Breaking
Among the main varieties, only Malbec and red blends increased in volume.
In 2015, the amount of bottled wine brands rose to 2,681, a growth of 88 compared with 2014.
In 2015, out of the top 10 destinations, 7 grew in volume and value. The United Kingdom grew the most (+255.6 thousand boxes), United States (+156 thousand cases), China (+94.8 thousand cases) and Mexico (+77.2 thousand cases).
In 2015, bottled wine came to $722.9m with market share at 77%.
In December, Argentina’s wine industry exported 28.1 million litres valued at $70.6m.
In 2015, total wines and must exports came to $933.6m and amounted to 359.8 million litres.
Home Bios
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Alejandro Iglesias
Alejandro Iglesias (40), apasionado por la gastronomía y las bebidas desde que tiene uso de razón, en 2005 se recibió en la Escuela Argentina de Sommeliers (EAS) y desde entonces se ha desempeñado como cronista especializado en diferentes medios locales (Bacanal, Glamout.com, BeGlam, Magna, Wine+, Revista Joy, Clase Ejecutiva y otros) e internacionales (Revista Sommeliers de Perú, Revista Placer de Uruguay y Decanter del Reino Unido). Como docente de EAS dicta clases en Buenos Aires, Panamá y Costa Rica. En 2013 fue nombra director académico de curso de Sommelier Profesional de la Facultad de Química de Montevideo perteneciente de la Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay.
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Analía Lucero
Ani Lucero graduated in Social Communication from UNCuyo. She loves to read and is obsessive about good spelling. She is a perfectionist and very meticulous, so I always like to maintain order when in her surroundings. During her academic training, she worked in radio. She has also actively participated in various University extension projects where she served in community service in urban slums of the city of Mendoza. She is passionate about the world of corporate communication and semiotics, and for this her the-sis was based on the analysis of organisational culture of the administrative area of the University Hospital (HU) of the National University of Cuyo from a semiotic approach. She has a love - hate, rather complicated relationship with Twitter, chocolate and coffee. She loves photography and travel. Since 2010 she has worked in the area of Communication and Marketing of Wines of Argentina being a fundamental member of the team, providing organisation, dynamism and new ideas.
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Deby Beard
In the last 10 years, Deby Beard became the icon and row model of the wine business as well as one of the most renowned Life & Style journalists. She covers more than 150 wine tastings a year that she personally organizes, call-in and host as she collaborates with several of the main newspapers and magazines Born to a Russian mother and French father in the cosmopolitan city of Mexico. Starting at a young age in the hotel industry, she has dedicated most of her life to public relationships. Presently, she owns a successful P.R. Agency that focuses on branding high end products, corporate and people. Deby beard writes in 3 of the most important newspapers in Mexico: • El Financiero • El Universal • La Cronica She also writes in 10 magazines: • Asesoria Turistica • Stylmed • Sabor e arte • Mi Vino • Top life • Soy chef • Pulso Pyme • El conocedor • Barrio • Cancunissimo • Deby collaborates in varios web pages as: • Fahrenheit, TravelMall, Jet News, Vinisfera El Blog de Deby Beard has 17,000 followers every week in Mexico, Spain, Chile and Argentina. Deby shares a radio show on 88.1 F.M. with Sergio Sarmiento with the country´s highest rating: 2,000,000 people twice a week. Currently hosting her second T.V. Show she´s on the air on Mexico travel Channel shown in Rusia, Spain, Usa and America Latina. Deby has her own magazine called “Jet Set” with her partner Fernando Botero, distributed in all the vip rooms, top hotels and private airplanes.
