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The signature Belatrix Software Factory, based in Chacras of Coria, entered into a promotional scheme in an industrial city china. With a headquarters in that country, will provide services to the Asian market.

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 Argentine government gave a strong signal yesterday to the financial world when it confirmed the success of a guaranteed loans exchange. This reached 15.1 billion pesos, registering almost 97% voluntary acceptance from creditors.

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.

For the first time, Argentina will occupy an important place in the International Enologist’s Union’s board of directors, with its headquarters in Paris. María Alejandra Lozano was elected first vice president of the organization by delegates of the different wine producing powers. Her position will begin in January of 2009 and will finalize in December of 2011.

Santiago Achával is one of the operative managers of Achával Ferrer, a winery that has figured out how to integrate the Italian wisdom in wines with Argentine culture, and thus has received great international recognition.

The goat slaughtering registered during the period from January-September in the entire country, according to data from the National Office of Commercial Agriculture Control (ONCAA) was for 108,053 heads, a statistic that shows a 20.9% decrease with respect to the same period in 2007.

The businessman from Mendoza and owner of IMPSA, trusts in that, “in one year, at the most, the world will reactivate itself and we must be prepared.” In this sense, he takes advantage of the opportunity to defend his work and remember that it is necessary for the country to continue investing in the energy production.

The leaders of the project are Raymond Scheffer and Pablo Lledó, although the ambitious object is to obtain 400 shareholders (some 70% foreigners) that have benefits such as personalized premium bottles of wine and days of rest in its inn, created specifically for them, without paying for a single night of lodging.

Finca Agostino Winery was acquired for a sum that was kept under strict confidentiality, the recognized high end wine brand Telteca and its distribution network including the commercial and technical team, lead by Alberto Antonacci (ex Executive Director of Viñas Argentinas, Inc.).