Private Luján de Cuyo Wine Tours: Norton, Vistalba, Séptima, Nieto Senetiner

Luján de Cuyo is the Mendoza district behind this private tour, and three routes are on offer. All of them include hotel pickup in Mendoza, an English-speaking guide for your group alone, entry to the wineries and a wine tasting. The full-day routes add lunch. Norton and Vistalba (4 hours). The route starts at Norton, an internationally known winery that joins tradition with modern technology and whose vines include some more than 70 years old. Vistalba comes next, owned by the Pulenta family, with a tour of the premises and a tasting of its Malbec before the return to Mendoza. Available Monday to Saturday at 8:30 am and 2 pm. Achaval Ferrer and Séptima (8 hours). This day includes the activities of the half-day route and adds a lunch at María, the restaurant of Séptima winery, with views of the Andes. The menu is a seasonal three-course selection, and the day ends with the return to your Mendoza accommodation. Available Monday to Saturday at 9 am. Vistalba and Nieto Senetiner (8 hours). After a guided tour of Vistalba, you taste four wines from the Tomero and Corte C ranges plus a sparkling wine. The second stop is Nieto Senetiner, founded in 1888 in the Cordón del Plata area. You see how its wine is made and taste the premium Don Nicanor line, with a five-course meal at the winery's restaurant. Available Monday to Saturday at 9 am. Pickup and drop-off cover hotels in central Mendoza. If you are staying farther out, the meeting point is Paseo Sarmiento, 129.