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Description
The team at Aventura & Wine provide professional, personalized tours of the area. They are happy to accomodate the needs of any group. Each of the options below can be tailored to your interests. You can choose the regions and wineries that you would like to visit, or they are happy to suggest some for you based on your interests.
Tour 1: The City
This city tour will introduce you to the highlights of the city of Mendoza. Stops include Independencia Square, which consists of four blocks with a fountain with water recreations, an amphitheater and a big Argentine coat of arms that lights up on holidays. All visitors should first get to know the Sarmiento Walkway, a pedestrian boulevard of four blocks, surrounded by open-air cafés. San Martín Avenue is the traffic and commercial backbone of the city center. A couple of blocks to the south and a block to the west takes you to the Civic Center which encompasses the Government House, Palace of Justice, Municipal Palace, Courts, a Conference Center and, across San Martín Avenue, the National Institute of Vitiviniculture.
Mendoza’s city itinerary includees the four squares which are symmetrically located two blocks away from Independencia Square, Espańa Square, Italia , San Martin and Chile square. The Independencia Theater is situated in the corner of this same block. Two more blocks ahead takes you to the Pedro del Castillo Square and the Foundation Area Museum, showing the results of excavations which, before the 1861 earthquake, were the center of the colonial city. Traces of the San Francisco Church, demolished by the earthquake, can still be seen.
You will then arrive at the huge forged iron gates –imported from Scotland for the Centenary- located in the access to the vast and beautiful General San Martín Park. This park was designed by French landscape architect Charles Thays, inaugurated in 1909 and enlarged with a zoo in 1940. The first tourist attractions are the Marly Little Horses, a replica of the ones in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. To the left, the park’s lake has in its shores the Continents’ Fountain. Further ahead, the Rosedal. The most interesting point is the Gloria Hill, crowned by the Andes Army Monument (1914), one of the most complex and powerful bronze sculptures ever made. From the Gloria Hill, you can see the Frank Romero Day Amphitheater, where the final show of the Fiesta de la Vendimia takes place. In the Zoological Garden you will see hundreds of native and exotic fauna specimens.
Price one person: US$ 85
Base of 2 person, Price each person: US$ 54
Base of 3 persons, Price each person: US$ 40
Base of 4 to 7 persons, Price each person: US$ 32
Tour 2: Full Day Wine tour at Lujan de Cuyo
8:30 – Pickup from your hotel for Lujan de Cuyo, which is one of the most significant wine regions in Argentina.
First stop is a visit and tasting at Weinert winery. This will be followed by a visit and special tasting at Catena Zapata. For lunch you will visit Ruca Malen winery. This stop begins with a tasting in a special room, followed by an exclusive lunch, all prepared in a 'disco de arado', which is a traditional cooking method. After lunch you will visit Carmelo Patti`s winery or Achaval Ferrer, both boutiques wineries, producing some of the best wine in Argentina.
Includes: transfer airport/Hotel in the city of Mendoza. Private transfer and private guide. Visit and tasting in all the wineries. Lunch with wine, in a winery.
Price one person: US$ 256
Base of 2 person, Price each person: US$ 162
Base of 3 persons, Price each person: US$ 151
Base of 4 persons, Price each person: US$ 132
Tour 3: Full Day Wine tour at Valle de Uco
Valle de Uco is 1 ˝ hours from Mendoza city, at the foothills of the Cordillera de los Andes. The landscape along the way is truly amazing.
8:30 – Pickup from your hotel and head to Valle de Uco.
Your first stop will be a visit and tasting at Salentein winery. This will be followed by a visit and tasting at the boutique winery, La Azul. For lunch, you will visit Altus winery, situated in an old restored house. The lunch begins as Lucas, the chef, offers tapas paired with a good Torrontes wine. This is followed by a first course of vegetables from their own garden. The main course, is 'chivito', a type of goat dish without the bone. Tempt your pallet with a traditional mendocinos selection, so you can taste a bit of everything.
Includes: Private transfer and private guide. Visit and tasting in all the wineries. Lunch with wine, in a winery.
Price one person: US$ 295
Base of 2 person, Price each person: US$ 184
Base of 3 persons, Price each person: US$ 168
Base of 4 persons, Price each person: US$ 144
Tour 4: Cooking Class at Pulenta winery
Pulenta winery is home to the renowned restaurant, La Bourgogne. Chef Federico Ziegler teaches the class to prepare regional recipes such as rabbit, lamb, lomo, trout, etc. The tour also includes tastings of Tomero and Vistalba Corte C, both while you cook and while you eat your creations.
Includes: Private transfer and private guide.
Price one person: US$ 379
Base of 2 person, Price each person: US$ 268
Base of 3 persons, Price each person: US$ 251
Base of 4 persons, Price each person: US$ 228
Tour 5: Half day Wine Tour with Vertical Tasting
You will be picked up at your hotel for the journey to the Luján de Cuyo wine region. You first stop will be a visit and tasting at Achaval Ferrer winery, whose Altamira malbec received 96 points from Wine Spectator. Next you will visit Terrazas winery, the top line of the Chandon winery chain. The last stop will be a ‘vertical tasting’ at Cava de Cano, where the sommelier will guide you through 3 different vintage tastings. You will then be treated to a special lunch in this fantastic place before heading back to your hotel.
Includes: Private transfer and private guide. Visit and tasting in all the wineries.
Price one person: US$ 298
Base of 2 person, Price each person: US$ 207
Base of 3 persons, Price each person: US$ 190
Base of 4 persons, Price each person: US$ 172
Tour 6: Wine Tasting Class with Diploma
This tour provides a dynamic introduction to Argentina’s wines and prepares you for winery tours and tastes. Learn the basic steps of sensory evaluation, while tasting Torrontes, Bonarda or Malbec varietals. Sample aromas are provided to enhance olfactory recognition and increase wine descriptors.
All participants will be given a Master of Argentine Wine diploma at the end of the class.
Price one person: US$ 39
Base of 2 person, Price each person: US$ 34
Base of 3 persons, Price each person:US$ 30
Base of 4 persons, Price each person:US$ 26
Tour 7: Mountain Day
On this full day tour you will visit Potrerillos village, the lake, Uspallata, and Puente del Inca. You will stop to see the top of the Aconcagua, the highest mountain in all America. Lunch will include one of two options, if the weather is nice you will enjoy a "gourmet pic-nic" with excellent food and wine. If it is winter or inclement weather, you will dine at a restaurant near the mountain.
Tour includes private transfer and private guide as well as lunch with wine.
Price one person: US$ 292
Base of 2 person, Price each person: US$ 164
Base of 3 persons, Price each person: US$ 139
Base of 4 persons, Price each person: US$ 113
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