The Vineyard
Year after year, our wines pair best with the company of our “hermandad” — our brotherhood, sisterhood, & those closest to our hearts
Uco Valley, Argentina
Uco Valley is a prominent wine-making region in Western Argentina. Just south of the city of Mendoza, Uco Valley sits alongside the Tunuyán River.For more information on Uco Valley and tourism, consider taking a look at this article on the Culture Trip.
Our Vines
The La Hermandad vineyard was planted in 2007 and is a total of four acres. Two acres are planted in Malbec with one acre each of Syrah and Cabernet Franc. The vineyard is located at an elevation of approximately 3,000 feet. In addition to the vineyard, there is quarter-acre space in the middle for the development of a home with an unobstructed view of vineyards and the Andes. It doesn’t get any better than that.
Our Process
As we make wine only for personal enjoyment, friends and family, we have tended to make one varietal each year. During September we choose what wine we would like to make from the upcoming spring harvest and determine the amount of “green harvesting” we want to do to make the highest quality wine possible. Decisions are made whether to steel tank or barrel ferment. The grapes are harvested in March and the blending session with our winemaker is usually during the following January/February timeframe. Our wines are aged 16 to 24 months in French oak barrels. Then we not so patiently wait for the wine to be bottled, labeled and shipped to us.
The Vines of Mendoza
A place not easily found, The Vines of Mendoza is even harder to leave. Here you can achieve that unattainable dream of having a vineyard of your very own, and making wines to share with friends and family. Set amid more than 1,500 acres in the prestigious Uco Valley, The Vines of Mendoza offers wine lovers the chance to become winemakers by owning a 1 – 10 acre professionally managed Private Vineyard.
Since 2004, The Vines of Mendoza have helped 185 wine lovers from around the world become winemakers – from planting and harvesting, bottling and labeling, and even shipping under the guidance of experts, including consulting winemaker Santiago Achaval, one of the top-rated Argentine winemakers by Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate.