WINE ROUTE
This trip begins in Mendoza province, with a reception at the airport and accomodation in the city of "great wine". It´s also possible to start your journey by land from Buenos Aires with our exclusive vehicles.
At the beginning of our journey we will go to Mendoza´s Central Region. Famous and recognized wine cellars and vineyard boutiques can be found as they share one of the most fertile pieces of land in the region. The Escorihuela Gascón wine cellar is one of the most antique cellars in the province. It has been magnificently restored and it´s only a few minutes away from the city´s capital, in the urban zone of Godoy Cruz. It has a beautiful small park full of flowers. In the house there is an "art room" with a permanent exhibit, a tasting room, a boutique and Francis Mallmann´s restaurant, named after the date of the cellar´s foundation: 1884, turning it into the oldest one in the region.
Six kilometers away, in Guaymallén, Santa Ana wine cellars have their own train that goes from the vineyard to the house and viceversa. It´s exact location is Villanueva, in the leafy corner of Godoy Cruz and Roca, streets that are framed by an irrigation ditch. In Santa Ana everything is huge: the patio eucalyptus, the wine cellars, the antique barrel-making workshop, the eternal jazmine in the long patio... The tasting room is just steps away from the exit: at the bar and oak tables you can sample the varieties from the Cepas Privadas line, or a glass of Vile Neuve, the house champagne. We cross the gate of Domaine St. Diego. We're in Lunlunta, Maipú, in the valley formed by the old riverbed of the Mendoza river. We find ourselves in the smallest of all the well-known cellars in Mendoza, something absolutly different from what we've seen in this journey.
Lunlunta is a priveleged zone for the Malbec grape, and here you can find the most ancient ones. The estate is placed on top of lovely hills with short vineyards, the "not to be missed" olives, some fruit trees, a house and a small cellar that because of its size looks like a scale model. As soon as you enter, you will be astonished: six small tanks of stainless steel with only a 550 liter capacity, a few small oak barrels in the basement, and a tasting area with all its supplies.
And now it´s time to spend the night in a magical and heavenly place. Cavas Wine Lodge is the first Wine Hotel in Argentina, right in the middle of the vineyards and with a great view of the Andes.
This exclusive lodge has distinctive bedrooms, wine cellars with wines from all over the country, a restaurant with signature cuisine and the region's specialities, swimming pool and a spa with different natural treatments.		 In the last part of our northern journey and before going south, we will visit one of the most famous and recognized wine cellars in the country: Terrazas de los Andes. This wine cellar, with a more than 50 year experience in high-altitude vineyards, is able to determine just the right altitude for each variety. The gradual elevation of the terraces from the city of Mendoza towards the west just to the Andes Mountain Range, creates a broad range of microclimates. The fact of using altitude as a tool, allows enologists to grow variety in a particular climate. Consequently, fully ripened grapes are obtained with a perfect balance between sugars and acids, producing exquisite aromas and velvety tannins.
Visiting the Uco Valley that includes Tupungato, Tunuyán and San Carlos, we discover the richness of its colors crossed by the Tunuyán River, creeks and fresh and clear springs while arriving at the Salentein Vineyards. The total surface of the state rises to two thousand hectares, distributed along a series of elevations, the highest in the world. The spring water turns this dry zone into an oasis.
The evening in Salentein Inn will allow us the tasting of wines and degustation of regional dishes, all under a relaxed ambience. A bycicle ride, a walk around the vineyards and the swimming pool with a killing view, are some of the services and atracctions that this inn offers.

Through the southern access, straight to San Rafael, we arrive at the peaceful backwater of Los Alamos. This will be our operation base in the zone. From here we will visit the most important wine cellars in the region.
The first one, Jean Rivier. Its wines are known more around the world than in Argentina. They can only be purchased throughout wine clubs. The cabernet-fer (fer: a rare kind that can hardly be found here) destined for export showed a new style, attractive in its austere and fresh taste. Our trip continues to the Lavaque wine cellars, amazing for its colonial architecture from the year 1889. Inside, the refined rooms combine treasures from the past with modern equipment. In the twilight of the cellar the French and American oak barrels rest.
To finish our journey we arrive at the Bianchi wine cellars. The fresh champagne cellars are located just under the hill where the estate´s facilities were built. We will taste different wine samplings, amongst them those of champagne. When we return to Los Alamos, after two traditional bell rings that invite us in to the dining room, we must wait for the delicious feast that will make its appereance from the kitchen. We willl also have "asados" -the argentinian barbecue- in front of the irrigation ditch facing th vineyards under the shade of the "aguaribay".