The curator

Peter doesn't sell tours. He picks wineries.

For more than fifteen years he's covered Mendoza in the same direction: from the city to the foot of the Andes, from the big estate to the twelve-hectare project. Along the way he became friends with the winemakers, learned which plot grows the best Cabernet Franc in Gualtallary, and which week to walk into a winery to see it actually working instead of just tidied up for visitors.

That calendar — who's harvesting, who's tasting from barrel, who just bottled — is what shapes every tour day. That's why no week looks the same, and why the experience never relies on a fixed list of famous wineries.

Peter welcoming a group among the vineyards of MendozaPeter explaining winemaking in the cellarGuided tasting at a long table

Awarded 5 years in a row

Mendoza's highest-rated wine tour operator

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  • Luxury Travel Guide Awards 2019/20 — Winner
  • Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2018
  • Luxury Travel Guide Awards 2018 — Winner
  • Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2017
  • Luxury Travel Guide Awards 2017 — Winner

The four filters he applies before adding a winery to the list

Boutique wineries, not waiting rooms

Every winery on the list has a winemaker with their own point of view and a scale small enough that someone from the house greets you personally. If the visit is a script repeated forty times a day, it doesn't make the cut.

An itinerary that follows what's actually happening

During harvest we go where the grapes are coming in; in winter, where they're racking or tasting from barrel. The shape of the day is always the same — vineyard, cellar, tasting — but the wineries change.

Small groups, human pace

Max 15 people on shared tours, and private groups starting at 2. There's enough time to ask questions, taste again, and understand why a wine changes after ten minutes of air.

Depth, guaranteed

No matter your level going in, the explanation adapts. Terroir, altitude, limestone, aging, and cellaring, explained in a way that helps you choose wine for the rest of your life.

“A good day of wineries isn't measured in glasses poured. It's measured in how much you can explain once you're back home.”
Peter · Curator at Peter Wine Tours