Malbekian Republic and a celebration of our stump … as it should be!

April 17 was International Malbec Day, a variety that attracts followers from around the world through local productions.

This day is celebrated in honor of the strain arrived in 1853 in our country from the hand of French Michel Aimé Pouget (1821-1875), agronomist hired by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento to carry out the management of the Quinta Agronómica de Mendoza.

Following the French model, this initiative proposed to incorporate new varieties to improve the national wine sector. On 17 April 1853, with the support of the governor of Mendoza, Pedro Pascual Segura, the project was presented to the provincial legislature with the aim of founding a Quinta Normal and an agricultural school. This project was approved with force of law by the House of Representatives on September 6 of the same year.

Malbec, with its time and a lot of work, has been touted as the flagship of Argentina.

In fact, this restaurant; The Malbek Republic, located in Guardia Vieja Street, one of the most beautiful in Vistalba, lives up to this grape with the help of a great team: Alejandro Vigil, Sarapura DJs and Beat & # 39; s Bar. April, they organize a big fair with unique wines.

Which wines could be tasted?

La Giostra del Vino Malbec, A16 Love for wine, wine and circus – a wine of joy -, Amansado, Budeguer, Domaine Pulenta, Andeluna Argentina, Piedra Líquida, Morelli wine, Producing friends, Loupe, Solo Contigo , Laberinto, The Enemy, Durigutti, Reporter, Vinyl, Bocanada Wines, among others.

All of these projects showed the best of Mendoza malbec in a clbadic fair format. Each winery offered the opportunity to taste the best of the province's flagship variety, through its labels. The diversity of areas and methods of development was one of the most outstanding values ​​of the event. In addition there was the gastronomy of "Vigil Universe".

"The objective of this fair was to show the different types of malbec produced by different producers in the province.Variety is one of the most important aspects of Argentine wine today and the idea is that all Visitors will enjoy it.We will also have an interesting mix of vineyards from large, medium and small producers, which is a constant in our events, "said Fernando Gabrielli, producer of the same.

If you were there, look in the photo gallery!