You can't visit Mendoza and NOT make a trip to a bodega/winery for a wine tasting. Set in the foothills of the majestic Andes, there are dozens and dozens of bodegas to choose from. Today, we rented a car/driver and went to three in the Lujan de Cuyo region of Mendoza: Belasco de Baquedano, Septima and Familia Cecchin. The first two were mid-sized wine producers with modern equipment and the last was a small family-owned operation using old-fashioned equipment.
At each of the three bodegas, following a tour of the facilities and lessons on how they produce the wine, guests are treated to samples of 4-5 of their most popular sellers. Most of the wine produced here is exported to the US and Europe and very little of it stays in Argentina.
Tonight is the final concert of Vendimia and tomorrow I head to Chile!
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