We recently make the 5 hour trek over the mountains to Mendoza, Argentina for a great three day weekend getaway. We drove over with our friend, Nicole, who teaches with us. Mendoza is a gorgeous town--they've lined all of the city streets with poplar trees, so everywhere you look it's just green, green, green. Mendoza produces a ridiculously large amount of Argentina's wine, which means there are wineries every which way you turn over there! We found one great winery with an impressive on-site museum about the history of wine making. We tried to visit the Norton Winery, which unfortunately ended up being closed for the holiday weekend. Our friends from Carbondale, Kristin & Raul, introduced us to Norton Malbec when they returned from living in Argentina. It's a great wine that happens to fall within our price range (dirt cheap). We were looking forward to the free samples there, so we'll just have to hit them up next time we're in town. Nicole, who went with us on the trip, is quite the carnivore. She was eager to visit some of the steak joints to test out the infamous Argentine grass-fed beef. We happily accompanied her to the restaurants, though after hearing our pathetic attempts at feigning enthusiasm for her filet, I think she realized that traveling to the beef capital with two vegetarians is a pretty lame way to dine.
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