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Celebrate with $10 wines!

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

In celebration of completing 10,000 orders from our online Wine Shop, we are offering :

20 wines for only $10 each
Or purchase 12 bottles for $100

This golden ticket offers you admittance to this celebration on the following wines!
Bodega del Genio Malbec 2006

Cantinian Malbec 2009

Cavas de Crianza Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Doña Elvira Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

Foster Pink Rosé 2009

Perpetuum Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Hacienda del Plata Arrieros Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

Inizio Reserva Malbec 2006

Las Perdices Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Maia Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Maia Malbec 2006

Mairena Malbec 2005

Melodía Merlot 2006

Mi Terruno Reserva Malbec 2007

Mil Vientos Malbec 2007

Mil Vientos Syrah 2006

Gimenez Riili Perpetuum Espumante 2008

Santos Beck Malbec 2006
Serrera Malbec 2007

Serrera Syrah 2007

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*For case purchases (12 bottles) please use the promo code goldenticket when checking out.



The Vines 2011 Harvest

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

We finished our last harvest on Friday at The Vines Private Vineyard Estate with all of the staff on hand to bring in the last of the grapes. It has been a very busy season with owners, guests and of course the grapes and wine that we have made over the last few months. We started on March 1 and finished on April 29th. The cellar crew at the winery has had their hands extremely full but we are extremely pleased with the grape quality and the wines!

Here is the rundown for our harvest.

COSECHA 2011
The grapes were harvested from 280 acres or 113 hectares

240,000 Kg (265 tons) of grapes were processed at the winery
18,160 bins of grapes went through the hand selection process at the sorting table
160,000 Kg were of Malbec (2/3 of the total)
7%  were of white varietals
1% was of our own Torrontes
16 different varieties in total

10,500 bins of grapes were sold to 6 premium wineries including: Monteviejo, Achaval Ferrer, La Rural.

The harvest lasted 59 days in total, 39 days of harvest

9,500 Kg (20,943 lb) was the average amount harvested per day
19,000 Kg (41,887 lb) was the most we harvested in one day
Over 60 people worked in the harvest

But the work is not over as we have over 160 different microfermentations in the winery!