Meat, Malbec, Mendoza
We’d love to tell you we did more than drink wine and eat steak during our stay in Mendoza – but we didn’t.
Three days of quality wine and the biggest steaks, what more could we ask for. Well maybe not the 38 degree heat we were hit with on the last day but netherless we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. As soon as we arrived (after a 14 hour overnight bus trip) we headed to the vineyards for a tour of the wine making process and of course to sample one or two. After a visit to a chocolate and liqueur maker who gave us adequate shots of various alcoholic substances we left pretty fueled up. We had a great lunch (more wine) and then head to a beer garden we spotted on our local map; situated in the middle of nowhere amongst miles of vineyards. Needless to say this place was also discovered by several other Brits in the area. We had great time drinking beer and wine, not sure exactly how the day ended but it involved Sophie screaming on the back of a bike while Chris cycled home with a group of Brits… and a friendly police escort.
Day two and its more wine tasting, this time learning how to smell different flavours and what to eat them with (come dine with me here we come). More fantastic food, vino a short nap in the Plaza and we were fully settled in the chilled out vibe of Mendoza.
Now having both South Africa and Argentinia wine tasting under our belt we are fully equipped to take on any wine list. The only issue being how many of them we can find in the UK – as the world’s 5th largest wine producer Argentina only exports around 20% of it’s wine, which is a little greedy.
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