The van came to collect us at 9 AM. Tossing a bottle of sunscreen and a pair of shades into my purse, we ran out the door. For a short while the bus wove through Mendoza City, scooping up additional adventurers, and two hours later we arrived at the adventure activities base in Potrerillos. The base is located on the bluffs of the Mendoza...
Rounding the corner of Patricias Mendocinas and Gutiérrez streets, a flicker of color catches your eye. There´s something peculiar about the house on the corner – something that tugs at the corners of your curiosity, and entices you to walk through the front door. Every room of what once had been a lavish home belonging to one of Mendoza´s most prestigious families, is now...
A few nights ago I found myself at a family-owned estancia (ranch) folded into the foothills of the Andes. As tiny flickers of starlight poked through the cloudy night, a man in a navy blue beret reached for his guitar. Three hours later we realized that the lone candle stick had disappeared into a puddle of wax, the wine had run out, and the...
Mendoza´s Annual Vendimia Festival is cause for hundreds of thousands of travelers and wine lovers worldwide to make their pilgrimage to this humble Andean town, for one purpose only – to celebrate the harvest of the grapes. In homage to the tiny fruit that gave life to what is now a booming wine industry, Mendoza province plays host to a festival that runs from...
In case you haven´t already heard through the grapevine, every year Mendoza, Argentina hosts one very special extended homage to the tiny fruit that everyone loves. In simple terms, Vendimia is the celebration of the grape harvest. It takes place over several months, as each of the 18 departments in Mendoza province host fiestas and select their beauty queens who will later compete for...