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The Trout & Wine Manifesto
Thank you for taking the time to visit our site. We hope you find it of some interest. Trout & Wine is an energetic team of people with years of experience in providing wine tours and fly fishing excursions to visitors in Argentina, particularly in Mendoza. We are small and we want to keep it that way. We don't believe in conveyor belt tourism nor do we refer to our customers as "pax"as if they were mere objects to be moved around. We like to keep our tours personal and adapt our services to our clients needs. We never refer to our tours as "products" as if they were made in a factory. Every tour is unique and we aim to provide the best possible experience with lots of good wine and laughter thrown in. Our team is made up of Argentines and foreigners so we get the best of both worlds - insider knowldge with International standards.
Six is the Magic Number
After four years of trial and error, we have perfected the best way to conduct first class semi-private wine tours in Mendoza. Amongst many factors such as the wineries, the wine guides and indeed the wines, one of the most important is group size. We never take out any more than six people (unless its an integrated group of friends) as more than that can create inconveniences for both our clients and guides. Repeat questions, restroom delays, shambolic tastings, personality clashes and an over-occupied guide are all occurences that can make a wine tour less than perfect. We've discovered that a group of six allows people to gel better and the guide to attend to everyone so nobody feels left out. Saying that, we always use an air-conditioned van that takes 12 on our wine tours so there is plenty of space to stretch out and enjoy the view and conversation.
It's all in the Wine
You cannot put architecture in a glass. Mendoza has some incredible looking wineries and we do our best to take you to them. However the most important to us on a wine tour is what you taste. We try our best to ensure that the focus is on the tasting and no matter how fabulous a building looks, if it provides mediocre wine, we avoid it. We also try to curb a winery guide's enthusiasm to show you yet more wine tanks and barrels than necessary. Don't worry, any novices will be fully versed in the wine making process, but as our wine tour of Mendoza progresses during the day we like to let the wine (and food) take pride of place, with lots of great conversation and scenery added as extra.
The Trout & Wine Team
Jason Mabbett - winemaker
Mariela Razquin - agronomist
Judith Clinton - Tourism Director
Ana Laura Aguilera - marketing
Melita Reyes - Travel Agent
Gijs de Reyter- Wine Host
Boris Mamontoff- Fly fishing guide
Muriel Altamirano - operations manager
Charlie O'Malley - Director
Trout & Wine
Galeria San Marcos Local 12
Sarmiento 133
Mendoza City
Argentina
Tel. 54 261 4255613 / 4298302
Cel. 155 413 892
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