Enjoy "an insiders view" of South America's magnificent wine country.

Mendoza Wine Tours
Sample Itineraries and Activities.

Chile Wine Tours
Sample Itineraries and Activities.

Postales del Plata Lodges
Casually elegant accommodations in the Mendoza Wine Country. Bookings, amenities, and activities.

Activities & Adventures
Cooking and Language Classes; Music, Art and Dance; Fly Fishing, Wing-shooting, horseback riding, hiking, skiing, and more.

Links
Affiliates and Additional Information.



Trip Planner
Begin planning your perfect itinerary by visiting our Trip Planner page. There you can see the types of questions we will need you to answer. This will help us understand your specific desires. Then we can make initial suggestions and begin to craft an itinerary just for you.


Links


Ten Rivers Ten Lakes - Valle de Uco Lodge is part of the exclusive Ten Rivers Ten Lakes lodges and boutique hotels group. The group is dedicated to the finest personalized service and facilities in the most desirable regions of Argentina. Welcome to charming places, where you will have the chance to enjoy any season of the year in a different way. Each location has been chosen to combine your favorite activities with rejuvinating relaxation. Whether you're looking for that ideal boutique hotel in Buenos Aires, an enchanting retreat in Salta, Misiones, or Bariloche, a wine lodge in Mendoza, or an estancia stay in Las Pampas, Ten Rivers Ten Lakes has the perfect answer.

Wines of Argentina - Argentina is first a country that loves and enjoys its wines, and second a wine-exporting country. This web site will give you access to varied and valuable information about the wines Argentina is proud of, about the many types of bodegas, and about the very special "terroir" for growing the finest grapes in the world. These are the same wines that Argentina has begun to share with consumers from around the world; consumers who are interested in new origins, but are definitely oriented towards top-quality products.

International Air Fares with Value Vacations - Postales del Plata now offers you a convenient and easy way to book your international air fares to Argentina and Chile...through our relationship with Value Vacations. Please click on the link to begin the booking process for your trip to South America.

Click for Mendoza, Argentina Forecast

Travelex Insurance - We hightly recommend the purchase of trip cancellation insurance. Travelex Insurance offers comprehensive travel protection....around the clock, around the world. Whether you are traveling across the country or around the world, Travelex has a plan that's right for you. When you have the coverage you need, you can relax and enjoy worry-free travel.

The Grapevine Argentina - This site offers a wealth of information to travelers planning a visit to Mendoza...everything from trip planning, to wine tours, to suggestions for restaurants, car rentals, and more. There are also many well-written articles about life in Mendoza, including a focus on the wine industry. The Grapevine also publishes a monthly English-language magazine for tourists that is available around Mendoza City.

WelcomeArgentina.com - An overall travel guide site for Argentina. A good place to start learning about the country, from the beaches to the ski resorts to the national parks and on to Tierra del Fuego.

Gordon's Guide - Adventure and Active Travel - Adventure and active travel vacations worldwide! Offering dude ranches, whitewater rafting, houseboat rentals, bicycle tours, mountain biking, fly fishing guides, fishing lodges, vacation rentals, resorts, and over 30 other adventure and active travel categories.

South American Explorers - The non-profit South American Explorers (SAE) is a good overall source of travel information for South America. If you are looking to travel, explore, conduct research or volunteer in South America, then you should visit this web site.

Nat Decants FREE Newsletter: Wine picks, articles and humor from Natalie MacLean,
recently named the World's Best Drink Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia. There are no ads and all e-mail addresses are kept confidential. To sign up, visit www.nataliemaclean.com.

About Red Wine - The purpose of this site is to talk about wine. The host will share information about wine, favorite recent wines, and anything else related to wine. The information on this site will tend to go into more depth on red wine than white wine, as this is the host's personal bias.

The Wine Guide by Travel Envoy - This site contains directories to the worlds major wine regions, tasting notes and wine reviews, articles on food and wine pairing as well as many fun and informative pieces that will keep you on the cutting edge of wine information. Visit their Wine Shop to purchase many of the wines reviewed by their tasting panel. You can also buy fine wine accessories like Riedel Glassware, Screw Pulls, Wine Courses on DVD, and more.

Slow Food - Founded in 1986; an international organization whose aim is to protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life.

Into Wine - In enjoying wine we connect with history and with those before us who have participated in one of mankinds earliest and simplest pleasures. Educating ourselves about wine and its proper use can only help us to enjoy it to the fullest, and to make it part of a gracious way of life.

Wine-Searcher.com - Helps you save money when buying wines by providing a database of regularly updated wine merchants' price lists. The site provides the fastest and easiest way to find who is selling a wine, to compare prices between wine stores, and to value wines.

Closetwino.com - Looking for that perfect something for your closet wino self or cohort, this site will have that ane more!

Uncork.com.au - "How long should I keep this wine?" Until now, wine software for managing your wine collection has been unable to provide instant information for such a wide range of wines, with wine aging recommendations and wine notes provided by the winemaker. Compare your tasting experiences with winemakers notes and record wine reviews of interest to you.

History-of-Tango.com - In depth history of this Argentine art form, from the beginning, through the Gold Age of the 1930s, to the turning point of modern tango in 1955.

Total Tango.com - Tango is personal and passionate, different for everyone. This site attempts to explain the passion, and to show different styles and techniques that allow each individual to attain the most joy.

TripAdvisor: Planning a trip? Read unbiased opinions about hotels, vacations, and activities at TripAdvisor.

CDC National Health Center - Traveler's Health news from around the world. Access to the Traveler's Health Hotline.