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required to prepare
wine according to
the company’s quality
policy. technology
is present from the
first to the last step.
the trays used by the
harvesters are made
of plastic and their capacity is only 6 kilos, in order to protect the grapes
and to facilitate the recollection work. while the work stages go further,
the equipment is more complex. tanks of inoxidizable iron, cooling and
maceration machines, pneumatic pressing machines or rotation tubs, are
only part of this modern infrastructure. since 1980, rodolfo montenegro
is the principal ethnologist, who besides his usual tasks, studies new vine
stocks together with a group of engineers and ethnologists. the finca
santa rosa and the finca Beltrán are the origin for this research that
continued later with the experimental wine cellar. currently, studies are
being made about the potentialities of 35 varieties of grapes, among which
are: agliánico, alvarinho, alicante, ancellota, arinarnoa, Bourboulenc,
caladoc, carmenere, corvina veronese, Ekigaina, malvasia nera, negro
amaro and Zifandell, among others.
consequently, their dreams and brave efforts made caring for the vine
yards in order to prepare high quality vines, has brought them to export
to the most demanding international markets with great success, and
they are now one of the largest exporters in argentina.
it may be for that reason they came
upon their arrival to the Finca a good to the attention of Juan manuel
breakfast will be waiting there for them, serrat, the famous singer-author
and owner of the spanish wine
and after the journey and the visit to cellar mas perinet, with whom an
agreement has been signed for the
the vine cellar, a regional lunch will be exclusive distribution in argentina of
served in the Visitor’s House. the famous wines gotia and perinet,
both from the 2004 harvest.
it is evident that the Zuccardi family are committed seriously with quality
and innovation and they are convinced that the more they know about wine,
the strongest the link with wine will be for them. Jose alberto told me once,
“in the Zuccardi family we consider wine to be a form of life. and it is also
our means of communication by excellence with those who drink wine”.
for all that i dare to say that the sublime quality of the Zuccardi wines
of the beautiful city of mendoza, goes beyond the borders of its small
nation to honor the great nation of argentina, because of the exquisite
quality of its wines, and as true inheritors of dionisio, the god of wine.

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