Jorge Riccitelli of Bodega Norton named winemaker of the year 2012
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE "WINE ENTHUSIAST WINE STARS AWARDS", A SOUTH AMERICAN WINEMAKER WAS CHOSEN AS "WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR" BY THE PRESTIGIOUS MAGAZINE WINE ENTHUSIAST. THE AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED IN JANUARY 2013 IN NEW YORK.
Mendoza - Argentina, November 2012- Jorge Riccitelli – Bodega Norton's Chief Winemaker was awarded as “Winemaker of the Year”...
1895, Edmund James Palmer Norton first set eyes on Mendoza countryside during the construction of a train line that joined Mendoza and Chile. Very impressed by the terroir, he founded Bodega Norton, south of the Mendoza River, with a plantation of vines imported from France.
The construction of the current Winery was started in 1919. 1970, now firmly a part of society, he broadened and strengthened the facilities, and consolid...
With 5 vineyards spread over the main terroirs of the province of Mendoza - all of them within a privileged zone known as the First Zone for the quality of its grapes – Bodega Norton has the best grapes for the production of quality wines. The average age of our vines is around 30 years, although we have a large number of hectares planted with 80 year-old vines.
...The earth, climate, vines and passion of our people, live in every one of
our wines, and their presence is felt in the pleasure of those who enjoy them.
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