Wine, wine, wine…

Argentina is a great place to enjoy food and specially wine. And Mendoza it´s the place to do so, and argentine summer is the time to make the most of it! Why? Because it´s the time of the Vendimia, the grape harvest, and during the months of january, february and march there are a lot of activities and festivities to savour delicious malbec and give yourself a treat in every spot of Mendoza province. If you travel around the province during this time, you will discover the wines and speciall caracteristics that each location of Mendoza has to offer: music and dances, tipical food, cultural and artistic activities...

The most important festivities are held during the lasts weeks of February and beginning of March: the Vendimia Queen Election, The Fruit Blessing (last Friday of February at Mendoza City), The Carrousel... The first Saturday of March, you can assist to the Central Act –a show held in an enormous stage, with hundreds of artists, dancers, musicians, actors, etc.-. A festivitie to eat, dink and be marry!

The Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, it is one of the oldest traditional celebrations in Argentina, and one of the most important of all. It is about blessing what is harvested, after a year of hard work, and to thank and worship the virgin that is patron saint of the province.

Some advices:

We recommend you to book your place in advance because it is packed with visitors, specially the last weeks of February and the beginning of March. During this time it is very hard to book hotels, and hotels generally sell you not less than four or five nights. If you want to participate of the most important events, the best is to book from Wednesday to Saturday or Sunday of the first week of March in Mendoza City.

Be aware that it is very difficult to get locations for the Central Act, they are sold out very quickly!

Not every Bodega (Winery) is opened on Sundays, better do the trips to the bodegas other day of the week and leave sunday for rafting activities, or going to the base of the Aconcagua.

(If you need any help or advice on traveling to Mendoza or to the Vendimia, please contact info@manerasargentinas.com.ar. We can assist you, and if you are interested we have a speciall tour for the Vendimia).