Registered wineries on The Squeeze Magazine
Famiglia Furfaro winery in Cordoba has more than six hectares of vineyards planted in Villa Ciudad Parque, Calamuchita. The winery’s Primaterra line features an extensive range of red, white and rose wines including Malbec, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay.
The Grand Reserva Blend is a blend of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec with 18 months of ageing in French oak.
If you visit Finca Atos winery and vineyards, you might get the chance to meet the local residents – a family of hares hopping around the vines, as well as some rather friendly foxes and birds. Bodega Finca Altos is keen to keep good biodiversity in their vineyard, and aims for a ‘natural’ winemaking approach with their portfolio of Clasico, Reserva and Gran Reserva wines.
Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay all make an appearance in their porfolio from Cordoba.
Saldungaray winery owns twenty hectares of vineyards in the mountainous southwestern wine region of Sierra de la Ventana in Buenos Aires. With Merlot, Malbec, Pinot Noir, Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc planted, Saldungaray winery has a wide portfolio of wines and also sells homemade jam made from their own estate.
If you are feeling peckish after your tour of the vineyards, the winery has its own quirky restaurant built out of a recycled silo.
Trapiche’s Costa y Pampa winery (formerly Mar & Plata) in Chapadmalal is part of a new coastal wine region emerging, and leading the way in Argentina’s new coastal wines. Just a couple kilometres from the Atlantic coast in the popular beach resort of Mar del Plata and five hours south of Buenos Aires city, this maritime terroir is ideal for fresh Gerwürztraminer, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Albariño and Pinot Noir.
Find out about Bodegas Trapiche’s sister winery in Mendoza.