Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Trapiche is a winery in Mendoza, Argentina.It was founded in 1883 and consists of over 1000 hectares between several Mendoza vineyards.It is a two-time winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition Argentine Wine Producer of the Year award, [1] and is the largest producer of wine in Argentina. [2]
The Mendoza Province, Argentina. Mendoza Province is Argentina's most important wine region, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the country's entire wine production.Located in the eastern foothills of the Andes, in the shadow of Aconcagua, vineyards are planted at some of the highest altitudes in the world, with the average site located 600–1,100 metres (2,000–3,600 ft) above sea level.
This page was last edited on 12 September 2011, at 19:36 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Argentina has emerged as one of the most important tourist destinations in Latin America. [5] Since the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression in 2002, the devaluation of the peso has made it possible for many budgeting international tourists to enjoy levels of comfort such as fine hotels, upscale restaurants, and other luxuries otherwise unthinkable in other world wine centers. [6]
Valle de Uco is a viticultural region southwest of Mendoza, in Argentina. Situated along the Tunuyán River, the Uco Valley is widely considered one of the top wine regions in Mendoza, and all of Argentina. The annual average temperature is 14 °C (57 °F) and altitudes range from 900–1,200 metres (3,000–3,900 ft) above sea level.
This page was last edited on 10 September 2019, at 13:59 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
The region around Greater Mendoza is the largest wine-producing area in South America. As such, Mendoza is one of the eleven Great Wine Capitals, [ 3 ] and the city is an emerging enotourism destination and base for exploring the region's hundreds of wineries located along the Argentina Wine Route .
Despite the total area planted declining from 629,850 to 360,972 acres (254,891 to 146,080 ha) between 1980 and 2003, Mendoza is still the leading producer of wine in Argentina. [14] As of the beginning of the 21st century, the vineyard area in Mendoza alone was slightly less than half of the entire planted area in the United States and more ...