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Mendoza: 3-Winery Malbec Tour & 5-Course Lunch

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Duration8h

GroupUp to 9

LanguagesEN · PT +1

PickupAt your hotel

Three Wineries, One Sommelier, and Five Courses of Malbec

You visit three to four wineries across Mendoza's top regions, taste premium Malbec and other wines with a sommelier or winemaker guide, and sit through a five-course gourmet lunch with wine pairings at a winery with mountain views. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, as are all tastings, transport, and beverages. The group stays under eight people, and the whole day runs 8:45am to 5:30pm.

Step-by-step itinerary

Pick up at hotel at 8:45am
Visit first winery and tour facility
Taste Malbec and premium wines
Visit second winery and taste wines
Visit third winery and taste wines
Enjoy 5-course gourmet lunch with wine pairings
Return to Mendoza City hotel at 5:30pm

The Experience

Picture this: the sun hits the Andes at a low angle, turning the vineyard rows into gold and shadow, and your guide is standing in the barrel room of a small producer explaining why Argentine Malbec tastes like nothing else on earth. That's the frame the day opens on. Hotel pickup happens at 8:45am in Mendoza City, and from there you're in an air-conditioned minivan with seven other people maximum—small enough that the driver knows your name by the second winery, large enough that you're not the only one asking questions. The group rotates through three or four wineries in Luján de Cuyo or Uco Valley, depending on the day, and the selection changes constantly because there are too many good ones to visit the same three twice.

At the first stop, you get a facility tour—the kind where someone who actually works there walks you through the process, not a recorded script. You taste Malbec and other wines, and the guide (many are trained sommeliers or former winemakers) tells you the story behind each bottle without making it feel like homework. The second and third wineries are different by design: one might be a boutique operation with a handful of barrels, the next a larger name producer with a reputation that reaches beyond Argentina. Each tasting is premium, meaning you're not rushing through a lineup; you're sitting with the wine, asking why it tastes the way it does, and actually getting an answer that sticks. Mineral water is in the van, which sounds small until you've been tasting for three hours in the sun.

Lunch lands at the third winery, and it's the kind of meal that justifies the whole day. Five courses, five wines paired to each one, mountain views that don't quit, and a vegetarian option if you've flagged it at booking. The gourmet menu is built around what the winery has, so it changes, but the care doesn't. You eat slowly, you taste deliberately, and by the time you're back in the minivan heading toward Mendoza City, you've spent nine hours with wine and food and people who actually know what they're talking about. Return is 5:30pm.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup at 8:45am, transport in an air-conditioned minivan with a professional guide and driver, wine tastings at three to four wineries in Luján de Cuyo or Uco Valley, a facility tour at the first winery, a five-course gourmet lunch with five wine pairings at the third winery, all beverages and mineral water, and hotel drop-off at 5:30pm. Vegetarian meals are available upon request at booking.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Trout Wine Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste serious Malbec without arranging transport, winery reservations, or timing yourself across multiple stops—the fixed itinerary and sommelier guide handle all three, leaving you free to focus on the wine and the meal.