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Al Este Bodega y Viñedos is a winery in Médanos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It consists of vineyards (in owned lands that exceed ) and an adjacent winery, located south of the city of Buenos Aires on the southern tip of the Buenos Aires province. The project has been developed under the direction of the Italian wine maker Alberto Antonini.〔winesur.com> ( Buenos Aires is also interested in wine, written by Ma. Soledad Gonzalez on 8/19/2008 )〕〔wikio.es (Ahora se hace vino también en Buenos Aires, elaborado por Alberto Antonini “Buenos Aires is now also producing wine, made by Alberto Antonini” ) 〕 In its first submission to a wine contest, Al Este was awarded a Silver Medal in the White Wine category in the 2009 Decanter World Wine Awards, the world's largest wine contest, celebrated in London. Al Este's award-winning wine is recommended by Decanter in sixth position as one of the top chardonnays in 2009.〔decanter.com ("Recommendations - Decanter World Wine Awards 2009: the top 10s, 20s, and more... - Top 26 Chardonnays under £10" )〕 == History == In the early 20th century several European immigrants arrived to Médanos and brought the wine making tradition with them. Although at some point a multitude of small growers planted a combined surface of approximately 200 hectares of vineyards, they were unable to successfully complete the wine making process given lack of scale, inadequate technology and the country’s ups and downs which lead to their disappearance.〔wikio.es (Pusimos en marcha la vinicultura en Buenos Aires, written by Mauricio Runno on 08/04/08 “We started winemaking in Buenos Aires” ) 〕 The Médanos terroir, that had traditionally been dedicated to garlic and pastures, has striking similarities to Bordeaux, France in terms of its soil, weather conditions and proximity to the sea. More recently, the idea of starting a wine project in Médanos got reignited as a result of a trip to France which provided renewed confidence in the terroir’s potential.〔lanacion.com.ar ( Viñedos en los Médanos, written by Oscar Baltian, LA NACION 9/30/2006 “Vineyards in the meadows” ) 〕 In 2000, a hectare and a half was planted on an experimental basis with nine grape varietals. In a second stage, after analyzing the obtained quality standards for each grape variety at the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), 25 additional hectares were planted mainly with six varietals.〔winesur.com ( Buenos Aires is also interested in wine, written by Ma. Soledad Gonzalez on 8/19/08 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al Este」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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