Organic wine, Olive Oil, Grass Courts, and Hitting the Slopes

According to WineSur.com, Argentine organic wines are growing in popularity. In case you missed our last newsletter, Algodon Wine Estates has set aside 2.1 acres of Malbec vineyards and 2.1 acres of Bonarda vineyards for organic treatment. Organic certification for these vineyards won’t be achieved for three years; however it is yet another income-generating and value-building aspect of our versatile wine estate.

Diego Coll Benegas (Algodon Wine Estates’ Director of Project Development, Tourism & Hospitality) wrote me today to tell me that our olive oil is bottled! I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying it while dining at the estate’s award-winning restaurant; it is truly delicious and is the perfect complement to our wines. The new Algodon Olive Oil labels look great as well. I hope we can show them to you in the next newsletter, which is due out in just a few weeks.

I’ve been in conversations with our design architect, Gerhard Heusch, regarding a new design for Algodon Wine Estates’ entrance/gate in the next phase of construction. I like the idea of incorporating, or rather I’m inspired by, the conceptual design of a traditional Argentine Estancia. My feeling is that this will give the entrance a warm and welcoming aesthetic. Once we have some preliminary sketches, I’ll be sure to share them with you. Also, as construction on our tennis courts continues, we decided to add one more grass court (at no significant added expense), which will give us a total of three grass courts. Had we decided to only construct two, we already would have been highly regarded as an important tennis destination. Three grass courts just ups-the-ante; as we will be the only three-court facility in all of Argentina.

The Argentine Post has an informative piece on skiing in Argentina. Although Bariloche is featured in the article, Las Leñas is also mentioned. As you may already know, Las Leñas, one of the best ski resorts on the continent, is just a 2 hour drive from Algodon Wine Estates. Something to keep in mind when planning your next trip to Mendoza!