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Wine Regions Of Argentina The Argentine Provincial Appellations currently approved by the INV—Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura—for use on a label, include:

Mendoza Province San Juan Province La Rioja Province Rio Negro Province

Salta Province Catamarca Province Neuquén Province

Córdoba Province Tucumán Province Jujuy Province

Mendoza Province

This is Argentina’s most well-known and prestigious winemaking region. The vineyards, located at high altitudes, enjoy abundant sunshine, natural irrigation from the Andes, a low incidence of vine disease, and an unpolluted natural environment. About 80 percent of Argentina’s wine is produced in Mendoza, on approximately 414,405 acres of vineyards. To put this number into perspective, Mendoza contains more vineyard acreage than the regions of Bordeaux, Burgundy and Napa Valley combined. Mendoza Province is divided into five main appellations: Maipú, Luján de Cuyo, Tupungato, Tunuyán, and San Carlos. Within these appellations there are distinct sub-appellations that are legally recognized as Inicaciones Geograficas (IGs) and contain vast differences in soil quality, altitude and climate; the IGs are essential in defining the terroir of Argentine wine.

Maipú Lunlunta /Loon-loon-tah/ Barrancas Luján de Cuyo Vistalba /Vee-stahl-ba / La Compuertas Perdriel /Per-dree-el/ Agrelo Ugarteche

Tupungato (Uco Valley) Villa Bastías Gualtallary / Gwal-tah-yaree / Cordón del Plata Tunuyán (Uco Valley) Los Arboles Colonia las Rosas Vista Flores

San Carlos (Uco Valley) La Consulta

Paraje Altamira Eugenio Bustos El Cepillo /L – Sepee-yoo/

WINES OF ARGENTINA