The Vines Resort & Spa
When you book The Vines Resort & Spa in Mendoza, Argentina, through our Virtuoso partnership, your stay includes daily buffet breakfast for up to two guests. You also receive a room upgrade, early check-in and late check-out when available. No premium credit card or membership needed: request a quote and our advisor books it at the same rate as booking direct.
Exclusive Booking Perks
These perks are included with your stay at the same rate as booking direct with the hotel.
- Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability
- Daily Buffet breakfast for up to two guests per bedroom, served in the restaurant
- Complimentary 3 course dinner for two at Siete Fuegos Restaurant by chef Francis Mallmann (includes non alcoholic beverages), one per stay
- Complimentary Tour & Tasting at The Vines to GO, once per stay
- Stays of 4+ nights will also receive a complimentary 50 minute massage for up to two guests, per bedroom, once per stay
- Stays of 7+ nights will also receive a complimentary Blending Session to create your own wine for up to two guests, per bedroom, once per stay
- Early Check-In / Late Check-Out, subject to availability
Location
The property sits at the foot of the Andes in the Valle de Uco, Argentina's premier high-altitude wine region, where vineyards stretch toward snowcapped peaks and the air carries the mineral clarity of glacial meltwater. This is Mendoza at its most dramatic: vast blue skies, crisp light that sharpens every ridge line, and a landscape governed by the seasons of the harvest. The Vines occupies a working vineyard estate where rows of Malbec and Cabernet vines give way to the foothills, and the rhythm of winemaking defines the calendar.
Within minutes you reach Bodega La Vigilia and Gimenez Riili, both practically adjacent to the property, while Piedra Negra lies less than two kilometres south. The valley itself remains quiet, punctuated by small wineries and adobe farmhouses, the road tracing the irrigated green corridor that cuts through high desert scrubland.
Mendoza city is an hour and a half northeast, though little pulls you back to urban sprawl once you've settled into the altitude and stillness. Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport sits 95 kilometres away, easily reached by private transfer through the flat eastern plains before the route climbs into the Andes foothills.
The property centres on Siete Fuegos, Francis Mallmann's ode to open-flame cooking. Expect whole lamb roasted on iron crosses, provoleta charred over embers, and vegetables pulled from wood-fired ovens. The cooking is elemental, the wine list weighted toward the valley's high-altitude Malbecs and Cabernet Francs. Book a table at Cal, 19 kilometres southwest on the estate-winery Sitio La Estocada, where Matías Michelini and his team have earned a Michelin star for ambitious cooking that layers loCal ingredients with precise technique. The drive winds through rocky foothills, but the pay-off is a meal that matches the landscape's intensity.
Beyond the table, the valley rewards slow exploration. The complimentary tour at The Vines to GO traces the property's winemaking from vine to bottle, while extended stays unlock a blending session where you assemble your own cuvée under a winemaker's guidance. Balneario Paso del Puntano offers riverside respite 17 kilometres east, and Salto Chorro de la Vieja, a 25-kilometre drive into the Andes, delivers a narrow waterfall tumbling through rock walls. In winter, the Andes turn white, and skiers use Mendoza as a staging point for nearby resorts.
Summer (December through February) blazes hot under relentless sun, temperatures climbing past 25°C while afternoon storms roll down from the mountains and leave the air scrubbed clean. Harvest begins in late February, the vineyards abuzz with grape-picking crews and the scent of fermentation drifting from the bodegas.
Autumn (March through May) brings golden light and cooling nights, the vines turning crimson and amber as temperatures ease into the teens. This is the valley at its most photogenic, the harvest complete and the wine settling into barrels.
Winter (June through August) turns sharp and clear, nights dipping near freezing while days remain sunny and mild enough for vineyard walks. Snow dusts the highest peaks, the landscape spare and monochrome, the low season perfect for unhurried tastings and fireside dinners.
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