March 2 Wine day under the volcanoes at Uco Valley
Another sunny day and 33 with clouds on he mountains later. But pretty much perfect for visiting wineries in an air conditioned mini bus with other people, mostly anglos. Tour guide Juan has excellent English so we learn a lot of interesting facts & figures about the history, geography climate, economics of the region. Beautiful clear views of the doorman volcanoes abound over the deep green of the vineyards, where picking is about to commence.
This is a very rich area with multi-minion dollar vineyards, super chefs and highly prized wines. Cost: US$185 each for the day!
Surprisingly, this is also Argentina’s second largest producer of oil and gas, and we drive past slowly nodding horsehead wells in what they also term their badlands, which look very similar to Drumheller.
We visit lesser known but highly valued vineyards with excellent English speaking guides, magnificent views, gardens full of produce for their spiffy restos.
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