It has to be a contender for “World’s Most Beautiful Winery.” Surrounded by more than 120 acres of native desert habitat, Bodegas Salentein (bodegasalentein.com) rises from the floor of the Valle de Uco like a natural outcropping or an ancient temple erected by ardent nature worshippers in the age of stone.
Salentein tells us that “the shape and materials of them bodega… capture a spiritual expression, and a tribute to the history and culture of this Argentinean valley.Within the language of stone is a symbolism of the ritual of winemaking, a ‘Cathedral of Wine.’ The austere architecture pays homage to the Incas, whose ancient empire extended into the region, and simultaneously evokes memories of Jesuit missionaries who settled the Uco Valley in the 16th century and who cultivated some of the first vineyards there.
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