Comments on: Argentina: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

By: Brad LaRochelle

Brad LaRochelle — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:43:35 +0000

21 years ago my partner and i began planting “better grapes” exactly as you said it happened, it happened.
Bodega Los Toneles is now one of the largest wine producers and exporters of better wines for both domestic and export purposes.
I actually documented part of our story during Vendimia…

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:20:15 +0000

Our company delivers winery control and automation technology. After 5 hard years we now have 4 Mendoza wineries on board. I experience both excitement and frustration in attempting to help the Argentina industry. The exponential popularity in Malbec is resulting in significant ongoing production facility expansion. This is however being carried out with a continued reliance on manual tank control or ill thought out local solutions. Consistancy must be the buzzword for export focused wineries as well as some thought to sustainability. Every Chilean and Argentina winery I have visited could easily have power usage cut by 20-40%.

By: Paul Gebhardt

Paul Gebhardt — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:50:34 +0000

Mike,
I’m happy to read you are doing so many things you love all at once!

Bravo!!
Paul

By: Natasha Swords

Natasha Swords — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:06:50 +0000

Hi:

I loved your article in the Wine Economist about Argentinean wines, and how they’ve moved on. Would love to chat to you more about follow up, etc. I think the likes of Santiago Achaval has watched the slow progression and as Wine Spectator’s Master of Malbec, he’s a good source of info. Let me know if I can help with your next story. — Very Best, Natasha.