Argentina

Capital city: Buenos Aires.

Regions: El Cepillo. | La Rioja. | Las Compuertas. | Los Arboles. | Lujan de Cuyo. | Mendoza. | San Pablo. | Tunuyan. | Tupungato. | Ugarteche. | Vista Flores. | Vistalba. 

Vineyards–organic, Biodynamic: 2018 An estimated 2% of the national vineyard was certified organic (Anne Bousquet of Domaine Bousquet, perso, 2018). | Sebastian Rios on www.blogargentina.com (published in 2020) wrote  that ‘the most recent statistics show that 161 Argentine vineyards have been certified as organic – making up a total of 6240 hectares – while 53 wineries make organically certified wine. Although Argentine consumers are embracing organic wine, the vast majority is exported. 75% of organic wines produced in Argentina are consumed in Europe, while other important markets are the USA (4%) and Japan (3%).’

Estates with Demeter certification in 2018 appear to include Colomé, Krontiras, and Cecchin. Other Biodynamic estates include Alpamanta, Escorihuela Gascon, Luna Austral, Finca Dynamic, Chakana and Pucara.

Irrigation: The first to irrigate crops in Argentina were the Huarpe Indians. Their system was built around Andean snow melt.

See also: Economy. | Father Cedron. | Football. | History. | War of Independence 1810-1818. | Pedro Marchevsky.