places, and hopefully enjoy an asado at one.
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Thanks.
vlad
Nov 02, 2009 02:39PM
Hi,
We are going in 2 weeks (never been) and just hired a guy who was recommended highly on various mendoza boards - Gustavo Delucchi delucchigustavop@yahoo.com.ar. He is very quick to get back, seems to know a lot about the area and all the wineries, and has booked all our our tastings/lunch for the day (in addition to driving us around). The only one I had a friend/food & wine rec for is Achaval-Ferrer winery (which he also suggested). His rates were also MUCH more reasonable then other tours I found online. Hope that helps!
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@smallgirlbigcity
I received the following quote from another guide:
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LUJAN DE CUYO REGION
09:00am Pick up at the Hotel
09:30am CATENA ZAPATA (tour and tasting) cost free
11:00am ACHAVAL FERER (tour and tasting) cost $30 pesos each
12:40pm SEPTIMA WINERY (tour and lunch) cost $140 pesos each 03.30pm
BENEGAS lYNCH (tour and tasting) cost $30 pesos each
Return to Mendoza City at 5:30pm..
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Do these costs mesh with yours?
Thanks.
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Our quote was not broken down as a fee per stop, just one lump sum per person - for the Lujan de Cuyo area (Achaval Ferer is one we are visiting) it was 100/each. He also gave us estimates for just the car and a driver if we would have rather done that and it was about $50 cheaper, but I'm sure we would easily spend that in tasting fees.
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I second Achaval-Ferrer. When my fiancé and I went, we were the only people on the tour! They did what I believe is called a "vertical" tasting--where you sample a wine at various stages of maturation to better understand how flavors develop. I wish we'd bought a few more bottles to send back home!
We also did a tour at Ruca Malen. This was a tour that concluded with a leisurely, wine-paired lunch on a covered patio overlooking the vineyards. (This may be how we ended up getting such an intimate tour at Achaval-Ferrer! We may have been feeling a bit drowsy, but we soldiered on--we're tough like that...)
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Great info. Any other tips?
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