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O.FOURNIER,MENDOZA,ARGENTINA:
Beholda21st-centurywinery.
Mostwine
drinkersknowArgentina for itsmalbec.What
theyusuallydonot know is thatMendoza, itsbest
wine-growing region, isat 4,000 feet in theAndes,
making it oneof thehighestwine-growing regions
in theworld. TheultramodernO. Fournierwinery
is in theUcoValley, akeyMendozaarea.And
what doesawinery that isat 4,000 feet offer?
Mountainpeaksnomatterwhereyou turnand
highly regardedboutique-style syrahand red
blends. ofournier.com
CANBONASTREWINERESORT,
SPAIN:
Indulgeat avino resort.
Byactually
welcomingvisitors into itswinery,CanBonastre is
decidedlyun-European in itsapproach towine
tourism.Or, asGabriellaOpaz, oneof the leading
Spanishwinewriters, says,CanBonastre is“amaz-
ing inacountrywheremostwineriesdon’tunder-
standwhyanyonewouldwant tovisit.”The
12-roomhotel, featuringa restaurantandspa, ison
247acresof grounds, forest land, andvineyardssit-
uatedat the footof theMontserrat range, about 30
milesnorthwestofBarcelona. canbonastre.com
DOMINUSESTATE, NAPAVALLEY:
Marvel at anarchitecturalwonder.
It’snotoften thatawineryhassomething incom-
monwithoneof theworld’sgreatartmuseums, but
DominusEstateWinerywasdesignedby thesame
architectswhodesignedLondon’sacclaimedTate
Modern.Thewinery,whichproducessomeofCali-
fornia’smosthighly rated—andpriciest— red
wineblends,wasdesignedso itwouldblend into
the landscape. Ifyou lookat thebuilding fromadis-
tance, it seems todisappear (hence itsnickname,
“thestealthwinery”). dominusestate.com
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