The New York Times chose Graffigna Grand Reserve as one of the Top Ten Malbec from Argentina

The reputed journal The New York Times ranked Graffigna Grand Reserve 2004 among the Top Ten Argentine Malbec in the section “Dining In” on June 11th. Graffigna Grand Reserve was the only wine from San Juan and one of the more expensive among the selected labels.

The New York Times wrote a few lines about the performance of our product “In our pick of Argentine wines, nine out of ten come from the province of Mendoza (…) but the exception was the Graffigna Grand Reserve 2004 from San Juan, one of the more expensive bottles in our Top 10 ranking.”

The project in the US market started two years ago and the product was finally relaunched in 2008 with a $500,000 investment. Projected sales for this year in the US climb to 25,000 9 liters cases. The final target is to become the top Argentine winnery in the US in the segment of wines over $12 through the lines Graffigna Grand Reserve and Graffigna Centenario.

The development projections of Graffigna received a wink of approval when last April the Graffigna Centenario Malbec 2005 was awarded a score of 90 points by the famous Wine News Magazine.

The wine team, together with Victor Marcantoni and Gerardo Danitz would like to thank and congratulate all the members of the company for the recognition granted to Graffigna Grand Reserve 2004 which constitutes a landmark of corporate performance and reflects the efforts and professional work of Graffigna and Pernod Ricard people.

National Contest of Haute Cuisine Santiago Graffigna: Grand Final

On October 24th took place the Grand Final of the National Contest of Haute Cuisine Santiago Graffigna in the head office of the Gato Dumas Gourmet School in Pilar.
We have the honour to announce you the winners of each category: Professional Chefs, Cook and Sommellerie Students, who innovated creating delicious dishes and wonderful matching harmonies:

Professional Chefs Category:
1°: Juan Martín Antoniassi from Hotel del Bosque in Pinamar with 501 points
2°: Mauro Trinarolli from Hotel & Spa Resort Llao Llao in bariloche with 489 point
3°: César Adrián Gerboles from Rëd Sofitel Madero in Buenos Aires with 438 points

Juan Martín Antoniassi obtained as first prize a trip to France to attend a specialization course in the prestigious Academy of Culinary Arts Le Cordon Bleu.

Cook Students Category:
1°: Juan Martín Chávez with 210 points
2°: Guillermo Suppicich with 205 points
3°: Lucía Cudolá with 185 points

Juan Martín Chávez obtained the indispensable cooking tool Larousse Gastronomique.

Sommellerie Students Category:
1°: Marcelo Buconic with 64 points
2°: María Daniela Romero with 51 points
3°: María Laura Ortiz and Gonzalo Ferrera with 49 points

Marcelo Buconic obtained as prize a profesional cellar with Graffigna wines and a trip for 2 people to visit Bodegas Graffigna in San Juan

Congratulations to everyone!

Further information: www.altacocinagraffigna.com

Our wines awarded at Vinus 2007

Pernod Ricard Argentina has been nominated “Best Winery 2007” at the international competition Vinus in San Rafael, Mendoza.
This prize sum up the 7 medals obtained by bodegas Graffigna during this competition, in front of an international jury of 45 professionals.
We have the honour to announce we got a doble gold medal, with more than 94 points.
We share with you our medals:

GRAFFIGNA CENTENARIO MALBEC 2005 DOBLE GOLD
GRAFFIGNA VINCULOS SYRAH-CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2006 GOLD
GRAFFIGNA CENTENARIO PINOT GRIGIO 2007 GOLD
GRAFFIGNA VINCULOS CABERNET-MERLOT 2006 GOLD
GRAFFIGNA CENTENARIO SYRAH 2005 GOLD
GRAFFIGNA 135 ANIVERSARIO 2003 GOLD
GRAFFIGNA VINCULOS MALBEC-SYRAH 2006 SILVER

Graffigna awarded at the International Wine Challenge of London 2007

Graffigna has been awarded at the International Wine Challenge 2007, one of the most important competition in the world, yearly celebrated in London.
Our Graffigna Centenario Malbec 2005 obtained the Silver Medal, while our Graffigna Centenario Pinot Grigio 2006 and our local top of range the Graffigna 135° Aniversario recieved the jury recomandation stamp.
Our wines have been chosen among more than 9,000 competitors.

Entrepreneurship Series Santiago Graffigna

Bodegas Graffigna launched its series of lectures for Entrepreneurs Santiago Graffigna in order to communicate the pioneer vision of our founder.
These series, developed together with the Alumni Association of the University of San Andrés, presented 6 well-known entrepreneurs sharing their succes stories.

- September the 6th: Roberto Souviron - Despegar.com
- September the 27th: Santiago Bilinkis - Officenet
- October the 11th: Damián Kepel - Kepel y Mata
- October tthe 25th: Clara Ibarguren - Clara Ibarguren
- November the 8th: Alec Oxenford - Deremate.com
- November the 22th: Gabriel Nazar - Cardón

For further information about the series: www.emprendedoresgraffigna.com

Santiago Graffigna 2003 awarded at Hyatt Wine Awards 2007. Our special blend has been awarded a silver medal in the latest edition of the Hyatt Wine Awards held this July in Argentina.

The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, visited Graffigna Winery.

On hand to close the Second International Congress of Philosophy in San Juan, the current President of Argentina -Cristina Fernández de Kirchner- took the opportunity to visit Graffigna Winery with Provincial Governors Cobos and Gioja. They first took a tour to know our winery and our museum, and then enjoyed a delectable lunch accompanied by a refined wine tasting with our winemakers.