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André Deco Rossi
Graduated from the English Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET), New York, in levels 1 - Foundation 2 - Intermediate and 3 - Advanced. He is currently completing the fourth and final level of WSET, the "Diploma" course that lasts for 3 years and is mandatory preparation for the recognised Master of Wine Institute. He is one of only five Brazilians living in the country that has been appointed as a Professor of WSET, having been approved by the WSET Educator Training Program 2011, in New York. He is also a professor of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), in the course "Business of Wine". Editor and creator of the blog EnoDeco, which is today the official wine blog of portal R7 - Record (www.R7.com/enodeco), one of the most popular wine blogs in Brazil, which was already indicated by Guia 4 Rodas as one of the 10 best “Enoblogs” in Brazil . Winner of the contest "Meu Vinho with Susana Balbo" where 30 wine bloggers and journalists participated and put together a blend, in which Susana, the most influential winemaker in Argentina today, choose the best. With the chosen blend, Deco has a wine made and signed together with Susana: Dominio del Plata Essential Limited Edition 2011. Columnist for the Content Portal BICOFINO (www.bicofino.com.br) and wine editor of the 4th Flavour Edition Guide (www.flavourguide.blogspot.com), annual food critic project Josimar Melo. Since 2012 he has been the PR in Brazil for Wines of Argentina, the association which promotes the image and brand of Argentine wines in the world. Responsible for all communications, events and PR in Brazil.
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Hugo Sabogal
Born in Colombia, Hugo is the PR of Wines of Argentina for Latin America. He has worked as a journalist and wine columnist in recognised local and international publications. He also has served on tasting panels in South America, USA and Europe. He was the author of the Colombia Wine Guide 2006, 2007 and 2008. He studied classical studies and Spanish & Latin American literature at the University of London, and has specialisations in the field of publishing and in the wine sector. He has passed levels 1 and 2, as well as the blind taste test of level 3 of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, London.
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Ignacio Lopez
Ignacio Lopez is a winemaker from Mendoza and has lived in Cafayate, Salta since 2004. He works at Bodegas Etchart, owned by the Pernod Ricard group. He began working for Bodegas Etchart as a labourer at a winery that the company owned in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. Before moving to Cafayate he worked for wineries such as Trivento and Zuccardi alongside winemakers such as Federico Galdeano, Manuel Gonzalez, Juan Manuel Gonzalez, Liliana Iannizzotto, Rodolfo Montenegro, Rubén Ruffo. He currently works in the team led by Victor Marcantoni. He has made various trade tours within South America and has visited the different wine regions of Chile, Australia and the US on technical training trips.
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Joaquín Hidalgo
Joaquín Hidalgo (36) hails from Mendoza, where he received his title of winemaker from the Liceo Agrícola. He graduated as a journalist from the National University of La Plata, and since 2003 has been living in Buenos Aires where he writes about wine and food in major national media: wine writer for JOY magazine and Planetajoy, he is a columnist for the Sunday edition of La Mañana de Neuquén and La Nación magazine (2014). He co-edited the Austral Spectator wine guide between 2011 & 2013, the year in which he launched Vinómanos, the first mobile app guide to Argentine wines. He sharpens his creative wit in his blog, Bien Jugoso (planetajoy.com/bienjugoso).
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Kendra Forsythe
After graduating from Gettysburg College in 2009, Kendra Forsythe traveled to Argentina, and established herself in Mendoza. It was here that her wine journey began as she immersed herself amongst the Malbec vines and wine culture. For four years Kendra worked for a luxury wine tourism company as the sales and marketing director where she was responsible for interacting with each customer on a personal level to create their perfect experience in Mendoza. Working in Mendoza gave Kendra insiders’ access to various aspects of the Argentine wine industry, which she frequently shared with her clients. After four years in Mendoza, Kendra decided to move back to the United States and became part of the QW Wine Exerts team-a wine consulting firm with a focus on imported fine wines. Here she works as the Special Projects Coordinator and is responsible for building client relationships by working on different projects and developing new business. Kendra graduated Cum Laude from Gettysburg College with a major in Globalization Studies and a double minor in Spanish and Anthropology. During college, she was also fortunate enough to study abroad in Ecuador and Spain, which sparked an interest in Latin based cultures and languages. She holds a certificate degree in wine consulting from the Wine Institute, in Mendoza, Argentina.
