Honeymoon Day 4: Wine Tour in Mendoza

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Inside our hotel, Entre Cielos.
The cellar at the first winery, Alta Vista. In the adjacent room is the owner’s private collection, a walk-in cage full of dust-covered bottles. He visits from France only a few times a year.
The second stop, Cruzat, does only sparkling wines. This will not be a rosé—the pink is from Pinot noir grapes, but the machine behind it will clarify the color after the first fermentation. We did a blind tasting later and this was my favorite.

Our guide Eugencia is a native Mendocina, and has been in wine and hospitality her whole life. She explained to us everything about Mendoza’s history, the winemaking process, and the regional irrigation (all meltwater from the mountains, carefully rationed by land parcel). And we explained to her what is the big deal with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (“… kind of like if Messi dated Eva Perón”). We finished with another amazing lunch with pairings at the final stop, Casarena.

Tomorrow we have a free day, and may try to rent bikes. There’s a brand new protected bike path running from our hotel to downtown Mendoza, and passing a bunch of wineries; I’ve been jealous of all the cyclists we’ve seen!

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