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Argentine wine is the fifth largest wine producer after France, Italy, Spain, and the USA. Argentine wine began its roots in Spain. It was first brought to Santiago Del Estero by Juan Cedron. He brought the first vine cuttings over in 1557 during the Spanish Colonization of the Americans.  The wine production stretched first to Santiago Del Esteros neighbouring regions, eventually reaching other parts.

Argentina started producing more wine than other country outside Europe before the early 1990s, and the winemakers were known to be interested in quantity. Argentina is said to consume 90% of the wine made, and until the early 1990s most of the wine was considered to be unexportable. However the quality began to increase due to desire to increase in export. Due to this the wine began to grow in popularity. Because of the economic collapse in 2002, following the devaluation of the Argentine Peson, the wine production costs decreased, creating a huge increase in wine tourism, as it began to grow. This has created lots of new wineries, some of these even including accommodation, for the tourists. These wineries include tours, and free tastings.

Argentinian wine producing vineyards offer perfect environmental conditions in which they can grow. It’s high altitude and and low humidity almost never face problems which other worldwide vineyards face, such as fungi, moulds,insects and other grape eating diseases. Due to this Argentinian wine doesn’t need many or none pesticides, this enables organic wines to be produces very easily.

The Mendoza Province produces over 60% of Argentine wine. Other important regions of wine production in Argentina are La Rioja, Salta, Rio Negro, and recently southern parts of Buenos Aires.



Jason