Develop a potato resistant to fungi and bacteria
The “superpapa” is the fruit of five years of work of researchers at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. The same group of researchers working to introduce resistance in corn and soybean varieties.
Argentine wines winning in Bogota
The fourth edition of Expovinos 2009, the fair organized by the success in Colombia, visited by more than 20,500 wine lovers. Here you what we were winning wines in all categories.
Three Wineries, About to Open Their Doors
The new wineries La Rural for Premium wines, Atamisque, a French-capital start up for high rank wines, and Don Manuel Villafañe, a company of American, Asian and Argentine capital will be completed this year.
The Third Edition of the AWA Awards Arrives
With the participation of international winemaking experts, it will be held from the 22nd to the 26 of February in Mendoza, Argentina, the third edition of the competition of Argentine wines for export, Argentina Wine Awards. On this occasion, the activity of the seminar will be focused on four key markets for wine exports: the United States, Canada, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.
Rio Tinto Sold its Assets in the Country
The Anglo-Australian giant of the mining industry Rio Tinto announced the sale yesterday of its potassium development project in Argentina and of an iron mine in Brazil for 1.6 billion dollars in order to reduce its gigantic debts.
Beverage Exports Rise 30%
The figure represents a record revenue reaching US$ 848.1 million. The grape and wine production sector leads this trend.
Ecology of Whites and Reds
The exportation of biological or organic wines grew 40% last year. There is a growing demand for these products in Europe, but also in Asia. Mendoza wineries will participate in the next Biofach in Germany, the large fair featuring organics from around the world.
Golfday in Mendoza, a Special Service for Tourists
Mendozagolf offers a service for incoming tourism whose name is Golfday in Mendoza. The service consists in bringing, searching for, and receiving visitors to our province who wish to play golf. Currently, they work with the courses at Mendoza’s Club de Campo, La Vacherie, Andean Golf Club, and Viñas del Golf.
The Dakar Rally: Drivers Race It and Andesmar “Carries” It
In a competition as tough as the famous rally raid, this Mendoza company ended up with the enormous responsibility of being in charge of the logistics and the transport in the race that will kick off on January 3 in Buenos Aires and that will reach Mendoza five days later. The local firm was up for the challenge of fulfilling the rigorous demands of the Dakar organization and it won the battle against international competitors such as Gefco and other national ones such as Andreani, Flechabus and OCA.
Tupungato Winelands Has Already Sold 34 Farms and 12 Plots of Land
The total project covers 120 farms (of an average of 3 hectares) and 150 plots (average: 5,000 square meters), most of them within view of the golf course. The prices start at US$400,000 for the farms (that are already producing at the time of the purchase, with all the infrastructure) and US$ 130,000 for the plots of land.
