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Aconcagua: the roof of America

In the South hemisphere 32º to 38º exists one narrow strip extended between the parallel where are Argentina and Chile (America), South Africa (Africa), Australia and New Zealand (the Australian Continent).

In that strip true oases follow one another where the optimal conditions of the ground, the water and the climate are united to cause the culture of vineyards of great quality with which it makes excellent wines. In Argentina, the wine elaboration has centuries of existence. First in preparing it they were the Jesuits in century XVI. Nevertheless, he is in century XIX when its production assumes a professional character, with the arrival of the Italian, French, Spanish immigrants and German.

Within Argentina, one of the more important vitivinícolas regions is the Province of Mendoza. It concentrates the 70 percent of the fine vineyards of the country and its annual production borders the 10 million hectoliters.

Mendoza is the center more important wine-merchant of South America. And many of their wines are recognized in the international markets. The main companies of tourism organize visits guided the warehouses to observe the traditional and modern techniques of preparation of the nectar. In them, eximios degustadores approve the different white and pink broths that will be combined to produce the red varieties.

REGIONS VITIVINICOLAS

In Mendoza, the Route of Vino is divided in four regions.

Region 1: Center-West In the neighborhoods of the City of Mendoza is a one important number of warehouses, related museums and historical places to the vitivinicultura. It includes/understands the departments of Godoy Cross, Guaymallén, Maipú and Luján of Whose. The vineyards are scattered between 650 and 1000 msnm. In Maipú, for example, the well-known Warehouses are concentrated Martins, who operates from 1977; The Rural one, founded on 1885; Vineyards and Warehouse the Agriculturist; Flichman property; Santa Ana; Lopez; and Trapiche. In Luján of Whose they are the Warehouse Fabre - Montmayou, first constructed artisan warehouse in the country under the impulse of Hervé Joyaux Fabre, to the way of the Chateaux French; bodegas Chandon S.A., which it has the advising of the house Moet & Chandon de Epernay, in France; Warehouse Luigi Bosca, created in 1901; Bodegas Dolium S.A., the first mendocina warehouse with totally underground facilities.

Region 2: The south It includes/understands the departments of San Rafael, General Alvear and Malargüe. The zone is well-known by its incredible supply of centers of ski and nautical sports. In spite of it, the traveller cannot evade the possibility of proving exquisite wines and espumantes that produce. The cultures of vide oscillate between the 450 to 800 msnm. The most outstanding warehouses are Barral, Bianchi, Suter and Roca.

Region 3: This or Central Valley It includes/understands the departments of San Martin, Junín, La Paz, Santa Rosa and Rivadavia. In this valley the greater extension of vineyards of the province is concentrated. They oscillate between the 640 to 750 msnm.

Region 4: Valley of Uco On the foot of the Mountain range of The $andes, the grapevine fields are between 900 and 1.200 msnm. It includes/understands the departments of Tupungato, Tunuyán and San Carlos. Here an important number of national and foreign warehouses has settled down, that produce wines of highest quality. The most outstanding warehouses, among others, are Lurton, Salentein and Frapes.

CELEBRATION OF the VENDIMIA

Is the main festividad of the Province of Mendoza. It is made during the first week of March from year 1936. The first attempt to organize a celebration of the grape occurred in 1913, when a congress of the industry and the commerce finalized with a nourished parade of vendimiadores and allegorical floats that crossed zones of vineyards and warehouses.

In 1963 the Celebration of the Vendimia acquires a definitive scene within the General Park San Martin, on the foot of the Hill of the Gloria, the Greek Theater Frank Romero Day. In him, the festejos with the presence of 21.000 spectators culminate, next to other so many that take, literally, the slopes of bordering hills.

The Central Act is the first Saturday of March. After a celebration in that are representative pictures of the mendocina life, it is chosen and it crowned to Reina Nacional of the Vendimia. On the following day, the spectacle is repeated. Artistic numbers of national hierarchy are added and an impressive fireworks game unfolds.

The White Route and the Merry-go-round are the festejos that more public concentrates in the streets. First it is a nocturnal parade of the departmental queens and its cut on the allegorical cars. The cars head the parade that present/display to the salient queen and virreina, continue with the invited national queens, and culminate with the departmental cars.

The second is a colorful parade of floats with the departmental queens and their cut who cross the main centric avenues, next to a parade of riders with typical atuendos. Also the countrymen with their mules march past, horses cars of load, harvests and carts, like symbol of the rural work and the passage in 1817 of the Army of the $andes by the mountain range.

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