Wine, wine and then a little more wine....

We have just finished two days for touring the Mendoza wineries. Mendoza is like Napa Valley in California. There is tonnes of money here, and we say tonnes we mean tonnes. One of the wineries was opened by the second wealthiest man in Switzerland (his brother is the wealthiest) and every room in the huge winery is more glamorous than most of us would ever dream of living in for a home. The wineries host super glamorous (did I use the word glamorous twice in the same paragraph, oops!) lunches to encourage a stream of people to come through the winery that are 6 courses with wines paired with each one, yum!! The wines here are super cheap compared to the prices we pay in Canada. The $20 Malbec we buy at home is $5 here. We tasted wines that sell for $100 at the winery and let me tell you, there IS a difference. Amazing! For these super premium wines, the wine makers only use 300 grams per vine of the finest grapes where a winery like Ernest & Julio Gallo that you buy for $7 a bottle uses 5000 grams (5kg) per vine. Anyhow, we are currently strategizing how we are going to get the 9 bottles of premium wine we have acquired across the border. We leave to Buenos Airs tomorrow for a day before our long trip home to Canada. I can hardly bare the thought...drama.

Jess chillaxing at the Aneluna winery.
Jess being contemplative over a glamour lunch at O-Fournier winery.

Touring the vineyard. Ya, ya, sweetheart, we have heard it all before, where is the tasting room?

Jess and I in the cellar of Pulento winery, now how do we slip one of these barrels into our suitcase???