Saint Louis Cellars Wine Store celebrated Women Making History Month last night at their Women in Wine class where world-renowned female winemaker Susana Balbo, owner of Dominio del Plata winery in Mendoza, skyped into the class to chat and answer questions to a sold out crowd. This class highlighted and celebrated over a dozen [...]
Jay Miller, Wine Advocate’s former taster of Argentine wines, published his last scores, as well as the best producers and wines in Argentina on 23rd December.
On this occasion, Miller gave Dominio del Plata’s wines exceptional scores. 2008 Nosotros (USD 100) received 94 points and 2008 Brioso (USD 45) achieved 93 points.
Moreover, the winery was chosen [...]
Argentine wines achieved a privileged position at the 2011 Decanter World Wine Awards. With 6 International Trophies, 3 Regional Trophies, 18 Gold Medals, 29 Silver Medals and 80 Bronze Medals, our wines set a precedent for the important contest.
Dominio del Plata won three medals. Dominio del Plata Zohar Malbec 2010 and Dominio del Plata Zohar Tannat [...]
At the important United Kingdom’s contest, Decanter World Wine Awards, Dominio del Plata won two Gold medals, one for its powerful and succulent Zohar Tannat 2009 and the other for the voluptuous Zohar Malbec 2010.
At Decanter World Wine Awards judges assess wines from all around the world with a pretty unique judging process. In a [...]
The same creators of My Wine Story gave birth to “Malbec Top Design”, a wine label contest aimed at spreading the image of the Argentina’s signature varietal around the world and joining Malbec Day celebrated last 17th April all over the world.
In this contest, Dominio del Plata Wines took part with its label “Nosotros”, within [...]
During Malbec World Day’s celebrations, Dominio del Plata winery will raffle a bottle of 2007 Nosotros signed by Susana Balbo via twitter.
Stephen Tanzer, renowned American wine taster, tasted wines from more than 50 Argentine producers. This time, the wines of Dominio del Plata were among the best. One of them was the 2008 Susana Balbo Cabernet Sauvignon Signature Mendoza (AR$ 25), which received 91 points, while the same score was followed for the 2007 Susana Balbo [...]
At the end of the 90’s, Susana Balbo had her dream come true when she had her own winery built and gave birth to her Crios wines. Crios means offspring, it refers to the fact that Susana makes a rigorous selection of the finest barrels prior to making her final blends. The label shows 3 [...]
The 27th edition of the International Wine Challenge (IWC) hosted a record number of 46 wine producers, 15% more than previous year and with high standards of excellence. Out of 4,026 medals, 326 were gold (14% more than previous year), 1,445 were silver (14% more) and 2,255 bronze medals (9% more). Also, 3,301 wines were [...]
According to Eric Asimov of the New York Times, “Argentine is producing a Malbec river”. “No matter the crisis, this country has positioned its wines even though consumers stopped buying luxury products”. Thus, in the article named “Argentina Opens the Tap for Malbec”, good value for money wines are recommended, among which Susana Balbo Mendoza [...]
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