Mendoza

There are many foreigners in Mendoza who have orbited into Argentina’s wine capital for a change of lifestyle and to start working in wine — sometimes as a wine producer, sometimes as a sommelier and sometimes as a hotelier catering to the growing number of wine tourists that visit Mendoza each year.

If Malbec is Argentina’s national drink, tango is Argentina’s national art form. And, for lovers of both, there's no better experience to be had in Mendoza than enjoying the month-long Tango along the Wine Route (Tango por los Caminos del Vino) festival.

The Andes mountains become blanketed in the year’s first major snowfall, the nights become cooler and the villages fill with the aroma of fermenting grapes and the excitement of festivities that seem to linger for months. It’s no secret that harvest is the best time in Mendoza.

Lunching in wineries is definitely one of the great highlights of spending time on Mendoza’s wine routes. There are dozens of excellent restaurants in wineries which offer everything from seven-course tasting menus to more relaxed a la carte dining. Some wineries in Mendoza are creating new and interactive culinary experiences that go beyond your usual winery lunch. Here are some of the most innovative culinary experiences in Mendoza at the moment.

Although Malbec is King in Mendoza, it doesn’t mean that Mendoza’s winemakers rest on their laurels. Mendoza is a hive of innovation with hundreds of winemakers working in the wine region and developing new styles and wines to delight winelovers around the world. Here are some wine trends in Mendoza to keep your eye on:

If you’ve ever wondered how you can balance wellbeing with wine, this new series of events in Mendoza could be the answer. ‘Yoga por los Caminos del Vino’ (Yoga on the wine route) is in its second season with two months of outdoor yoga sessions taking place in wineries in Mendoza from 10 March through 4 May.

The Harvest Festival 2019, develops an intense calendar with tourist-cultural activities that include district harvest festivals and folk festivals that start at the beginning of the year and finish the first days of March in the city of Mendoza with the central act of the National Harvest Festival.