Posts Tagged mendoza wine
Who Needs Waterproof Panniers When Adventure Cycling? After our week in Salta, it was finally time to climb back onto our warn Brooks Saddles and pedal south. Despite cloudy skies and the threat of rain, I found a different way to get wet. Leaving Salta, we thought we had 20 km of two-lane highway to [...]
The Transandine train used to between Mendoza, Argentina and Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Chile. The rail line completed a 1408 km link between Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaiso, Chile, which was the first train route that linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Unfortunately, the cross-border relationship soured in the 1980’s primarily due to Chile’s [...]
This week was rather special because Romina and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary. In keeping with our tradition, we spent it cycle touring. This time, we spent three days touring Valle de Uco, Mendoza. This valley actually spurred Mendoza’s transition from bulk to quality wine producer with its high altitude vineyards. Today, many of [...]
I’ve decided to change things up a little bit, as the writing portion of my postcards hasn’t really hit its mark. To accompany this week’s image, shot in Catena Zapata‘s Finca Angelica, I’m doing a by-the-numbers style write up: Mendoza Wine Numbers: Age of vine before producing useful grapes—3 years Age of vine before full [...]
Dear Reader, I’ve been back and forth to Mendoza since 2004. I tend to spend more time here each year, yet the feeling never changes. It’s old. I’ve never figured out if the roads are decaying faster than the cars, but the occasional Citroen 3CV, chugging along at 6km/h, suggests it’s the roads. Families have [...]
