Our first stop in Argentina was to the beautiful city of Mendoza. As I may have mentioned previously, this is Argentina's wine capital. We spent our first day there wandering around the very pretty streets, and managed to find ourselves a great little parilla (bbq place) where the three of us (including our new friend Keith) chowed down on all sorts of delicious meats as well as a bottle of red, yum! We then signed ourselves up for a bikes and wines tour the next day.
This tour is pretty self explanatory... the bus takes you out into the Maipu Valley where you are dropped off at the bike rental place. You're then given a pretty basic bike and an even more basic map of the area and the different bodegas you can go and visit. Our first stop on the tour was of suprisingly not a bodega but a little farm shop specializing in olives, chocolate, and liquors (namely absinthe.) So after a flaming shot of the latter, we hit the road for the bodegas and wine tastings. Unlike France and other places, wine tasting in South America is pretty laid back which suited us and our little bike posse just fine. I think we managed to visit ever bodega listed on the map... and may have possibly been asked to leave the last one we visited as they wanted to close before we cleared them out of stock! Obviously our trip provided us with valuable knowledge on how to taste the difference between a younger and older Malbec!
We spent another few days enjoying the town, exploring the massive park just outside the city, and eating enormous steaks along the way. It's no wonder that Mendoza is possibly one of our favourite places yet!
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