Mendoza is a city in western [wiki=3536be57ce0713954e454ae6c53ec023]Argentina[/wiki], in the desert [wiki=e4962e05d2d0946ff1e9ace3a8090b6e]Cuyo[/wiki] region. Mendoza is the center of the Argentinian wine industry, for which it is world renowned. It is also near the [wiki=93a5dafe76825ba6ff96366b21443c53]Aconcagua[/wiki], the highest mountain outside of the [wiki=febe1d6f80b054748fe62c999f74055f]Himalayas[/wiki]. Mendoza is the capital of [wiki=978b26b10f5253bc6808479eec6b2a5b]the province of Mendoza[/wiki].