Vine in Neuquen

Vine in Neuquen

Neuquén is a province of Argentina , located in the northwest corner of the Argentine Patagonia. With an area of ​​94,378 km2 , it is the smallest province of the southern regions of the country. Its geography abyss of the imposing Andes.

It also is the youngest wine provinces of Argentina ; with a little more than a decade of history, the first vines were planted in the 2000s, in the region of San Patricio del Chañar there Añelo , 40 and 100 km from the provincial capital.

With their vines growing on the hills back of the Andes, Neuquén young wineries produce wines of great quality and international recognition.

Its climate is ideal for the development of viticulture. The vineyards are planted at 396 meters above sea level

Advanced technologies, these caves were built in accordance with the Patagonian landscape . They surprise the traveler with a pleasant and modern architecture

In the course of Neuquén wine roads mixes with tourism on family farms .

Of watering drop by drop of latest generation systems were points for irrigated soils planted with vines of different varieties with excellent prospects , as Merlot and Pinot Noir .

The wineries are modern, equipped with the latest technologies and prepared to welcome tourists

The wines produced here are exported to countries like the USA , Germany, United States, Brazil and the Netherlands.

The wines of this region have a remarkable concentration of color, bursting with fruit are fleshy and well-structured , regardless of the variety. The colder climate provides excellent red like pinot noir.

The varieties grown here are Pinot Noir , Merlot, Malbec , Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay , Cabernet Sauvignon

Agriculture is another booming sector and especially fruit growing , with significant production of apples, pears , peaches, cherries and Queen claudes , especially in the area of ​​the upper valley of Río Negro.

Region Neuquén

Also many tourist attractions The wine center is surrounded by prehistoric sites , where they can find dinosaur fossils . That is why the circuit is known as the caves road " wine and Saures ." The caves have formed a real tourist center , with restaurants and first level recently , accommodation and spa in the vineyards.

The original inhabitants were grouped into three ethnic groups, Pehuenches , family Huarpes , Tehuelches and Mapuches .

The name comes from the Mapudungun Neuquén . In this language the word Nehuenken refers to the Río Neuquén River and means " torrent ".

Neuquén province , like all of the Argentine Patagonia generally has two well differentiated regions. The west is the area of ​​mountains and coincides with part of the Andes . In the southern half of this area , abundant rainfall and slopes are largely covered with forests , a large part of its territory is protected by national parks

Like the other provinces of the Argentine Patagonia , the tourism potential is enormous and is growing rapidly. It is based primarily on the presence of the Andes, provided many lakes, numerous rivers , volcanoes and magnificent forests .

Rivers that originate in the Cordillera are often very abundant and have high hydroelectric potential. To preserve the natural beauty and rich ecosystems of the Andean region of the province was created vast national parks like the Lanin National Park, which have been declared World Natural Heritage by UNESCO in 1981

Historically, jaguar lived on the territory of the province. The name of the Nahuel Huapi National Park says: he was indeed its name from one of the big cat , called nawel in Mapudungun .

In a hunting purpose , since the early twentieth century , was introduced in the forest zone copies of the large Holarctic fauna. These are perfectly suitable. It is primarily wild boar, red deer , axis deer and deer