Plaza España in Mendoza

Following the Argentine Wine Trail - Mendoza, Salta & Cafayate

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April 18th 2007
Very few things go better with steak than a strong red wine, so with the Argentineans lust for steak we weren’t surprised to find a thriving wine industry - what did surprise us was how modern it was and the high standard of the wonderful wines it produced. Argentina probably produces the best Malbec in the world and the area around Mendoza produces Malbec to its highest quality, so after an ov ... read more

South America » Argentina » Salta

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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