Radhika and Rahul - Photo Captions

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T22:56:00-05:00

Guys cleaning the vats and getting them ready for the next harvest ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T22:55:00-05:00

Wines have been kept for so long that dust has accumulated on them. Wont mind trying these at all ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T22:11:00-05:00

The best part of the tasting was the hosts. They took time to explain the process and tour the entire vineyard. We are now at Andeluna - owned partly by ex Pepsi CEO ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T22:06:00-05:00

The PR guy didnt speak English and we somehow convinced him let us try a yet unbottled wine right out of the barrel! This is how the winmakers decide which wines to blend for their premier line ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T22:05:00-05:00

This cellar was not bigger than a garage. They are very scientific in their approach and use all these gadgets to determine the appropriate time to bottle the wine ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T22:01:00-05:00

When we were in Mendoza, the vineyards were preparing for the next plantation. They plant the vines and then prune them by leaving just 2 branches, the most healthiest amongst all the branches ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:58:00-05:00

On to labelling. Most of the vineyard we visited were small boutique vineyards and their wine bottles were labelled by hand ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:57:00-05:00

Once the oenologists gives his/her approval the wine is taken from the barrels and botteled. Most of the bottling is done by these mobile botteling plants ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:53:00-05:00

After fermenting and oak casts, the wine is separated into different types and put in barrels. Dependign of what kind of wine, premier or table, the wine will sit for diffrent types of barrels for varying duration. ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:51:00-05:00

The next step is for the wine to sit in oak casts. Vineyards use either French or Amrican oak wood and some use a combination of both! Truely each vineyard is unique ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:49:00-05:00

Another way to ferment teh grapes is to keep them in concrete vats instead of steel ones. Apparently, its more difficult to operate concrete vats than the steel ones ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:47:00-05:00

We learnt a lot about the wine making process. Tempus vineyard is an experimental vineyard and they develop Malbec clones, which one day (10 yrs from now) they hope to sell to other vineyards, and capitalize on the grape line. ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:44:00-05:00

Our first wine tasting in Mendoza. Couldn't decide what was better the view or the Malbec wine.. ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:42:00-05:00

We stayed at this small vineyard called Club Tepiz. They only have 7 rooms and have wine tasting every night near a fireplace. We really enjoyed our stay and would go back in a heartbeat ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:41:00-05:00

At the end of our ride, we stop for bbq lunch and relax under the warm sun. ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:40:00-05:00

We take a break from our wine tasting and decide to go horse back riding to the Andes. ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:39:00-05:00

This restaurant had no pictures on the walls, cause there were all glass and you had a brilliant view over lunch ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

2007-08-22T21:38:00-05:00

Whereever we drove in Mendoza, it was hard not to appreciate the backdrop of the Andes. ~RS

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Album: Mendoza - July 27th 2007

RE: Buenos Aires - July 25th 2007

2007-08-22T21:36:00-05:00

Buenos Aires had tonnes of food options. We tried this place which was a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cusines. Yummy! ~RS

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Album: Buenos Aires - July 25th 2007

RE: Iguazu - July 31st 2007

2007-08-22T21:36:00-05:00

After the ziplining and ropeling and we spent the afternoon relazing at the hotel's patio with Iguazu falls in the backdrop ~RS

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Album: Iguazu - July 31st 2007