Visit the Bodega Catena Zapata is a must for any wine lover coming to Mendoza. Its majestic edifice in a shape of a Mayan pyramid keeps mesmerizing thousands of visitors traveling there year after year. The inspiration for this were the Mayan pyramids in Mexico, where Nicolás Catena, the man who put Argentina on the [...]
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Bodega Catena Zapata
Posted in Argentina, Wine by country, tagged Argentina's wine statistics, Bodega Catena Zapata, Catena, Catena pyramid winery, Nicolas Catena, wineries architecture, wineries in Mendoza, winery visits, Wines from Argentina on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mendel winery in Mendoza
Posted in Wine by country, tagged Argentine wines, dry Semillon, Malbec, Mendel winery, Mendoza, Roberto de la Mota, wine travel, Wines from Argentina on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An energetic, youthfully slim and stylish Anabelle Silecki, co-owner of Bodega Mendel in Lujan de Cuyo met us in Mendoza at our hotel’s reception hall and took us to the winery by car. I was advised before my trip to ask locally based people to pick me up since it is challenging for foreigners to [...]

