We went to six bodegas in Mendoza and La Azul was hands down our favorite. Boutique winery, 100% locally-owned and the people could not be friendlier. Bought lots of bottles from La Azul.
My husband and I and two friends had a long lunch, wine tasting, and tour at La Azul a few weeks ago. It was absolutely wonderful. The atmosphere is completely unique from all the other wineries we visited in Mendoza. And the food was much more creative than just your typical parilla style meal. We highly recommend a visit. Plus, it is located in the prettiest valley of Mendoza! You can read more about our time at La Azul on our blog post about Mendoza: http://www.catchingtradewinds.com/1/post/2014/02/mendoza-argentina-lets-do-lunch.html
Pablo, Marcos and myself were given an excellent wine tour by Marisa Lopez who has thorough knowledge on her bodega.During our tour, we were told that they have been in business since 2003 and they export 50% of their wines to europe and they produce 60,000 litres of wine per year.Their main features wine is Sol Red Wine.We also got to see where they keep the wine in the barrels, along with their fermentation process.Furthermore, we were also told that their head wine maker is Flavia Manterola and the owner of the winery is Alejandro Fadel.At the end of the tour, we all got to taste their wine and the one that I tasted was Grand Reserva 2012 and of course, it tasted GREAT!I highly recommend that you visit this winery for a detailed tour with Marisa Lopez on your first or next visit out to Tupungato, Mendoza Argentina!
We went for a wine tasting. The wines were mediocre. It was only 100 pesos, though, so we shouldn't have too high of standards. Our wine educator was weird -- not awful, just weird.
We came here for lunch based on a friends recommendation and it was fantastic! The food was delicious- I was traveling with two vegetarians and they catered to their dietary needs. They paired the food with their wines which were superb. The ambiance is fantastic and very quaint. The waiters were very sweet and welcoming, I would come and recommend this place to anyone who will be in the area!
When you see this bodega from the road you doubt it is really a winery with a good restaurant. But for our positive surprise we had and excellent meal with very good wine matching. At the end we tasted wine directly from the barrel, what was also very interesting
We were on a full day private driver wine tour and he brought us to Bodega La Azul for lunch. From the time we arrived we were treated like family. The service was perfect. The setting is surreal with the alps in the background.And the food....the food was unbelievable it was that good.And the wine....was just perfect. We had a pairing with each course (6 course lunch). And each was delicious, different from the last but so good.I'd highly recommend at least touring Bodega La Azul.....if you can make time for lunch, it is so worth it!
This was our favorite vineyard in Mendoza. It is right down the street from several massive vineyards, but it takes a much different approach. It is family owned and run and they make wine on very small scale. We highly recommend the five course lunch with their wine pairing. The staff speaks great English (one of them ran a small Argentinian restaurant in Manhattan for a few years). The setting is very picturesque as well.
You can almost drive right past this place, it doesn't really stand out from the road. Make sure you stop though, we had an outstanding experience.Pablo did a great job of explaining all the wines and the food pairings were excellent.We just really liked the people, the food, the wine, the setting, and would highly recommend it.
What a gem! Beautiful scenery, quant little winery on the side of the road but by far our best visit. The food was delicious, the pairing of wine was superb, the staff were amazing...the whole experience was the highlight of wine tasting days in Mendoza! So glad we stopped!