Visiting Zuccardi Valle de Uco: What It's Like, What It Costs, What to Book First
Zuccardi Valle de Uco has been ranked the World’s Best Winery by Wine & Spirits magazine for five consecutive years. It sits in the Uco Valley, 100 km south of Mendoza city, at 1,100 metres above sea level. If you’re planning a trip to Mendoza, this is the one place that consistently justifies the detour.
The building itself is a piece of architecture worth the journey: raw stone from the Andes riverbed, raw concrete, a gravity-flow cellar carved into the hillside. No wood paneling, no fake-rustic aesthetic. The tasting room looks out over the vineyard and, on clear days, straight at the snow-covered Andes. It’s a serious place, and the wines match it.
Tastings run roughly USD 50–80 per person for a guided cellar tour and five wines. The restaurant — Piedra Infinita — serves a longer tasting menu at USD 120–150/person and needs to be booked 4–8 weeks ahead. For a full guide to planning this visit alongside other top Mendoza wineries, see our Uco Valley wine tour guide.
Walk-ins at Zuccardi are essentially impossible. The winery handles its own bookings through their website, but the easiest option — especially if you want to combine it with another bodega and have transport sorted — is to book a guided wine tour from Mendoza city that includes Uco Valley as the destination. Good operators reserve ahead and handle logistics so you can focus on the wine.
Getting to the Uco Valley from Buenos Aires: fly to Mendoza (under 2 hours, from $40), then join a tour or hire a remis for the 90-minute drive south. Full details in the Buenos Aires to Mendoza guide.