Mendoza, Arg: heart of wine country

Mendoza, Arg: heart of wine country
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Well, here we are in Mendoza where 90% of Argentina's wine growing and production takes place. The wine is outstanding and the price is right. Yes, we visited a few bodegas and sampled the grog. Then we went out to the excellent restaurants and sampled s'more grog. Arrrrggggh! Barrells of vino tinto lindo.
Some bodegas of note include Bianchi and their Don Valentin, Latitud 33 (latitud of Mendoza, of course), Don David, and Fin del Mundo, Bodega Estepa. Argentina is known for the Malbec varietal, somewhat similar to the Cab Sauv.

The city of Mendoza (if you can drag yourself out of the dark bodegas) is warm, sunny, and full of tree-lined streets and cute single story houses.