ALTOS LAS HORMIGAS – VIÑEDO ALTAMIRA PARTE 1

“Wine is light, held together by water.” – Galileo Plantar un nuevo viñedo en Mendoza, Argentina, puede ser una tarea delicada y muchas veces complicada. Mendoza es un desierto, y como en todos los desiertos, el agua es un recurso escaso. Altos Las Hormigas, después de varios años de excavar calicatas y estudiar el suelo para […]

Drip Irrigation, Vineyard Altos Las Hormigas, Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina Wine

Planear Un Viñedo

Over the past 5 years as we defined the Terroir Project, we’ve shifted our philosophy to focus more on making site-specific, personal wines, in an increasingly more organic, biodynamic way. As you might guess, this is a slow, patient endeavor that has required adopting many new practices and gradually converting our team, our vineyards and our […]

Bodega Altos Las Hormigas Mendoza, Argentina, Malbec Vines

Un Secretito

Locals in Mendoza affectionately refer to the time between harvests as the “low season.” The days are short and quiet, the temperature is cool, the pace is slow and the vineyards are bare… except for a couple telling signs of last year’s life. La gente local en Mendoza cariñosamente se refiere al tiempo entre cosechas […]