The Grapevine Argentina

Wine Harvest Festival 2012

2012-01-30T05:17:00.000-08:00

We have been promoting this event since 2004 and can proudly admit that our four-day programme is as fine tunned as they come - allowing visitors to enjoy every aspect of Mendoza in just a few days.

See our website for a detailled itinerary.

Wine Harvest Festival 2012

2012-01-30T05:13:00.000-08:00

Wedding Planning Services

2011-10-22T19:49:00.000-07:00

I recently teamed up with Silvia Bodiglio here in Mendoza to provide Wedding Planning Services to foreign tourists wanting to marry in Mendoza.

Our first wedding is booked for January 2012 and will be a Mountain Wedding for Walter and his financé who hope to marry at the summit of Mt.Aconcagua.

In December 2012 Jen will marry her fiancé in a winery with 200 guests.

About The Grapevine

2010-11-21T10:55:00.000-08:00

This blog is edited 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 eight 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 ten 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

2010-06-29T12:53:00.001-07:00

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

2010-06-29T12:39:00.000-07:00

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)

Argentina

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"Pour yourself a generous glass of Argentina. Savour the cosmopolitan pop and fizzle of Buenos Aires. The hum of a city in a whirl of theatres, bars and fine restaurants. Breath deeply the latin passion of it´s people and thie flair for fashion and five-star velvet comforts.

Then hold this huge, exuberant country before you and marvel at it´s many landscapes. The rich and vigorous Pampas. The thundering tropical Iguazu Falls, green and verdant. Mendoza amidsta sun-scorched desert. The ice-tipped rim of the captivating Andes. Romantic Patagonia and the giant glaciers that lead you to the endo fo the World.

Finally taste it - the sweet and wholesome hospitality. The salty leather-skinned gaucho. The bitter romance of Tango that acts like a laudanum to doomed love. The famous red meat. Argentina is like the firey red wines it produces - vigorous, racy sensational!"

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