Immerse Mendoza

( 5 Star )

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Arrival at Mendoza (MDZ) Airport. Meet with your guide and private transfer to Chacras de Coria (Luján de Cuyo) hotel. Mineral water on board. According to flight schedule, transfer can be arranged directly to hotel, or straight to the activity for the day. Mendoza is the capital city of the homonymous Province, in Argentina. It is located 1,037 kilometres away from Buenos Aires, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. This beautiful city is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the country and it is surrounded by the largest wine producing area in Latin America. As one of nine cities worldwide in the network of Great Capitals of Wine, Mendoza offers you the perfect destination to enjoy the best Argentinean wine while exploring a few of the hundred wineries and dazzling landscapes of this region. Create your own Blend & Enjoy Gourmet Lunch at Tempus Alba, plus Wine Tasting at Casa El Enemigo Winery - Private Service (Personalized) | Vehicle and English-speaking guide at disposal | Duration: Full day (8 hours) | A blending session with instructions on local techniques, plus 3-course gourmet lunch at Tempus Alba Winery with soft drinks and wine included. It also includes a visit to the winery and tasting | Special bottle of your customized blend to take home and enjoy your own creation! | Visit and Wine Tasting Experience at Casa El Enemigo Winery | Mineral water on board | Available from Monday to Friday. Today you will enjoy an experience based on interaction and entertainment. The activity invites you to play around, try, and discover the challenge of a winemaker: to create his own work of art by combining different grape varietals... Just down the road, drop in on Tempus Alba Winery, an artisan winery run by an Argentinean family. Everything here is a family effort, enthused with their passion for sharing the land and its traditions. It is a space Cadillac of the winery in an area that is more famous for dusty, adobe-style bodegas and giant concrete juice tanks. Tempus Alba offers a beautifully elegant Cabernet Sauvignon, an intense and rounded Malbec, a complex and cheeky Syrah, a Merlot of deep intrigue, and the incredibly refined Reserve Tempus Pleno - a truly stunning blend that captures the Tempus Alba philosophy ¨We are what we do in every bottle¨. Start off with a guided tour of the winery with one of the members of the Biondolillo family or the winemaker and end up on the outstanding terrace. We then guide you in the challenge of blending our five red varietals to make your tailor-made blend. Enjoy playing winemaking for a day with the owners of the winery and get to learn about your own palate. We will enjoy a delicious lunch with Tempus Alba´s owner on what is without question the terrace with the best view in all Mendoza! After lunch, we continue our tour to Casa El Enemigo. The wines of this winery are deep, linked to the land of Maipú and to the passion of Alejandro Vigil and the family inheritance of Adrianna Catena, youngest daughter of the owner of one of the wine empires of Mendoza, Nicolás Catena. Alejandro is still linked to his commitment to the Catena family and is responsible for the ecology of Catena Zapata, but his purest heart is at Casa El Enemigo, where he makes the wine he feels and which is also the place where he lives with his family. Here, the wines are made with criteria of sustainability and maximum respect to the terrier. The farm has a program for recycling waste and saving water, and wine tourism is considered from the ecological point of view, promoting factors of maximum respect for the environment and the concept of slow food and proximity product in the restaurant, which serves products from its own organic garden. 3 overnights accommodations at Lares de Chacras Hotel Boutique - Classic Room Double Room with breakfast included.

Cooking Class at Andeluna Winery Private Service (Personalized) | Vehicle and English-speaking guide at disposal | Duration: Full day (8 hours approx.) | Visit and tasting, plus empanadas cooking lesson at Andeluna Winery, with house wine pairing lunch including soft drinks and wine | Available from Tuesday to Sunday | Mineral water on board. Our cooking lessons are about much more than a list of ingredients and how to cook them. Everyone who enjoys quality time with fine wines and food should enjoy these tours. Step off the beaten path and discover Mendoza through its food! Eating like a local is an important aspect of getting an accurate look at a culture. What is perhaps even more rewarding than eating like a local is understanding the ingredients and care that goes into the preparation of our traditional cuisine. We are going to enjoy a really hands-on cooking class at Andeluna Winery. Their cuisine philosophy is of constant change. It combines the freshness of the products of each season and the delights typical of our country, inviting you to savour the flavours of Argentina’s seven regions. Today, learn with their chef how to prepare traditional recipes like “empanadas Mendocino’s” in the clay oven, meat and vegetables on the open fire with fresh chimichurri sauce, among other specialties, which then, we’ll taste during the lunch along with a selection of premium wines that complement each course. Return to the hotel by 5.30 PM.

Lujan de Cuyo Wine Tour, Agrelo Region: Las Per dices, Matervini & Susana Balbo Wineries Private Service (Shared Venue) | Vehicle and English-speaking guide at disposal | Duration: Full day (8 hours approx.) | Visits and tastings at Las Per dices and Matervini Wineries, and Gourmet Lunch at Susana Balbo Wines Winery Restaurant, with soft drinks and wine included | Mineral water on board | Available from Monday to Saturday. Today explore the different microclimates in the district of Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo. It is worth combining the large and renowned wineries with the most boutique to understand the essences of each one. You can enjoy the world of wine, accompanied by beautiful landscapes of the pre-mountain range. At the first stop on this tour, we will be delighted to visit Las per dices winery. The reason why its owners chose its name is due to the partridge, a type of bird that adapts to dry and stony climates, just like the vine. Regardless of the adverse circumstances that may arise, it always completes its cycle. Secondly, we will visit the Matervini winery founded in 2008 by Santiago Achaval and Roberto Cipresso, pioneers of Malbec wines from ancient vineyards in Argentina. Matervini focuses mainly on Malbec and how this varietal has various characteristics depending on the region where it is grown. For this reason, the winery is special since it is constantly searching for the perfect Malbec. At midday we visit Susana Balbo Winery (former Dominio Del Plata). This modern, expansive, winery produces rich, concentrated Malbec and it is owned by Argentina's most famous female winemaker, Susana Balbo. You will be welcomed with a glass of wine. Lunch is at Susana´s very house; the menu is amazing and the courses are universally excellent; with clever taste combinations, experienced wine matching, and overall great presentation. After a day full of experience, we will return you to the hotel at 4:30 PM.

Private transfer from Chacras de Coria (Luján de Cuyo) hotel to Mendoza Airport (MDZ), with English guide assistance included. Mineral water on board.

Inclusion

- All mentioned activities with bilingual guide services (English/Spanish or Portuguese) or as above specifications.
- All taxes and reservations expenses.

Exclusion

- International and Domestic airfare.
- National Park tickets, museums or Natural reserves entrances in case not mentioned as included in itinerary.
- Airport arrival/departure taxes (if any).
- Meals and beverages not mentioned in itinerary.
- Gratuities, tips for guides, drivers, porters, waiters, etc.
- Expenses of personal nature (laundry, beverages, telephone calls, etc.).

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Mendoza
5 Stars or Boutique Accommodation - Lares de Chacras Hotel Boutique - Classic Room

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