Mendoza, Argentina
The wineries behind our wines
Family projects and single vineyards at the foot of the Andes. Who makes each wine, and where.
Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Caelum
A family estate in Agrelo that spent a decade growing grapes before it started bottling its own wine.
Caelum is a small constellation of the southern sky, and its Latin name means chisel, the sculptor's tool. The family behind the winery chose it on purpose: what the chisel is to a sculptor, their own hands are to them, in the vineyard and in the cellar.
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Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Huarpe
Two Mendoza vineyards, Agrelo and high-altitude Gualtallary, in the hands of a winemaker trained in Germany and Alto Adige.
Huarpe is a winery in Agrelo, in Luján de Cuyo. This is the traditional core of Mendoza viticulture, just south of the city, and home ground for Malbec, Argentina's leading grape.
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Valle de Uco, Mendoza
LUI Wines
Wines that follow the vineyard rather than a house style: Mauricio Vegetti Lui's exploration of terroir.
LUI Wines does not start from a single estate. Its starting point is a question: what does a particular place taste like? Winemaker Mauricio Vegetti Lui works with grape growers in more than a dozen wine regions.
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Gualtallary, Tupungato, Valle de Uco, Mendoza
Riglos
Single-vineyard wines from high-altitude Gualtallary, at the foot of the Andes.
Riglos began in 2002 with two friends from Buenos Aires, Darío Werthein and Fabián Suffern. They had a precise brief: alluvial soils, real altitude, strong sunlight and cold nights.
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Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
Staphyle
A third-generation Mendoza family with old vines in Agrelo and the first vineyard in the mountains of Potrerillos.
Staphyle is the project of Federico Porretta, third generation of a Mendoza family whose grandparents arrived from Italy. Before wine, the Porrettas left their mark on the province in very different fields: building infrastructure, energy and communications.
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