40 best romantic getaways

Mendoza, Argentina

Photo: Courtesy of Cavas Wine Lodge

Wine Country
Chef Sebastián Flores runs the tiny candlelit restaurant of the 14-room Cavas Wine Lodge, set on 35 acres outside Mendoza, offering plates such as rib-eye steak with a pepper chimichurri sauce. Order a bottle of Quimera 2002—an acclaimed blend from the nearby Achaval Ferrer estate—from the lodge’s well-stocked private cellar. Dine with a view of the mountains to the sound of chirping crickets, then sleep it off in an adobe villa with a private plunge pool. The hotel will arrange guides to take adventurous guests into the mountains for horseback riding and hiking, and for skiing in the winter. Mendoza Province, the heart of Argentina’s thriving wine industry, ranks fifth in global wine production so a visit to a few of the many lining storied Ruta 40 is in order for oenophiles.