Mendoza Wine Tours: Small Group Tastings & Lunch

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Duration7h–8h

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PickupAt your hotel

Visit two wineries, then taste olive oil between the vines

You’ll taste award-winning wines in Mendoza’s Maipú region, stroll through historic cellars with a local guide, enjoy a multi-course vineyard lunch, and end your day sampling fresh olive oil before heading back to your hotel. Expect honest flavors and small surprises — it’s less about fancy words and more about feeling part of something real.

7h–8h

Step-by-step itinerary

Winery visits and olive oil tour

Visit Maipu Historic Wine Zone winery
Taste high-end wines at first winery
Visit second Maipu winery
Learn wine production secrets and taste wines
Lunch at boutique winery in vineyards
Visit olive oil factory in Maipu

The Experience

Ever wondered if wine really tastes different when you’re standing right where the grapes grew? That’s what I kept asking myself as we bumped along the road out of Mendoza, the Andes just barely visible through the morning haze. Our guide, Martín, started chatting about Maipú being “the cradle of Argentine wine” — he had this way of making even the soil sound interesting. The air smelled faintly sweet and earthy, almost like dried figs. I tried to jot down the name of our first winery but got distracted by an old man waving from his bike (he looked like he’d done that route for decades).

At the first stop, we wandered through cool stone cellars while Martín explained how Malbec found its home here. He handed us glasses — not too full, thankfully, since it was still before noon — and I remember the taste was deeper than anything I’d tried back home. There was this moment when everyone went quiet after the first sip. Maybe it was respect, or maybe we were all just trying to figure out how to describe what we were tasting without sounding pretentious. Either way, it felt good.

The second winery had these sun-warmed patios and rows of vines that seemed to go on forever. Lunch came next: four courses right in the vineyard, paired with wines I couldn’t pronounce (Li laughed when I tried to say “Bonarda” — probably butchered it). The food was honest and rich — grilled beef, fresh bread, olive oil from down the road. By then, conversation flowed easier; someone started telling stories about their grandmother’s kitchen in Buenos Aires. I kept thinking how time slowed down out there.

We finished at an olive oil factory — apparently Maipú is just as proud of its olives as its wine. The smell inside was sharp and grassy; dipping bread into new oil felt oddly satisfying after all that wine. On the ride back to Mendoza city, my head buzzed (not just from wine), thinking about how places can taste so much like themselves. Still not sure if that makes sense unless you’ve been there.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off in Mendoza city, guided visits at two wineries with tastings of premium local wines, a multi-course vineyard lunch with drinks at a boutique bodega in Maipú, entrance fees throughout the tour, plus a final stop for olive oil tasting before returning home in the afternoon.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Vempra Turismo