Mendoza - day 2

We woke up and it was very cold outside… we wanted to do bicycle tour around wineries but we didn’t pack warm clothes (we left my backpack in Santiago). We decided instead to do the 1/2 day bodega Tour organized by our hostel. The tour was leaving at 2 o’clock so we got some time left to check emails and stroll around the city. Nearby our place is the biggest city park of Mendoza Parque General San Martín which we went to visit. The principal entrance has a beautiful entrance and short walk from the gate you reach Fountain of Continents. The square is surrounded by food trucks and the atmosphere was really nice. We saw lot of people outside jogging, bicycling, walking or even touring the artificial lake by canoe. At the moment there is a wine festival in Mendoza and one of the locations where the celebrations take place are located also in the park. Around 14:30 we got picked up by van and drove for around 30 minutes to the first winery Bodega Domiciano. Boutique Winery focusing their production exclusively on red wines. We tried 3 different wines and tour their wine cellar. Next stop was Bodega Baudron which is an industrial winery producing red & white wine as well as sparkling wines. The bottles were cheap here, starting price of 2€ per bottle but we didn’t like it that much. Mendoza is famous not only for wine production but it’s also one of the biggest exporters on olive oil worldwide. To have a short break between wine tasting we visited one boutique olive oil production site and did there also tasting of olive oils and antipasti creams. Last stop of the tour was winery Florio which compared to other wineries in region focus more on white wine, sparkling wines and wine liquors e.x. Jerez. We didn’t like the products of the last winery either but it was nice to also be able to enter the wine yards 🍷. Overall this excursion is the must if you are in Mendoza. You can visit the best wineries in region if you ready to pay high entrance and tasting fees. Also the places in good wineries tent to sell out fast so book well in advance. For us this trip was the best option, costing only 15€ per person and including all tastings and transfers.Leer más