Viña Alicia

Viña Alicia Currently enjoys the international prestige and recognition of the most outstanding personalities of the wine world. Viña Alicia has two vineyards: "San Alberto" and "Viña Alicia" in Lujan de Cuyo.

The geographical location, the type of soil, and the regional climate place these lands among the world's most wanted lands. Climate is a template, Mediterranean, dry, and the scarce rainfalls (180 mm, annual average) add up to the ideal conditions for vine growing. The soil origin is alluvial and has a loam-silty to a sandy texture. Water for irrigation comes from the snow break in the high mountains of the Los Andes mountain range, through a unique irrigation system in the world.

According to the actual growing needs in terms of frequency and quantity, all these benefits plus water management make Lujan de Cuyo the first viticulture zone in Argentina. In a scenario that is not too unlike the story of Robert Mondavi (and his pioneering significance to the US wine industry), comes the legacy of Alberto Arizu - the 70+-year-old doyen of Argentina's wine industry.

A viticulturist, enologist, winemaker, botanist, and general agricultural pioneer - he has become, over time, perhaps the most trusted ambassador for the country's wine industry. If you have a question on how to make it or grow it better - he's your man - and he has done it! If you need to know how the vine will perform with "Rootstock X" or "Clone Y", he is your man! Need to know how to trellis a vine to protect it from hail damage while making sure the fruit ripens under your specific topographical limitations - just ask Alberto.If you have heard of the Luigi Bosca brand's success, you already know of the Arizu family and Alberto's success. That was his first commercial venture as a vigneron, while Viña Alicia is his "cheerleader" for the family legacy.