Our First Week

On our first Friday in Mendoza, the winery invited us to an asado (Argentinian BBQ) which they do every week. Delicious meat! We met the employees and owners. Everyone was exceptionally welcoming and excited to have us join them for the harvest.








We toured the winery...





and met our sweet ride... Fiat Uno.


That night we (all of us 5 interns) drove into Mendoza city (about 20 minutes north) for the Festival de la Vendimia. It's a harvest parade where the queens from each town of Mendoza rode on extravagant floats down the main street. Lots of people crowding the streets and little girls wearing crowns.

On Saturday, we decided to take a hike together as a bonding experience. We drove an hour into the Andes to a town called Potrerillos.





We hiked for an hour and a half and then quenched our thirst at a nearby brewery, Jerome's.


We shared some delicious homemade sausages, lot of fries and tasty craft beer. They have some pretty amazing homemade mustard!

That night we explored the nightlife in the city of Mendoza with the highlight being a wine bar, Vines of Mendoza, where we tasted flights of Malbec wines.

The two of us and Hannah started bright and early on Monday. Our shift was 6am-6pm. Tony and Evan volunteered for the night shift 6pm-6am shift. All the Chardonnay was received before we arrived, so the first week consisted of cleaning, racking, topping and more cleaning. Nevertheless it has been very interesting to see their procedures and impressive attention to detail.

We lucked out and all the interns were given Friday off, but of course we couldn't miss the asado! so we brought some brownies to share. In the intern house, Friday is now simply referred to as "asado"... A highlight to our week.

More to come soon!

- Martin & Kate

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