Blog de Cosecha

Cosechando a Vista Flores

Today we harvest Vista Flores, a region tucked directly below the Andes in the Uco Valley. Contrary to the warm, red and orange landscape of the...

Harvest 2012, Altos Las Hormigas, Mendoza, Argentina Full Moon

Cosecha de Luna Llena

Update from Leonardo Erazo, Enologist: "The arrival of our first potential Single Vineyard of the harvest 2012! Trucks carefully arrive, all in line, disciplined and orderly like ants...

Microvinificación

Microvinification is a winemaking technique used often for experimental batches of wine where the wine is fermented in small, specialized vats. Microvinification allows a viticulturist to...

Cosecha Por Un Día

In Mendoza, Argentina Harvest 2012 has arrived. Harvest is the culmination of a year's worth of work, preparation, anticipation, and often anxiety. You can work in...

Terroir Tour

Terroir Tour con Pedro Parra

Along the Altos Las Hormigas journey we have seen vineyards that seemed to have all the perfect characteristics: climate, altitude, vine age, care, balanced canopies...

Malbec Verasion, Finca Altos Las Hormigas

Veraison: Finca Altos Las Hormigas

There are crucial decisions to be made just prior to veraison, as this is the time where the viticultural team has an opportunity to reduce...

Irrigation | Riego

This might seem like an unglamorous topic... perhaps a bit, geeky? However, irrigation is the lifeline of your vineyards. In some regions it simply is...

Fruit Set, Malbec, Altos Las Hormigas Harvest 2012

Fruit Set: Finca Altos Las Hormigas

About 40-80 days after bud break, just following flowering, we start to see fruit set. This is our first glimpse of the fertilized flowers that...