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Laura Ortiz
A retail consultant, sommelier, cook and bartender, Laura is also Vice President of the Argentina Sommelier Association, and previously served as co-ordinator of the AAS in Mendoza. For many years she was a judge in wine, spirits and olive oil competitions. She has passed the Certified Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers and the Certified Sommelier Diploma at the Som-melier Association Internationale. She has written online for Master wine, Caminos del Vino, Tiempo Argentino, Diario Los Andes, Wines of Argentina, Clarín and AOL Brasil. She serves as Head Sommelier at events organized by Wines of Argentina. She has spoken at consulates, embassies and sommelier schools of Argentina and Latin America. She is in charge of the tastings done in Argentina by Peñín Guide, Palacio de hierro and actively collaborates with Tim Atkin MW. She is the founder of Winifera - Wine Services, Cooking Aromas and Lynx Consultants.
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Magdalena Pesce
Magdalena Pesce (Male) is the Marketing & Communications Manager of Wines of Argentina. Besides being responsible, diligent, demanding and a workaholic, she is the mother of Tristan, her first child and Froilan, a pure, black, cute ‘English gentleman’ type of dog. Graduated in Interna-tional Relations, at 22, she moved to Europe with her husband, where she took her first steps in the working world. In 2004 she served as Marketing Assistant for Oddbins Wine Merchants, London (England); and later, from 2005 to 2008 as a Product Manager in the Department of Marcas Blancas de Sáez Meri-no Textile, Valencia (Spain). During this, she divided her time between her home in Valencia and the production centres of the company located in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Ningbo (China). In 2009, back in Argentina, she began working for WofA as Area Manager for the markets of the United States, Brazil, Latin America and Canada. Since 2013 she has been responsible,together with the team for generating strategies and lines of action for the brand positioning of Vino Argentino in the world. Always a la mode, she enjoys all the good things life has to offer. Her leitmotiv? "We can not expect to find perfection without working to achieve it.”
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Natalia Oviedo
Graphic Designer and MBA candidate, Natalia is in charge of the Online Communications at Wines of Argentina and has devoted her professional career to discovering new forms of communication for Argentine wine in social media. Obsessive about detail, curious and restless, Nati brings creativity to the building of the brand "Vino Argentino" notable for her vision and solid knowledge of the digital world, which has led Wines of Argentina to become a reference for Online Marketing. Always involved in social causes, she embarked on a career in Social Media in 2008 working for various NGOs.
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Nora Favelukes
Nora Z. Favelukes is President of QW Wine Experts, an international consulting company founded in 1995 based in the United States and dedicated to the brand building and successful promotion of imported wines to the United States.
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Paz Levinson
Paz Levinson works between Argentina and France as Sommelier, Consultant and Educator. In 2015 she has won the A.S.I. & APAS Best Sommelier of Americas. She has worked at the three Michelin star restaurant of the Hotel Le Bristol with Marco Pelletier and now she is head Sommelier at La Ferme Saint Simon in Paris. Levinson commenced her wine career in her native Argentina, where she worked as head sommelier for a number of top-end restaurants, including Restó and Nectarine. She taught part-time at the Centro Argentino de Vinos y Espirituosas (CAVE) for five years and achieved her professional sommelier diploma from CAVE in 2006. At the same time, she completed a BA in literature, and she recently became the first Argentinean to pass the Court of Master Sommeliers’ Advanced sommelier certificate. Levinson was named Best Sommelier of Argentina 2014 and 2010 by the Argentinean Association of Sommeliers. She has written for a number of magazines, including Argentina’s El Conocedor. @pazlevinson Instagram: pazlevinson
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Sebastián Oviedo
Sebastian Oviedo is an advanced student in Social Communications. A lover of film, photography and books, he is always looking for new visual and verbal narratives. For six years he worked as a cinema commentator on radio, and is a fan of social networking, technology and interesting facts. Since September 2011, along with his level-headedness and confidence, he has been bringing creativity and style to the staff of Wines of Argentina.
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Stampaprint
Stampaprint Europe is a typography leader in the European web-to-print market. Stampaprint provides customize products for many companies and privates and - thanks to its creative team (made of professional graphics and copywriters) - it is able to create new contents such as infographics and develop partnerships with many websites all over the world.
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Vinómanos
Vinómanos is a free, mobile application guide to Argentine wines, intended to resolve consumer doubts at the point of sale, whether on the shelf at the supermarket, at a wine bar or restaurant: Should I buy this Malbec or is there a better one for the same money? With seafood, which is better, a fresh and fruity white or an oaky, mature one? Which wine should I take on a first date?
