Mendoza, Argentina

We are in wine country and boy are we enjoying the wine!! The Malbec, Sryah, Torrentes, and more...  We stayed at Club Tapiz in the very middle of a vineyard with a view of the Andes in the distance. Our rooms were in Club Zolo - the former Governor's residence - large gracious rooms, our own pool and a lovely airy veranda. 

We toured wineries and tasted wines.  One of the vineyards we visited makes wine in the traditional way in concrete vats while most vineyards use the steel vats.  All use oak barrels - American and French oak though all have a different 'recipe' for each wine including the length of time in the barrels and in which type of barrel.