A controversial law to ease protections for the glaciers has passed, opening the doors for mining.
While snow in the Andes mountains is the primary source of water for Mendocinos, in years with especially low rain and snowfall, water from melted glaciers (permanent bodies of dense ice) helps to minimise the impact of droughts - increasingly common in Mendoza - and keep vineyards like De Valle's fruitful.
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