Barrels of wine in the cellar

bikes and wine (the cheap version)

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December 9th 2006
All over Mendoza there are fliers for the "Bikes and Wine" tour. Mendoza is Argentina's wine center, so most people visting there check out the wineries - at least for a day. Anyway, for some reason we (Spencer, Rene, Andy and I) decided that riding bikes from winery to winery sampling delicious wines sounded good. It actually sounds good when I write it like that. You picture the idlyic path with ... read more

South America » Argentina » Mendoza

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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