Chapter 01
Malbec tastes different at altitude
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Destination · Argentina
Mendoza, Argentina
Wine country with the Andes behind it
A grid city rebuilt after an earthquake, where the vines run on snowmelt and lunch is still a three-hour argument with the fire.
11 chapters ahead
Climate
High desert sun with cold nights year-round — the altitude keeps things honest even in summer.
Best season
March for the harvest and the Vendimia crowds; April and May once they've gone, when the vines turn and the air is sharp.
Atmosphere
- mountain
- desert
- arid
- alpine
- urban-midsize
- culinary
- nocturnal
- walkable
- cosmopolitan
- old-world
- colonial-layered
- artsy
- rugged
The chapters
11 ways to get lost here
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Chapter 02
Lunch is the asado, and it takes hours
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Chapter 03
The Andes are ninety minutes away
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Chapter 04
A wine capital that feels like Napa's opposite
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Chapter 05
A grid city designed after the last earthquake
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Chapter 06
The murals go where the tourists don't
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Chapter 07
The desert was already here before the vines
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Chapter 08
Nights start late and end at the parilla again
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Chapter 09
The grape harvest runs for three weeks in March
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Chapter 10
The wine route runs on bicycle if you plan it right
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Chapter 11
San Rafael does Mendoza without the wine tourism machinery
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