The Vines of Mendoza was recently honored at a prominent real estate fair in Buenos Aires, the Salon del Mercado Inmobiliario 2009. The Private Vineyard Estates was the winner for Innovation in the field of Vinviticultura, or Vineyard development and management. This prominent award was given by FIABCI who is an International Real Estate Federation FIABCI comprised of real estate professionals in 60 countries; federation of 100 national real estate associations FIABCI is also represented by chapters in 48 countries with five official languages:  English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.