Adventure | Cycling in the Vineyard

In 1888 Italian immigrants founded and planted their first vineyards in Vistalba, Luján de Cuyo. The winery developed in the hands of various family members throughout the first decades of this past century, providing the framework for a functioning business today. In 1969 it was acquired by the family Nieto Senetiner, who amplified their installations giving a new beginning to the winery – and forming part of the Molino Río de la Plata group in 1998. Nieto Senetiner is a leader in all categories of wines and sparkling wines of medium and high quality, committing only to the highest standards of winemaking and quality and sustaining a plan of rotating vineyards using the best technology. Their vineyards are located on land with interesting soil and climate characteristics on almost 400 hectors, permitting that every grape variety achieve its best expression.

Carlos Pulenta, the third generation of one of the most well-known families within the wine industry, started with his project: A winery located in the heart of Vistalba, in Luján de Cuyo city.It has a lodge with only 2 rooms, where you can discover the winery essential, experiment the wine-making process and keep in touch with the vineyards. La Bourogne, in charge of Paul Bondoux, is the winery’s restaurant where the best regional products are combined with French-cook techniques. You can enjoy wine tours from Monday to Saturday with previous reservation. The available visiting hours are 10:00am / 12:30am / 3:00pm /4:30pm.

The emblematic Vistalba Winery’s wines are red grape assemblage identified as A, B and C, which represents the best of each crop. The other wine is Tomero, which evokes the irrigation nobility with water of the mountain. Its wines are elaborated with grapes coming from Uco Valley.