Chapter 2 of 4

Río Negro

Think of Argentina's three great wine trips as a spectrum. Mendoza is the grand, sunny capital of plush Malbec. Salta is the extreme high-altitude north, all desert light and aromatic Torrontés. Patagonia is the cool, windswept south — lower, fresher, more European, and built on Pinot Noir.

For travellers, Patagonia is the one you fold into a bigger southern adventure: lakes, rivers, fly-fishing, the Andes, and long, unrushed afternoons in the Río Negro valley with a cold-climate red in hand.

Río Negro
Up next, Chapter 3 of 4 As everywhere in Argentina, harvest falls roughly February to April, and the valleys are liveliest then. Read Chapter 3: Neuquén →