A national treasure

The brick casks, not me.... They were made of bricks brought over as ballast from Britain. The bricks were rounded to fit into the hulls of ships. In the 1860 no bricks were made in Argentina, only adobe. This winery can´t use these tanks to ferment wine any longer, only to store bottles.

Mr. Hugo, wine and kittens

February 25th 2009
We decided to rent bikes outside of Mendoza on Tuesday, since Bill was feeling better and I was just getting his cold...so neither of us was 100%, but neither of us was under the weather either! We took a bus to Maipu (required buying a bus pass and figuring out the correct bus since at least 6 go to Maipu). We then walked to the first bike rental we saw; Mr. Hugo´s. Mr. Hugo was an outgoing ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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