Carmine Granata winery is run by the third-generation of the family. Based in Lujan de Cuyo, the winery was founded by the Italian immigrant Carmine Granata in 1931.
The grape varieties which are planted in Carmine Granata’s vineyards include Malbec, Semillon, Pinot Noir and Semillon and the vineyards are around 80 years old. You can also visit the winery’s museum which houses a range of winemaking machinery and pieces belonging to the Granata family.
Bodegas Fabre Montmayou was founded by the renowned French winemaker Hervé Joyaux Fabre who comes from a family of wine negociants. When Hervé Joyaux Fabre first came to Argentina in the 1990s looking for opportunities to buy his own vineyards and start a winery, he was amazed by how well the French grape variety, Malbec, adapted to the terroir here in Argentina.
Fabre Montmayou’s vineyards in Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, include the very first old vines that Hervé Joyaux Fabre bought which are now over one hundred years old. Fabre Montmayou winery also has vineyards located in Rio Negro, in southern Argentina, where they make wines from this different terroir and climate.
Monte Quieto winery is a boutique family-owned production in Lujan de Cuyo on the main wine route of Agrelo. The winery founded by winemakers Matilde Pereda and Agustin Casabal produces very good quality boutique wines with an excellent Cabernet Franc blend.
The family bought their first vineyards in 2002 in Agrelo, where their four children grew up surrounded by vines. They have since acquired two new vineyards in Ugarteche and Vista Flores. You can visit Monte Quieto winery in Lujan de Cuyo and taste through their wines in a personalised tour.
Amalia winery was originally known as the Santa Ana winery which was founded by winemaker Adolfo Basso and his brother, Tulio, in 1935 and ended up being one of the biggest producers in the area. In 1995, the Basso family decided that they wanted to go back to their roots of small production winemaking and they therefore sold Santa Ana and founded Bodega Amalia.
The Amalia winery is based in an old bodega which was built in 1930 but remained abandoned from 1965 to 1997, until the Basso family renovated the building whilst restoring its original foundations. Although the winery is based in Lujan de Cuyo, Amalia has two vineyards in the Uco Valley.