Tapiz Winery will celebrate next year its tenth harvest!

Throughout this time, we are proud to have met the goals that we set at the beginning: having a team of top level professionals, vinification with state own grapes of the best areas in a winery with advanced technology and achieve a good presence of our brand in both local and international markets.
But we are not therefore going to rest. With this new stage new goals are set: improve our vinification techniques. To achieve this, we contacted who we believe is the best representant of excellence in the art of wine making.

We have the honour to inform that Jean Claude Berrouet has agreed to collaborate with the winery with exclusivity for Argentina.

Jean Claude was the first permanent winemaker of Petrus, he started in year 64 at age 22, vinifying harvest after harvest and positioning Petrus as one of the most prestigious wine worldwide. In 2007 he retired and was succeeded by his son, remaining as a consultant for the famous Winery of the Pomerol.

We are extremely pleased that Jean Claude is not confined to try wines and suggest blends, he comes , with its extraordinary knowledge and experience in winemaking icons, to jointly develop the greatest potential of each one of our varietals , with accuracy, and thorough from the Vineyards to the Winery.

We are convinced that his experience, combined with our people and infrastructure will allow to complement the strong personality and varietal identity of our high altitude wines with the elegance that distinguishes the wines of Jean Claude.

Our quest, and challenge for the coming years is not imitating a style of the old world, we are proud of our style and want to be more refined in the excellence of wine making showing the best that Argentina can deliver.

Tapiz sustainable practices rewarded with GOLD!

In Best Of Mendoza / Great Wine Capitals awards, Tapiz won gold for the sustainable practices implemented.

The award-winning activities include: weavers and lamas, the stroll through the native plants, reconstruction of a historic farm (Club Tapiz) and the recycling and elaboration of Biocompost from all the winery waste, including the harvest of grapes and olives.

Caring for the environment and integration with the community, to preserve local identity, have always been part of the mission of the winery.

FIRST PLACE FOR TAPIZ MALBEC AT CANADA’S INTERNATIONAL VALUE WINE AWARDS 2011

El International Value Wine Awards de Wine Access, se lleva a cabo anualmente en Calgary, Alberta, y ha crecido sustancialmente en tamaño, éxito, y reputación internacional desde que comenzó en el 2006.

The Wine Access International Value Wine Awards are held annually in Calgary, Alberta, and have grown dramatically in size, success, and international reputation since they began in 2006. Each year, Canada’s leading wine experts evaluate over 1,200 wines from more than a dozen countries, and present awards in nearly 30 categories. Tapiz Malbec 2010 won as category champion. This means it was the top rated Malbec submitted!

Full results are published in the October/November Wine Access issue and online at wineaccess.ca

Tapiz Winery is launching a new Sparkling Wine line

Tapiz launches to the market 3 new Sparkling Wines made with Champenoise method:

Tapiz Espumante Chardonnay – Pinot Noir
50% Chardonnay – 50% Pinot Noir
Grapes come from San Pablo Vineyard (Uco Valley, 4430 feet)
12 month stay on lees

Tapiz Espumante Rosé
100% Malbec
Grapes come from San Pablo Vineyard (Uco Valley, 4430 feet)
12 month stay on lees

Tapiz Espumante Torrontés
100% Torrontés
Grapes come from Famatina Valley, La Rioja
12 month stay on lees

Black Tears, the big winner of Wines of the Andes 2010

Black Tears 2006, the ultrapremium Malbec from Tapiz, won the highest score (93 Pts) in the 5th edition of the Wines of the Andes contest.Of 120 samples submitted only 24 wines were selected (12 Argentine and 12 Chilean), which were blind tasted by a panel of 80 experts, mostly winemakers.

Black Tears by Tapiz is a 100% Malbec wine from high altitude vineyards in Uco Valley (4395 feet high), and last year was chosen by Andreas Larsson in Tasted Magazine, as one of the 8 exceptional red wines in the world.

Excellent scores in The Wine Advocate

The results of Jay Miller’s blind tasting of Argentine Wines for Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate were finally released.

Both Zolo Malbec 2008 and Zolo Cabernet Reserve 2007 were honoured with 91 Pts!

NEW TAPIZ BICENTENNIAL

To commemorate the 200 years of life of our Nation, Tapiz has created the new Tapiz Bicentennial 2008, a unique blend of the most representative grapes of Argentina: Malbec, Bonarda and Torrontés. Viva la Patria!

AWARDS FOR TAPIZ

Tapiz has won 3 medals at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2010: silver medal for its new Tapiz Bicentennial 2008 and for the Tapiz Bonarda 2009 and gold medal for its Tapiz Malbec 2009.

TAPIZ'S NEW WEBSITE

The new and improved Tapiz's website is already online with new applications, more photos and the latest information. As major news the wine technical sheets can be downloaded in pdf format. Check it at www.tapiz.com.ar