1st Wine Barrel Program Shipment!
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Rubén Barsamian sent me the next photo earlier in the week. It shows one of our contractors leveling the courts. As I may have mentioned before, except for the Grand Center Court, as of today the land has all been leveled:
I also received photo updates on the two new reservoirs on our (recently expanded) golf course this week. Here you can see that they have lined the pond in anticipation for its filling:
Very exciting, and all of this will only add even more value to our already remarkable estate.
Earlier this week the New York Times ran this piece on the revitalization of the Barracas barrio in Buenos Aires. This neighborhood is experiencing “spillover rejuvenation from neighboring Puerto Madero and San Telmo, two areas that have benefited from a rise in tourism and a real estate boom. Barracas, near the city’s old ports, means barracks or warehouses. Long since abandoned, many warehouses are being renovated into luxury housing…” Sounds like the “Soho effect”. I’d be curious to know if the article had any immediate impact on real estate sales for the area. I’m betting it did…
--Scott Mathis
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Algodon Wine Estate homesite owners who are fortunate enough to live in this area will love it, I’m sure. The homesites included in this area we’re calling the “tennis villas”. The concept we’re working with combines a modern townhouse sensibility with the appeal and traditional design of an Argentine villa. There will only be about 12 of them, so I’d recommend that tennis lovers reserve their places sooner than later.
Those are the tennis villas at the bottom, and you can see the pool’s location in the upper left corner. Just below and to the right of the pool, you can see the clubhouse, and directly below that is the in-ground stadium- so you can see how, from the clubhouse’s 2nd floor dining terrace, you’ll enjoy those unobstructed views of stadium games. All of the green dots are olive trees, so you can also really get a sense that this entire area exits within the actual orchard.
This entire area is also immediately bordered by the Wine & Golf Village and the Vineyard & Polo Village, so I imagine it will be one of the estate’s more social places to reside- being so centrally located.
Here’s another link to Algodon Wine Estates in the news, featuring coverage of José Luis Clerc’s partnering with us: TennisWeek.com Labels: algodon wine estates, José Luis Clerc, tennis
The clubhouse that exists now at Algodon Wine Estates will be getting a major construction overhaul and will eventually include locker-rooms, more dining space, a second floor dining terrace, and an integrated golf and tennis pro shop. As I mentioned a while ago, the area will also include a large pool, which I’m sure estate residents will appreciate given San Rafael’s 300 days of annual sunshine.
On his most recent visit to the estate, José Luis Clerc suggested creating the courts in two phases, which will include a center court stadium as well as 6 additional clay courts, 3 hard courts, and 1 grass court. (I’ll include a preliminary rendering in the next post.) The mini-stadium, which will be lowered for unobstructed panoramic views from above, as well as from the clubhouse restaurant’s second-story dining terrace, is based on an “in-ground” design from a popular tennis club in Monaco. The entire area will be surrounded by an olive orchard that is nearly 50 years old. It’s quite beautiful.
The above photo is the inspiration for the in-ground stadium design at the future Algodon Wine Estates Tennis Center.
The tennis courts should be in and ready for play by May, 2009. Tennis anyone?Labels: algodon wine estates, José Luis Clerc, tennis
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