Today we left the lake... but not after going swimming again. We headed towards Mendoza. We grabbed some more groceries and started looking for a motorcycle shop. Kyle´s front bearings have over 20,000km and have some play in them. We found a shop but they were closing! In Argentina shops close from 2:00 to 5:00pm. It´s really annoying! After talking to the owner for a few minutes he let us borrow a hammer and punch. We changed the bearings in the street in about 15 min. We left the tools inside the open window of the shop.
Hard at work!
Endless vinyards with the snowcapped Andes behind. Mendoza, Argentina.
Grapes. Harvest is typically in March.
We randomly found Mevi Vineyards.
We started with a wine tasting.
Trevor deciding which three he would try. You decide by placing the empty glass on the flavor/ kind you want to try.
One of the family members giving us a tour. It was in Spanish... Luckily the girl on the right was working at the vineyard for the summer and spoke perfect english and translated for us. All the grapes are harvested in one week and put into these vats. Then after tons of testing they are bottled or placed in oak barrels. It was interesting.
Oak barrels for the reserve stock. The barrels are made from french or American Oak and cost $400-$800 USD. They can only be used for 2 years!
Tons and tons of bottles of wine.
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