Facts about Mendoza, Argentina:
- Acreage of wine grapes: 390,000 (75% of Argentina’s total wine production)
- Latitude: 33 to 35 degrees South
- Elevation: 1,500 to 4,900 feet above sea level
- Average annual temperature:59/66F
- Average annual rain fall: 8 inches
- Climate: semi-desert; Andes snowmelt is the only water source
- Chief viticultural hazards : Summer hail, Zonda (hot, dry summer winds)
- Harvest: February through May