Comments (0) Believe it or not, we are nearly sold out of our 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon! If you want to get any of what’s left, you’ll need to be at The Wine Cellar next Friday, Aug. 7. We’ll be pouring all three wines from 4-6:30. The Wine Cellar is at 13486-A NW Cornell Road, at the (hopefully no longer construction-clogged) intersection of Cornell and Murray. See you there!
The elevation of the vineyards is around 3,300 feet above sea level which is close to the elevation of Bend, OR. This photo shows something else that’s unusual for the area and that’s a cloudy sky as they see >300 sunny days per year.
After several months of procrastinating, I finally got around to upgrading the site. Coincidentally, I spent the past couple of weeks learning the ins and outs of Wordpress so that I could launch the new corporate blog for my full-time job <www.blog.widemile.com>, so here we finally are.
In terms of the wine related news, we recognize that these hot days of summer invite nice Roses <check out our friends Rose’s - A Donkey and Goat Isabel Cuvee ‘08 Grenache Rosé if you can find it or
a nice local option in Adea Wine’s Pinot Rose> or even a nice cold pale ale, pilsner or even a Coors Light. But if you’re going to bbq, make sure you’re well stocked with our syrah or malbec as they both compliment any grilled meat.
We’ll be posting more often now, so make sure you stop by regularly for event notifications and to learn about our growing network of retailers and restaurants carrying our wine.
Sol de Uco wines will now be available through Signature Wines Inc. Russell Livingston and team have a very complimentary portfolio of elegant boutique wines from some of the world’s top growing regions. Some of their brands include: Miner, Hartwell Estate, Barnett Vineyards, Signorello Vineyards, D-Cubed, Coelho and Brown Estate.
We’re looking forward to collaborating with the Signature Wine team to bring Sol de Uco to a broader audience of consumers.
Welcome, wine lovers!
Sol De Uco, our family’s winery in the Uco Valley of Argentina, will be releasing our estate-grown wines in the US in late 2007/early 2008. We will keep you posted on our progress via this website. In the meantime, here are some things you might be dying to know:
What is Sol De Uco? Our family’s vineyards sit in the Uco Valley region of Mendoza, Argentina’s premier wine-growing region. Valle de Uco receives an amazing average of 330 days of sunshine annually, thus Sol (sun) in the name. Add to that an elevation above 3000 feet, pretty amazing Terroir in the region, and vines dating to 1914, and things are looking pretty good at Sol De Uco.
What wines are coming? We grow some of the highest quality Malbec, Syrah, Cabernet and Chardonnay grapes in the region. Now we’re taking that same fruit and turning out some pretty amazing Malbec, Syrah and Cabernets on our own.
Who are you? The Hinojosa family has grown grapes and managed the vineyard since 1936, most recently under the stewardship of Elvira Hinojosa de Battaglia. For decades, many of the region’s premium winemakers have purchased our grapes to use in their Reserve and other premium wines. Sol De Uco came into being as a winery about 5 years ago. Our two patriarchs, Elvira’s husband Mario Battaglia (Cacho) and Cacho’s cousin Maria’s husband Ed Garcia (Toto), enjoyed a few too many glasses of Malbec one night and looked at each other and:
Cacho: We’ve always dreamed of making our own wines with these grapes.
Toto: We’re 65 now; if we don’t do it soon, when will we?
Cacho: OK. Do you want to tell Elvira or should I?
Toto turned 70 last year and we uncorked a few bottles of Sol De Uco Malbec to celebrate.
More serious stuff: Our wines are made exclusively from grapes grown on our estate in Mendoza’s Valle de Uco region. We have Malbec and Syrah vines that date back to 1914 making our vineyards some of Argentina’s oldest.
The high quality of our wine stems from three sources: alluvial well-drained terrain at 3,300 feet altitude; reduced yields to maximize quality; and our hands-on growing and wine-making.
Sol De Uco wines are imported by Garcia Wine Imports, managed by Ed’s son Bob Garcia out of Portland, Oregon, as a means of ensuring the introduction of the wine gets the attention it deserves. Our wines are estate grown and bottled by Bodega Doña Elvira, (Elvira is Cacho’s wife) Barandica s/n, Vista Flores, Tunuyán, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina.
Check back here for updates as we approach our wines’ availability here, or email us at bobatsoldeuco.com to get notifications via email.
What is unique about our wine? Our wines are made exclusively from grapes of our grown on our estate in Mendoza’s Valle de Uco region. We have Malbec and Syrah vines that date back to 1914 making our vineyards some of Argentina’s oldest.
The high quality of our wine stems from three sources: alluvial well-drained terrain at 3,300 feet altitude; reduced yields to maximize quality; and our hands-on growing and wine-making.
So what’s up the with the name Sol De Uco? The direct translation is Uco Sun. The area gets more than 300 days of sunshine per year and the name of the wine pays tribute to the sunshine as well as celebrating the Uco Valley and the collective impact the sun and terroir make on the wine.
Who are the people behind the Winery? Elvira Hinojosa de Battaglia and Mario Alberto Battaglia and Dr. T. Eduardo and Maria Garcia. Elvira’s family has been one of the regions longest-standing growing families as they took control of the vineyards in 1936.
Where can you find the winery? Our wines are estate grown and bottled by Bodega Doña Elvira, Barandica s/n, Vista Flores, Tunuyán, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina.
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