Wine Tasting

Last Saturday we visited 3 vineyards and tasted numerous wines. We hired a taxi to shuttle us around the valley, and ended the day by enjoying a 5 course lunch paired with wine grown at the vineyard where we dinned.

The tasting was great and we met up with a group of 4 other women who visited the same

bodegas. It was a day with the ladies! The best wine was found at Achaval Ferrer. No surprise because the bottles sell for $30-$100 USD. Guess which bottle we liked best? At AF we tasted wine directly from the barrel. It needed to age a few years longer so the wine in the bottle was better.

Also, AF is the only vineyard in Argentina to heat the wine during the fermentation process. The traditional belief is that heat will cause the wine to spoil so most places cool the liquid during the fermentation process. Either way, it works out well for AF because they have great wine.