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Mendoza Wine Region Guide

Mendoza Magic: Discover the Heart of Argentina's Wine Heritage

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Last updated: October 5, 2024

Introduction

Welcome to the beating heart of Argentina’s wine industry. Mendoza, centered on a very attractive, tree-lined city (1050 km west of Buenos Aires), has always been the country’s most important ‘vineyard,’ with many different regions and terroirs. This is where the most exciting developments in viticulture have occurred and where international companies typically decide to invest their dollars. Mendoza’s tourism sector, meanwhile, is currently running at full throttle. It has become the Napa Valley of South America: chic tasting rooms, superlative restaurants, and luxury hotels abound.

Yet, while the region’s investors are experts at marketing and hospitality, in the end, it all comes down to quality – many of Argentina’s finest wines are produced in Mendoza. The signature export, voluptuous, perfumed, and gloriously hedonistic Malbec, is just the beginning. Since the Spanish planted vines in the 16th century, Mendoza’s wine industry has gone from strength to strength, and the country has an international reputation to rival Chile. And, like its close neighbor, Mendoza has embraced viticultural diversity, planting a broad range of varieties at ever-higher altitudes.

Whisper it: some of the world’s best Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are now made in the vertiginous landscapes of the Uco Valley. Just don’t tell the Burgundians!

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James lawrence

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