Mendoza

Mendoza is the wine region of Argentina and makes 70% of it's wines, so of course a wine tour here is a must. Maipu is an hour or so outside of Mendoza and is so cute lined with vinyards and organic farms. We began in a family run vinyard where the process is all carried out by hand, before the tasting we were taught to hold the glass to the light to check it's colour and then swirl the glass to release the smell and if it's a good wine tears should run down the side of the glass. We then took a tour of an olive farm where we got to try several different types of olive oil as well as olive oil body products. The second winery we visited was an industrial one so that we could compare the two different ways of producing wine. Finally we wound up at this beautiful organic farm where they produced olives, jams, chutney, honey and delicious fruit juice. We had a tour of the farm an got to hold their bunny rabbits and look at their sheep and horse. Then we were brought to a large barrel of almonds where we had to crack the shells and could eat a many as we liked before the tasting. In this farm w even had time to relax for a while in their hammocks.

Back in the city, we went to a night market for a browse. We ended up befriending some artesan hippys there and were invited to join them and their friends for a large meal, it was so delicious and to top of the night we went to a bar of artesan beers followed by clubbing.

The next morning we checked out an antiques market and then spend the rest of the day learning to make braclets with our new found friends.