La Plata National Wine Fair

Rick’s note: I am posting this early because it requires an RSVP. Date of daytrip is August 22.

Title: La Plata National Wine Fair
Location: Malabia 1720, behind Starbucks (entre Costa Rica & El Salvador)
Link out: Click here for the Facebook event page. YOU MUST RSVP! Space is limited
Description: From the Facebook event page for Expat Connection:

Saturday, Aug 22nd at 6pm we’re hopping on a bus and taking a trip out to La Plata for the 5th Annual La Plata National Wine Fair, the biggest and best wine event in Buenos Aires. We’ll be gathering at areatres and enjoying some lovely wine to prepare our pallets for the evening’s coming festivities. The impressive Argentine Theater of La Plata is where more than 50 wineries, from the largest and best known names to small boutique brands, will be participating and sampling 350+ of Argentina’s best wines.

Click here for photos from last year’s festival.

Everyone will receive a complementary “Tasting Cup” that will allow you to sample any and all wines while talking to representatives from the wineries and learning their respective secrets. There will be formal tastings, conferences, product presentations, guided tours, art exhibits, documentaries, live music and a raffle for a trip for 2 to Mendoza’s famous “Ruta del Vino”.

Roundtrip chartered transportation, glass of wine and entrance to the wine fair for AR$ 140.
*RSVP REQUIRED* rsvp@expat-connection.com Don’t miss our upcoming events!

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Start Time: 16:00
Date: 2009-08-22