Of the four wineries in Lujan de Cuyo we were to visit that day, Tapiz was our first stop. Once owned by Kendall Jackson, Tapiz is now an Argentine run bodega with a policy of quality not quantity that aims for as close to organic as possible. I certainly felt close to nature and if wine was on the menu, so be it.

Do golf and wine go together? Viñas del Golf seem to think so. Luke McMahon checks it out.

Winston Churchill famously described golf as an ineffectual attempt to direct an uncontrollable sphere into an inaccessible hole with instruments ill-adapted to the purpose.

Charlie O´Malley recounts his wine tour adventures

As jobs go, this one seemed unbelievable; swanning around the lush vineyards of Mendoza, quaffing the finest wines and gorging on the most delectable cuisine whilst extolling the virtues of a viticultural paradise to grapejuice lovers who needed little convincing they had died and went to a purple-lipped heaven.

Self-confessed wine virgin Michael Kivisto hangs out with the hardcore and does a premium wine tour with Trout & Wine.

I'm hungover, it's 9:30 in the morning, and I have four glasses of wine in front of me. The gorgeous guide serving the wine mentions that she doesn't like wine tasting in the morning because the acidity of the wine is so high. Yeah, me too, the acidity. Why aren´t we touring a gatorade factory instead.