With the highest part of the Andes Mountain range to the West of the city, Aconcagua (highest mountain in the Western hemisphere at 6960m and one of the 7 summits), Mendoza is Argentina's wine district, With Malbec being the grape of choice. Wine is everything to this city, which is surrounded for hundreds of kilometres by vineyards. Even the cities fountains spurt delicious red Malbec, a cool trick that Baby Jesus never managed to master..
It was the start of the wine harvest festival, which meant wine tasting throughout the cities streets. The region has a very dry climate receiving only 15cm of rain per year. Our first outing required us taking shelter beneath a door way while the city streets turned into rivers during a heavy storm.. I think we may have bought the Sydney rain with us. We also did a self guided cycle wine tour through the nearby town of Maipu. Great wine, but the scenery was a bit of a let down. Go to Margaret river instead. Some of the other vineyard areas a little closer to the mountains I think would be better.
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