Uruguay – Montevideo Groceries & Wine Tour

Let’s talk about groceries. We were suprised to learn where some of the foods below come from, can you guess where?

The beans on the left are from Italy. The corn is from China. The mushrooms from Uruguay and the salt and spice are unknown but likely Uruguay.

The beef here is all local but we struggle to find the right cuts of meats. Sirloin tip seems popular as its available everywhere but ribeyes, t-bones and porter loin are nowhere to be found.

We found what we think is a t-bone steak but all the label states is “asado” and they could be short ribs too. After cooking them, they were short ribs.

We had coffee at starbucks and that was a pricey endeavor. Two ham stuffed croissants and two coffees were $30 USD.

The wine has been excellent. It is fairly inexpensive for high quality. The “reserve” bottles have been under $10 USD.

We spent most of the day today a Bouza winery. A tour bus came to pick us up and take us there. It was about a 40 minute drive there and back and we spent a few hours touring the wine facility and tasting a variety of wines.

There was a wine pairing with each item below. Excellent flavor and wines were great.

We met a linguistics professor from LSU here who was doing a study abroad program with his students in Cordova, Argentina.

The wine vault holds some of the wineries most special wines.

There is an interesting collection of old antique cars and motorcycles in the main facility.

The grounds are as majestic as you’d expect for wine country.

After the winery we were a bit tired. We bought some food items at a nearby bodega for lunch then had beef leftovers and the canned food at the top of this post for dinner.