The Goyenechea family has been producing wine in San Rafael for six generations, since founding their Goyenechea winery in 1868.
Brothers Santiago and Narcisco Goyenechea came to the New World from Spain and started their careers in the wine industry by buying wine and spirits stores in Buenos Aires before acquiring their first winery and estate in Villa Atuel in San Rafael. The winery is open for visits and tastings.
Bodegas Etchart is a large winery in Cafayate, Salta, with 380 hectares planted in their vineyard Finca La Florida and another 43 hectares of vines planted further north in their Finca Animana vineyard.
Bodegas Etchart produces a portfolio of good value wines from their high altitude vineyards which are situated almost 1,800 metres above sea level. Etchart winery is one of the major producers of Torrontés including their popular sweet, late harvest version.
Estancia Ancón, also known as Château d’Ancón, is a castle and boutique winery in the Uco Valley which was originally built as a holiday home for the Bombal family. The family had a very important status is Mendoza and one of the most central figures is Domingo Bombal Ugarte who was the governor of the province several times between 1863 and 1890.
Nowadays, the castle has been turned into an estancia which welcomes guests in the summer, who can also enjoy their own Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Bonarda and Malbec wines made from high altitude vineyards in the Uco Valley.
Finca Flichman winery was established in 1910 in Maipú and has been managed by the large Portuguese wine group Sogrape Vinhos since 1998. Finca Flichman has over 400 hectares of vineyards planted in two different subregions in Mendoza; Barrancas, in Maipú and Tupungato, in the Uco Valley.
Caballo de la Cepa is their popular varietal line and Dedicado is their icon line, all of which you can taste on a visit to the winery.