About The Grapevine

This blog is updated by Kelly Thornhill founder/owner of The Grapevine Wine Tours, the specialist wine tourism division of The Grapevine Argentina - an incoming luxury travel operator offering Luxury Travel and Wine Tourism throughout Argentina. The company is registered with the "Secretaría de Turismo de la Nación" and is a fully bonded travel operator.

Kelly moved to Mendoza 10 years ago, intrigued by all that she had read and heard about the Wine Country. She has a Technical Diploma in "Leisure & Tourism" from the UK and a Degree in Public Relations and has been specialising in South American tourism for the last 15 years.

Having worked in the travel industry in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador she today acts as the local ground operator and Argentina travel specialist for Travel Operators and Agencies all over the World, as well as being an important reference on a local level.

Ex-Pats in Mendoza Wine Country

I was recently interviewed by the local newpaper here in Mendoza; "Los Andes" about my opinion and experiences of doing business here in Argentina. See the full article here. It´s not the first time I have been interviewed for the papers here, but I must admit that a lot of time has passed since my last interview for the National magazine "Punto a Punto" in 2007!!!

Argentina celebrates creation of Tourism Ministry

The Argentine president Cristina Kirchner has announced the creation of an Argentine Tourism Ministry. The historical announcement comes after an important increase in the sector for both in-coming and emisive tourism since 2003 and is excellent news for the sector.

Read full article in MDZ On-Line (Spanish version)
Read full article in Los Andes (Spanish version)