Winter Vineyards & Winery
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The above image was taken a few winters ago but it provides a great perspective on the location of the winery relative to the Andes.
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July 2011 Status
By Bob,
We’re getting ready to import our latest vintage so we’ll be updating this page shortly with news about timing and availability. Typically the process takes 3 months from label printing to trucking the wine over the Andes to Chile and then floating the wine up from Chile to San Francisco, CA.
We still have inventory of our 2007 Old Vine Malbec and 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon as we’ve sold out of our 2007 Old Vine Syrah. When we use the term Old Vine it means something as our Malbec and Syrah vines from which we handpick our fruit were planted in 1914.
2nd shipment of the latest vintage was received today in Portland
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The not so glamorous or romantic side of the wine business is receiving wine (125 cases at a time!). This task was graciously done in 90 degree Portland, OR heat by Ann, Greg Long and Keith Monaghan today. Receiving a shipment is no walk in the park as the 70′ delivery truck that comes up from Napa, where we do our bulk storage after importing the wine through San Francisco, is too long and tall to use the receiving dock, so the wine is first manually unloaded from the back of the truck, onto the sidewalk and then taken inside into the climate control storage. Thanks again to our great friends Greg Long and Keith Monaghan who volunteered to help Ann while my ankle heals from surgery (ruptured Achilles).
Our latest vintage will arrive in Portland tomorrow - 4/22!
Comments Off Thursday, April 22 will be a significant milestone in Sol de Uco’s short history as we’ll be receiving our second vintage of wine. We’ll be receiving our first shipment of 2007 Malbec, 2007 Syrah and 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon. More news on this and availability to follow.
Thanks in advance to Keith Monaghan, Greg Long, and Todd Burns for helping Ann receive the wine as each case is unloaded one at a time from the back of a 70’ truck into our storage room at Willamette Wine Storage on NW 23 PL.
Wikimapia arial of Sol de Uco Winery (AKA Bodega Dona Elvira) from Valle de Uco | Mendoza | Argentina
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The Old Vine vineyards are highlighted on the above map.
Positive Review in the Oregonian for Sol de Uco
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Argentina's Valle De Uco is home to Sol de Uco, a winery owned by the family of Portlander Bob Garcia. The nearly century-old vines grow at 3,300 feet elevation under almost constantly sunny skies, which concentrates the flavors of the grapes.
Today marked a significant day for Sol de Uco, as we received a very favorable review of Sol de Uco in today’s Oregonian in the FOODday section. Wine writer, Katherine Cole, described our wine as being, “… an absolute steal from an exotic source.” This is our first review and we completely agree with Katherine Cole’s assessment that, “It is a terrific wine! ”
An Excerpt from the article, “As Argentine wines rise in price and stature, it’s becoming difficult to find those diamond-in-the-rough values of the days of yore. So I was thrilled recently to come across a ponderous old-vine malbec priced at just $16.50. ”
“The impressive 2004 Sol de Uco Valle de Uco Mendoza Malbec comes to us courtesy of Portlander Bob Garcia, whose family owns the vineyards and winery known in Argentina under a different name, Bodega Doña Elvira.”
Key People Behind the Winery
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Federico Laborde, winemaker
Elvira Hinojosa & daughter Ana Battaglia
Dr. T.E. Garcia and Mario Battaglia
Ann and Bob Garcia