Registered wineries on The Squeeze Magazine
Otero Ramos winery is a traditional family producer in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. Founded by winemaker Manuel Otero Ramos, this medium-sized producer makes a range of wines from the region which includes a particularly good 30 YARDAS Malbec and Blend and SUIPACHA Petit Verdot.
You can visit Otero Ramos winery for wine tasting and a tour.
Don Cristóbal winery is family-run and located in Ugarteche in Mendoza’s Luján de Cuyo region. Founded in 1998, the winery is still run by its founder, Eduardo Lapania, and his son, Cristóbal Lapania.
Don Cristóbal had its first harvest in 2001 and now has 143 hectares of vines in four vineyards: Rivadavia, Junín and two in Luján de Cuyo. The Don Cristóbal winery production is focused on good value single varieties and blends, and is one of the few producers in Argentina with a Verdelho.
The history of Cicchitti winery begins when the grape grower and wine producer Don Giuseppe Mondati left Italy to settle in the New World to continuing winemaking in Mendoza. Don Giuseppe Mondati then passed on his passion for his craft to his grandson, José A Cicchitti, who founded Bodega Cicchitti in 1983.
Cicchitti & Soigne became one of the protagonists of the Argentinean wine boom at the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century. Cicchitti winery continues to maintain its winemaking traditions and still stands just out of the centre of Maipú.
Bodega Don Bosco in Maipú is one of the oldest wineries in Argentina one that many of Mendoza’s winemakers will have a special place for in their heart. The history of Don Bosco winery began when the Salesian missionary, doña Lucía Barrionuevo de Bombal donated a plot of land planted with vines and a bodega which was turned into an agricultural school for the youth of the immigrant community.
The winery continues to work with the local community by supporting young winemakers and is the teaching base for the Don Bosco winemaking college where many local winemakers learn their trade. You can buy some of their small production, experimental wines from the winery in Maipu.