Wildmakers is the wine production of Chilean winemakers José Miguel Sotomayor and Luca Hodgkinson who work with small growers, vineyards and winery locations around Colchagua and beyond. Sourcing out interesting old vines and making native ferment wines is their jam.
Plop! is the brand and garage winery project of Manuel Michelini, a young winemaker who released his first vintage at 19 years old. The wines almost always come from Tupungato vineyards in the Uco Valley but each vintage changes from bright and crunchy rosé made from Cabernet Franc or Cabernet Sauvignon, red blends or the electrifying skin contact Semillon.
Bocanada wines are made by young garage winemaker Leandro Boullaude in the Uco Valley in Mendoza. The first vintage was released from the winery in 2015 and Leandro makes Malbec and a Malbec-Cabernet Sauvignon – Merlot blend from vineyards in San Pablo in Tupungato.
Paso a Paso wines is the boutique winery and project of two friends who met at winemaking school in Mendoza, Norberto Páez and Sebastián Bisole. They started making garage wines in 2008 but in 2015 they released them onto the domestic market.
Today Paso a Paso winery produces a handful of wines from Eastern Mendoza and from the Uco Valley including a peppery cool-climate Bonarda and a textural white Criolla blend.
Check out our interview with Norberto Páez on 80 Harvests!