Bodega Norton launched Quorum, a unique and innovating premium concept, during the opening of “Norton Space”.
Jorge Recitelli, winemaker at Bodega Norton, created this blend from a careful selection of three different harvests and varietals. Each one of the harvests has distinguishing features, and the combination of style and varieties generate a full, harmonic and unique [...]
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Quorum, the new creation of Norton
May 14, 2008Graffigna received four gold medals at Vinandino 2007
May 14, 2008Bodegas Graffigna was awarded four gold medals at the 8th edition of Concurso International Vinandino, which was carried out last November. Among wines from twenty countries, Graffigna was acclaimed for the following products: - Graffigna Centenario Malbec 2005- Graffigna Vínculos Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon 2005- Graffigna Vínculos Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2005- Graffigna Vínculos Syrah-Viognier 2006.
The First Santiago Graffigna National Haute Cuisine Contest was highly successful
May 14, 2008Created under the guiding principle of “creativity and innovation”, the first gastronomy and wines contest was carried out in 2007. Its inspiration was based on the passion of our land and it gathered over a hundred submissions in its three categories. Paying homage to the winery’s founder, Santiago Graffigna, the contest summoned first-class participants and [...]
Graffigna and Art
May 14, 2008The Santiago Graffigna Museum was inaugurated in November 2003, with the aim of preserving the heritage and tradition handed down by the winery’s founder. The museum features information, photo archives and audiovisual archives of the owners’ accounts.
The facilities include an auditorium and an engine room, where the winery’s press used to be located. In the [...]
Investing on the vineyards and the winery
May 14, 2008In the past year, Bodega Tapiz concentrated efforts in planting vineyards. Next year the focus will be the winery, with the purchase of tanks to bring the capacity from 1.2 to 1.5 million liters. Patricia Ortiz, the winery’s owner, anticipated that the company will spend a million dollars in the next three years with the [...]
Salta, fascinating cradle of high altitude wines
May 14, 2008The Northern province is the cradle of the best high altitude Torrontés and it encompasses some of the most stunning landscapes of Argentina, including temperate valleys, tropical forests and Andean desert regions. Within this ample biodiversity, located Southwest of Salta City, the capital of the province, lays its viticulture region: the Calchaquíes Valleys. Salta wines [...]
Salta shows its potential at Expoagro 2008
May 14, 2008Finaca Animaná was present at this exhibition with a stand providing comprehensive information about the potential of agricultural activities and of the agro-industrial chain, the capacity of different production areas and its projection in national and international contexts. The participation of the winery stands out within this event carried out in a 600-meter-square area covered [...]
Catena and its history
May 12, 2008The winery, located in Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, was set in motion in April 2001. built in the shape of a Mayan pyramid, the winery building is surrounded by 150 hectares of 18-year-old vineyards of premium grapes such as Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay.
Its owner, Nicolás Catena, is an enthusiastic student of Native American cultures and has [...]
Norton was busy with Holy Week tourism
May 12, 2008Once again, the wineries were the setting chosen by tourists who visited Mendoza during Holy Week. Over 80 thousand visitors crowded the province, exceeding the accommodation capacity. Wineries had to double their tour capacity. Those were the result of an outstanding week, which came to an end with 20% more tourists than last year.
With regard [...]
Seminars for sommeliers
May 12, 2008Carlos Lamami is in charge of developing these seminars, carried out in the museum of Bodega Santiago Graffigna, in San Juan province.
The first seminar was carried out at the beginning of the year and the second one was completed last month. The second seminar was about “Developing sensorial thresholds”. It was targeted to the participants [...]
