One of the things you definitely have to do when you are in Mendoza is visiting a few wineries by bicycle. It is a must do! The easiest way to get a tour like that is to book one directly with an agency, as I did it as well, because you don’t have to organize neither how to get the bikes or how to get around, nor which wineries you can visit.

I chose Kahuak Aventura ( www.kahuak.com.ar , Mendoza) and was really happy with them. Although two friends of mine and me decided really spontaneously around 7 pm the day before to go on a wine tour, it was still possible to do the tour the next day. The next morning, we were punctually picked up and on the way to where we would start the tour our guide told us interesting things about Mendoza, the wineries and the Andes. After half an hour we got out of the car and could start our bicycle tour. The bicycles we got were in good shape and after a few minutes pedaling we reached the first winery.
First, we were shown around the winery and got the process of wine making explained. And then we got to the practical part of the visit… We could taste a variety of white and red wine and could buy wine bottles if we liked to.

We continued our tour a little dizzy and arrived at the second winery about 10 minutes later. We loved this winery! It is the one of Carmelo Patti who is the owner and personally showed us around. He explained us a lot of interesting things we have never heard before and told us what wine means to him. Everything! He puts his heart and soul in making perfect and tasty wine. Of course we could taste some different wines as well and to be honest, the wines we tasted at Carmelo’s winery were the best ones I’ve ever tried! Especially one of them which actually is a mixture of different wines. It took Carmelo more than 40 days to find the perfect combination…

After writing our names into Carmelo’s guestbook we started back for home, when suddenly the bicycle chain of one of the bikes broke and one of my friends couldn’t drive her bike anymore. Our guide didn’t hesitate to leave her his bike and to run next to us the rest of the way back.

All in all we can say it was really worth it to go on an organized wine tour and we enjoyed spending half a day on wineries and cycling around!

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Martina S.

Jul 31, 2009

It is a must do to go on a wineries bike tour in Mendoza, this is how you learn the most about wines and as wine is really important here, you shouldn't miss it at all!

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