6 wine festivals, harvest celebrations, and food-and-wine events — with dates, tickets, and travel tips.
Festivals worth planning a trip around.
Mendoza's annual open-cellar event where 80+ wineries across Maipú, Luján de Cuyo, and the Uco Valley open their doors for special tastings, asado barbecues, and live music. Winery-to-winery transport is organised, making it easy to explore multiple bodegas in a single day. Malbec takes centre stage with reserve pours not normally available to visitors.
View festival detailsThe frontier wine regions of Río Negro and Neuquén celebrate their Malbec, Pinot Noir, and Torrontés at a growing winter harvest festival in the Patagonian steppe. Held across bodegas in San Patricio del Chañar and Neuquén, the event combines wine tasting with spectacular Andean desert landscapes and glacial river scenery impossible to find anywhere else in the wine world.
View festival detailsAll 6 festivals organised by month.
Bodegas Abiertas (Open Wineries Weekend)
The shuttle system between bodegas is essential — driving yourself means you can't drink, and taxis between remote bodegas are expensive. Achaval Ferrer and Clos de los Siete in Luján de Cuyo are high-prestige stops.
Patagonian Wine Festival (Alta Patagonia)
Bodega Fin del Mundo ('End of the World Winery') and NQN Bodega are the most visitor-ready. Combine with a trip to Villa La Angostura or Bariloche for lake district scenery.
Fiesta de la Vendimia de San Juan
San Juan's Valle de Zonda and Pedernal sub-regions produce increasingly acclaimed high-altitude wines — less famous than Mendoza but with similar quality potential. Anko and Finca Las Moras are standout producers.