After enjoying a wonderful late lunch/early dinner at an Italian restaurant we ventured out at 9 pm to the last night of the wine tasting. I bought four tickets for the premium wines (90 pesos) and Marlene bought six tickets for the classic wines (60 pesos). Wine glass in hand we started to make the rounds trying to pick which wines we wanted to sample. Really just a guess and by golly! Malbec is of course the specialty of the region and I love it.
Lots of people. We managed to get home around 11 pm as we had to get up early for a wine tour we were taking the next day. I did manage to spill some wine on my white capris after stepping on some uneven ground. Really! But what was I thinking? Wearing white and drinking red wine???
We were picked up at 9 am by the the Trout and Winery Tour company. There were seven of us plus our guide. Off we go to our first winery.
What a magnificent winery! Our guide was so knowledgeable and the wine at 10:30 in the morning is flowing freely. I know we have the option of spitting it out but what a waste that would be!
The barrels are oak and made in France. They only use a barrel four times before it is discarded.
Harvest time is around the corner so we were lucky enough to see the vines laden with grapes.
This is a very old winery. Beautiful colourful ponchos line the walls. They had quite a collection of antique machinery.
This piece of equipment was used to separate the grapes from the stems. Looks like torture!
Happy campers after mega wine and a lovely lunch!
Lots of snow on the Andes right behind the vineyard! Magnificent!
Lavender in abundance.
Just can't get enough of those mountains!
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