Christoph Jakob Ehrbar: “We must aim more at the quality of the wine than to the quantity”
In 2001, Donald Hess decided to found Argentina’s oldest winery. He, a Swiss known worldwide for being a successful wine entrepreneur, already having vineyards in the United States, Australia and South Africa, but wanted to settle in South America. He went to Chile, but he found it too similar to Switzerland and without a story to tell, something he did discover on this other side of the mountain range. After discarding Mendoza, he fell in love with the Valles calchaquíes, in Salta, and changed his face…
Argentinean Luxury Real Estate
Estancias – Argentinean Luxury Real Estate In Argentinean luxury real estate, an “estancia” is a big area of land for raising cattle, traditionally hundreds of hectares. Almost always, a major water course serves as a barrier and prevents animals from invading the areas of agricultural land devoted to crops. Within these large ranches, the owners used to build very luxurious and distinct European style dwellings, “to feel at home”. They would bring in an architect and a landscape architect…
