In 1853, Malbec was introduced to Argentina.
Argentinian President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento made explicit his mission to transform the country’s wine industry.
On April 17th, 1853, he entrusted Michel Pouget, a French soil expert, with the task of bringing new varietals.
Pouget experimented the adaptation of the French varietals to several terroirs in Argentina.
In 1863, France went through a big sanitary crisis: a plague of Phylloxera affected the whole Rhône region losing tremendous quantities of Malbec vineyards.
Meanwhile, Malbec vineyards bloomed in Argentina producing wines that was superior to those from their country of origin.
Many years later in 1956, a frost exterminated most of the Malbec vineyards in France. Right after this crisis, Argentina became the country in the world to produce Malbec wine from France.
Argentinian President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento made explicit his mission to transform the country’s wine industry.
On April 17th, 1853, he entrusted Michel Pouget, a French soil expert, with the task of bringing new varietals.
Pouget experimented the adaptation of the French varietals to several terroirs in Argentina.
In 1863, France went through a big sanitary crisis: a plague of Phylloxera affected the whole Rhône region losing tremendous quantities of Malbec vineyards.
Meanwhile, Malbec vineyards bloomed in Argentina producing wines that was superior to those from their country of origin.
Many years later in 1956, a frost exterminated most of the Malbec vineyards in France. Right after this crisis, Argentina became the country in the world to produce Malbec wine from France.
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