Mendoza buzzes with wine culture amid leafy streets, modern art, and lively harvest celebrations, perfect for sipping Malbec and soaking up local festivities.
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"An Evening of Winetasting The Mega Degustation is part of the wine harvest festivities, which happen the last week of February celebrating the Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia. It’s a three-day event taking place on a main street (usually Avenida Belgrano or Calle Sarmiento) in downtown Mendoza . The wine tasting starts around 8:00 PM and lasts until about midnight. Around 30 bodegas participate, and you can choose from 150 bottles of wine from standard to premium quality. If you don’t use all your tickets in one day you can bring them back the next evening."
"An Evening of Winetasting The Mega Degustation is part of the wine harvest festivities, which happen the last week of February celebrating the Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia. It’s a three-day event taking place on a main street (usually Avenida Belgrano or Calle Sarmiento) in downtown Mendoza . The wine tasting starts around 8:00 PM and lasts until about midnight. Around 30 bodegas participate, and you can choose from 150 bottles of wine from standard to premium quality. If you don’t use all your tickets in one day you can bring them back the next evening."
"La Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia Most locals will tell you that the best time to visit Mendoza is during La Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, Argentina’s biggest harvest festival, which takes place the first week of March. The festival is a week-long party packed with folkloric music and dancing, parades, and bacchanal wine consumption. The benediction of the fruit takes place the last weekend in February, and the first parade, Via Blanca de Las Reinas, is held on the first Friday evening in March, when allegoric chariots parade young women chosen as “queens” by their community to represent each of the 18 departments through the streets of Mendoza. On Saturday morning the queens participate in the Carrusel parade, where their floats are surrounded by men in traditional Argentine Cowboy or gaucho-style dress riding horses and followed by folkloric dancers. The Central Act takes place in Gen. San Martin Park’s Frank Romero Day Amphitheater with colorful performance from over 1,000 folkloric dancers. The evening concludes with the election of the Queen of the Vendimia and a fireworks display."
"Enchanting Gifts This colorful boutique in downtown Mendoza is filled with novel Argentine-made gifts to buy for yourself or bring home to your family and friends. Pick up a pair of colorful alpargatas (the original version, which are cuter and cheaper than a pair of pair of American Tom's); bright-colored and comfy, rubber-bottom house slippers; funky and lightweight passport holders and wallets; beautifully designed travel journals; or vibrant travel neck pillows. Address: 9 de Julio 987."
"La Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia Most locals will tell you that the best time to visit Mendoza is during La Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, Argentina’s biggest harvest festival, which takes place the first week of March. The festival is a week-long party packed with folkloric music and dancing, parades, and bacchanal wine consumption. The benediction of the fruit takes place the last weekend in February, and the first parade, Via Blanca de Las Reinas, is held on the first Friday evening in March, when allegoric chariots parade young women chosen as “queens” by their community to represent each of the 18 departments through the streets of Mendoza. On Saturday morning the queens participate in the Carrusel parade, where their floats are surrounded by men in traditional Argentine Cowboy or gaucho-style dress riding horses and followed by folkloric dancers. The Central Act takes place in Gen. San Martin Park’s Frank Romero Day Amphitheater with colorful performance from over 1,000 folkloric dancers. The evening concludes with the election of the Queen of the Vendimia and a fireworks display."
