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DIRECTORY
Specialist Stores
Specialist stores that sell high- Taxes and Refunds
quality merchandise produced Global Refund
or manufactured in Argentina’s
interiors can be found in most City office: Buquebus Ferry Lines,
cities. Vinotecas sell wines from Ave Antartida Argentina 821,
Cuyo and other wine-growing Buenos Aires. City Map 3 E3.
regions, as well as imported ∑ globalblue.com
spirits and cigars. Talabarterías
stock products of the Pampas, Shopping Malls and
including gaucho gear, leather - Boutiques
wear, polo shirts, mate gourds, Bensimon
and bombillas (metal straws). ∑ bensimon.com.ar
One of the best-known chains
is Cardon, which has outlets The wine cellar of Bodegas Salentein in El Palacio
in most cities. For leather Mendoza (see pp214–15) Mitre 37/ Caseros 660, Salta.
specifically, there are casas de Bodegas and Chacras Tel (0387) 422-8008.
cuero. Similarly, casas de lana ∑ galeriaelpalacio.com.ar
sell luxury woolen products, Argentinian wines have a
made from both sheep and deservedly burgeoning Prune
guanaco wool. In the theater reputation. The best vintages Patio Olmos, Local 249, Ave Velez
district of Buenos Aires, there can be acquired at bodegas, Sarsfield, Córdoba.
are casas de tango, which most of which are concen trated Tel (0351) 5704-215.
specialize in showy outfits in the Cuyo region. In Mendoza, ∑ prune.com.ar
worn by tango performers. Bodega La Rural, Bodega y Ricky Sarkany
Argentinian antiques are Cavas de Weinert, Bodegas ∑ rickysarkany.com
increasingly popular with Salentein, and O. Fournier
collec tors and dealers from are some of the best-stocked Specialist Stores
abroad. The major concentra- bodegas (see pp214–15). In San
tions of antiques shops are in Juan, Graffigna Wines have Cardon
Buenos Aires (see pp122–5). the best merchandizing ∑ cardon.com.ar
facilities, while some of the
best Torrontés white wines Bodegas and Chacras
Artisans’ Markets in Argentina come from the
On weekends, main squares bodegas of Salta. Larger wineries Bodega La Rural
in almost every town in in Mendoza will help prepare Monte Caseros 2625,
Argentina are taken over by wines for shipping. Coquimbito, Maipú, Mendoza.
ferias artesanales (artisans’ Chacras (small farms) cluster Tel (0261) 497-2013.
markets). These fairs sell good on the outskirts of several ∑ bodegalarural.com.ar
souvenirs and gifts, such as towns in the interior, parti cularly
ceramics, mate gourds, native in Patagonia. Here, visitors can Bodegas Salentein
weavings, and gaucho ware. buy organic foods including Ruta 89 s/n, Los Arboles,
The most authen tic markets are fruits, honey, cheeses, and Tunuyán, Mendoza.
held in the interior, parti cularly beers, all at low prices. In Tel (02622) 429-500.
El Bolsón in Patagonia (see p244) Patagonia, the chacras of ∑ bodegassalentein.com
and the villages of Quebrada de El Bolsón, Viedma, and Los Bodega y Cavas de Weinert
Humahuaca in the high Andean Antiguos are well-known for Ave San Martín 5923 (M5505),
Northwest (see pp200–4). their produce.
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza.
Tel (0261) 4960-409.
∑ bodegaweinert.com
Graffigna Wines
Colon 1342 norte,
Desamparados, San Juan.
Tel (0264) 421-4227.
∑ graffignawines.com
O. Fournier
Calle de los Indios s/n, La
Consulta, Mendoza.
Tel (02622) 451-579.
∑ ofournier.com
Purmamarca’s crafts market, Quebrada de Humahuaca (see p202)

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