Few wine regions throw a party quite on par with Mendoza´s grape harvest festival known as Vendimia. It´s truly a challenge to describe the fervor created by this national event, it´s simply an experience that begs to be lived in person. Vendimia is a celebration whose roots reach way back into Mendoza history. The first official festival took place in 1936, but was likely a...
Federal Vendimia Week is what can most accurately be described as the warm up to Mendoza´s grape harvest main event. Held from February 22-28, Vendimia Federal is a favorite among Mendoza locals, and an experience that is slowly catching on among international travelers. It doesn´t come with all the flashy lights and polished preparation of the Acto Central show held this upcoming weekend, but...
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...
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...