This morning we left our hotel in Buenos Aires at zero-dark-thirty (I think it was 4:45AM) to catch a flight from BA to Mendoza. We left from the domestic airport in BA. It looked like the morning commuter jam at LAX with lots of business people checking in for flights to cities throughout Argentina.
The Argentine version of TSA must not be trained by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. We zipped right thru to our gate - no shoes off, everything passed the X-ray machine, and the agents seemed to enjoy their jobs. Definitely not TSA personnel.
Once we arrived in Mendoza, we had about a 90 minute drive south to the Uco Valley. Eventually, we pulled up to Casa Antucura.
We are the first public guests ever to stay here. It is a family house that is being opened to the public as a small tourist hotel. It is smack dab in the middle of Antucura Winery's vineyards and a stone's throw away from their winery building.
There are eight rooms at the lodge and we are the ONLY guests. This is going to be cool.
The Uco Valley is almost a desert. It sits on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains and get little rain. Everything that grows here is due to irrigration. 
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Caren and Jordan -- I enjoyed your entries re Argentina. I'm curious about your experience staying at Casa Antucura -- my husband and I will be visiting Mendoza in late Fall 2008 and have been considering staying there. The pictures look great, but I've yet to see a review by a guest who has stayed there. Have you considered posting a review on TripAdvisor.com? It would be helpful to people who are considering this very new property.
Thanks!
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