| Argentina is internationally recognized for its high quality | | | | when speaking about the Argentinean culture. Those |
| wines and alcoholic drinks. Travellers come to study | | | | who study Spanish in Argentina will find that mate is an |
| Spanish in Argentina and enjoy its drinking culture. | | | | emblematic national drink that involves a cultural ritual. It |
| Overseas markets have made of Argentina a premier | | | | is tea brewed from a green plant called yerba. Mate is |
| distributor of these goods in the short run. | | | | obtained when you add hot water to the yerba leaves |
| Since the 16 C, and thanks to the Spanish influence, | | | | held in a seasoned guard. You drink it through a metal |
| Argentina started a non stop period of massive grape | | | | straw. You can’t drink mate alone, it is a social ritual |
| harvests and wine production. Today it is the fourth | | | | part of the Argentinean way of life; you share mate |
| major wine manufacture in the globe, especially | | | | with friends, while you study Spanish or whenever you |
| attractive to those who want to study Spanish and | | | | want. |
| discover a new culture. Mendoza is the region where | | | | Depending on the region of Argentina, mate is |
| most of the Argentinean vineyards are found. Study | | | | prepared and consumed in different ways. Northern |
| Spanish and encounter a huge chain of wineries and | | | | provinces usually drink mate sweeten with sugar, while |
| traditional home made production, where wines are still | | | | in central Argentina it is generally consumed bitter. |
| made by crushing grapes with the feet. Visitors coming | | | | Other option is to drink ice-cold mate; tradition carried |
| to study Spanish are taken to vineyards to take part | | | | out during summer. Cold mate in Argentina is called |
| of the harvest activity by collecting grapes. Renowned | | | | Terere. Wherever you decide to study Spanish, you |
| brands in Mendoza include guided tours and visits to | | | | will be introduced to the enigmatic mate culture during |
| their assets. These tours are held in different | | | | Spanish courses. |
| languages for those who don’t speak Spanish or | | | | Mate tradition is millenary; it was started by natives |
| have come to study Spanish in Argentina and are | | | | who lived in Argentina centuries before the Spanish |
| taking a Spanish course. | | | | conquerors arrived. If you come to study Spanish in |
| In Argentina, winery production includes red, white and | | | | Argentina you will be taught how during ancient times |
| rose wine, table wine, sparkling wine and sweet wine. | | | | this national drink was believed be magic, have healing |
| All of them vary according to the region where they | | | | powers and a natural mental stimulator. Nowadays it |
| are produced and the harvest quality. Each type of | | | | has been proved successful for appetite control and |
| wine also varies in itself. Visitors that study Spanish in | | | | fatigue reduction, useful for those who study Spanish |
| Argentina are taught how from white wine for | | | | in Argentina. |
| example, evolves the Chardonnay and the Sauvignon | | | | Mate in Argentina is drunk at any time, early in the |
| Blanc. | | | | morning, during the evening or after lunch; you drink |
| Argentina’s main production is of red wine, taking | | | | mate when you study Spanish, watching TV or just to |
| the 39% the existing vineyards, being the Malbec the | | | | sweeten a chat. Mate is carried around in thermos |
| most important red wine produced. Wine is an | | | | flasks to squares, the river or the countryside. Mate is |
| incredible attraction for visitors; if you study Spanish in | | | | the first drink introduced to students that have decided |
| Argentina, then you can find Spanish courses that | | | | to study Spanish in Argentina. |
| include wine tours and special wine events while you | | | | Mate and wine are distinguishing features of Argentina |
| study Spanish. | | | | always introduced to those who study Spanish. |
| Mate is a very different drink but as distinctive as wine | | | | |