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Argentina - Day 8
Day 8, Sunday, 3/9
We slept as late as we could but we weren’t late for our 11 am wine tasting at Achaval-Ferrer, a well known and high quality winery at the dead end of Cobos Street. It backs-up to the Rio Mendoza, which is the big river in the area. For some reason the damn blocked the river from flowing and all you could see is brush. Blurry eyed, we toured the winery and each bit of explanation took us lower and lower until we found our selves in the caves with the barrels. This is when we did, which seemed like, endless barrel tasting sof every wine they produced (and the wines they used in the blends). We walked away unimpressed and perplexed why the wines carry such high prices. We also decided that barrel tasting is good only if you can taste some of the final product too.
Our multiple course lunch was at Septima winery, which has are the same owners of Artesa, a well known CA winery. Lots of explanation was spent on the facility, the name, the owners, their unique process, the many varietals they offer and other unimportant facts. We thought the views of the Andes made the wines taste better…and any winery serving crème brulee gets our high marks. We carefully drove the two miles back to Cavas for our daily nap, running and bike ride.
The owners of Cavas invited us and all the other guests to a violin performance during cocktail hour where they served endless sparkling wine and whipped trout crouton bites. We ate dinner at Cavas and met a couple from Los Angeles celebrating their 48th anniversary. We exchanged Argentina stories and itineraries. We later met them at the Sheraton in Iguazu for another short visit.
