This family enterprise has a campsite, motor home, restaurant, a workshop, a vineyard and a winery. It’s a small enterprise but a smart one in the region which is very popular on the tourism route and sells out their wine on the cellar door each year.
In the vineyard, they have Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Noir planted. Tourists can also catch their own dinner in the lake or take a walk around the organic orchard.
Contra Corriente winery and their small vineyard started off as three hectares of Riesling, Gewürstraminer, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir planted in 2014 and 2015, and will soon be expanding to six hectares with plans for a three-story biodynamic winery build into the hillsides in the pipeline too.
Based in the Trevelin valley in Chubut, the winery is the passion project of Rance Rathie and Travis Smith who fell in love with the region and its fly fishing. The winery and vineyard is in fact located in the grounds of their excellent fishing lodge and retreat, where clients can taste their cool climate wines and get bottles sent home.
Bodegas Landsuá is a new winery and vineyard in Santa Cruz’s Samaipata valley. The focus at Landsuá winery is on international varieties including Cabernet Sauvignon, Tannat, Carignan, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah.
Landsuá winery offers tours and wine tastings for curious and adventurous wine lovers, and nature lovers can take advantage of their series of outdoor walks and nature paths through the vineyards taking in the impressive views over the valley.
Bodega Tierra Roja winery in Villa Abecia in Bolivia’s Cinti Valley was founded by the young late Bolivian winemaker, Cristian Villamor, who was passionate about producing signature high altitude wines. He tragically died at age 37, but his family continue making wine in his honour and manage the vineyards organically and biodynamically.
‘Don Cristian’ is one of the special lines of wine dedicated to the founder and features Criolla grape varieties, including a delicious Vischoqueña – a variety that Cristian was extremely keen to share with wine lovers. Mariana Paez from Argentina is the consultant winemaker today.