🇺🇸 Taste of the UCO Valley

April 1, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Mendoza is synonymous with wine country in Argentina, most famously known for Malbec, a French grape that despite not growing well in France, flourishes in the greater Mendoza area. We took an organized tour of just one region, the UCO Valley, described by our tour company as “Mendoza’s new frontier in high-altitude wine-making.” The valley […]

🎥 Taste of the UCO Valle, Argentina

March 31, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Une journée riche en dégustation de vin dans la Vallée de UCO en Argentine. Visite de trois bodegas : Atamisque, Gimenez Riili et O’Fournier. A full day of wine tasting in the UCO Valle, Argentina. Visit of three bodegas : Atamisque, Gimenez Riili and O’Fournier.

🇺🇸 Ruta 7

March 31, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

Click here for a video of our day on the Ruta 7 Sunrise over Mendoza from our apartment We did a day tour that took us along the ruta 7, the highway to Chile. Though it is the route we took to get to Mendoza, I had been asleep the majority of the way over, […]

🎥 Ruta 7, Argentina

March 30, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Une magnifique journée sur la Ruta 7, la pittoresque route argentine vers le Chili, en compagnie de notre guide Juan Carlos et de notre amie Erin. Nous avons pu apercevoir le sommet d’Aconcagua, le plus haut pic en dehors d’Asie. A beautiful day trip on the Ruta 7, the picturesque Argentinian road to Chile, with […]

🇺🇸 First taste of Argentina – Mendoza

March 30, 2016.Reading time 7 minutes.

We arrived in Santiago at 8am after twelve hours in a bus only to hurry off to a second bus, direction Argentina. The Chilean/Argentine border crossing is perched in the Andes at 3,200m (10,500ft) and looked like a huge hangar, perfect for taking shelter from the strong sun, though in winter it surely provides shelter […]