While I was in Mendoza in January 2012, my friend and I decided to do one group tour (Ampora Wine Tours) and use one private driver. I highly recommend using a driver vs renting a car. It's nice not having to worry about where everything is and this way you can drink wine with no worries. Like someone mentioned, at... More

Good hotels and log cabins, excellent wineries with the typical Malbec served to one! The weather in spring is awesome, fresh at night but quite warm during the daytime, we even went asparagus hunting! Take some warm garments for the evenings, good shoes to walk in the hills.

We spent a couple days with Marcelo Villegas touring wineries in the Lujan de Cuyo and the Valle de Uco regions near Mendoza. Marcelo is a very nice guy, very personable, knowledgeable relaxed, and upbeat. He was very knowledgeable concerning the wineries and wines and took us to several smaller wineries that were really excellent. He selected a couple great... More

We used Mauricio for two full days of visiting the wineries in Mendoza. Our first plan was to stop at four each day. Mauricio made the reservations and on the first day drove us out to the Uco Valley. Atamisque was our first stop. It's a new boutique winery. The tour and tasting was delightful. Then we went to Salentein... More

We hooked up with Marcelo through our hotel. He picked us up at 9:00am in a modern, air conditioned car, took us to two outstanding wineries (Carinae and Achaval Ferrer) then on to the Pasrai olive oil factory before a final stop at Melipal winery where we enjoyed the finest 5-course meal (with matching wines) over a magical two hours.... More

I found Mauricio on TripAdvisor through some great reviews and he definitely lived up to his reputation. We hired Mauricio for a day trip to the wineries and quickly discovered that he not only had a vast knowledge of the local wines but also answered our million questions on everything Mendoza and Argentina. Mauricio is a lovely guy with great... More

We hired marcelo for two days of wine touring in Mendoza area- he arranged some great places we hadn't visited on a previous trip and did an especially nice job on choosing lunch venues at wineries- Andeluna and Melipal both had amazing lunches - Tours at Achaval Ferrer (our request to return after prior trip visit) and Catena Zapata (same)... More

You can't go wrong with hiring Marcelo. We found him on Trip Advisor and emailed. He was fast with his email responses. He set up all of our wineries for us in advance (you must have reservations for all of them). He even gave us suggested wineries when we weren't sure. He recommended Pulenta State, where we had the best... More