Thursday, 5.28.2026
Wines:
- Bodega Colome, Torrontes, Valles Calchaquies, Argentina
- Casa Silva, Carmenere, Los Lingues Vineyard, Valle de Colchagua, Chile
- Norton, Malbec Reserva, Mendoza, Argentina
Price: $18
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At Bodega Colomé, the mild climate and remarkably low humidity of the Calchaqui Valley in Salta are perfect for the vines that grow here. The extreme altitude is essential for creating the lush flavors and qualities unique to this area. The extreme altitude, the brightness of the sunlight, and the wide diurnal temperature range are all important factors that contribute to the grape's unique character and fragrance. This is a very special alchemy belonging exclusively to these lands.
Our wine production is simple: we preserve the distinct flavour of the grape coming from the unique terroir of each vineyard. We strive to ensure all those exquisite properties are reflected and perceived when each glass of our wine is enjoyed.
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Viña Casa Silva is a 100% family vineyard, owned by the Silva family, which since 1997 has been dedicated to producing fine bottled wines. In 1978, Mr. Mario Silva Cifuentes, married to María Teresa Silva Bouchon (fourth generation)—a dentist by profession but a lover of the countryside—decided to begin investing in and recovering the old vineyards and the historic Bouchon family winery, becoming an important supplier of bulk wines for other bottling and exporting companies in Chile.
Currently, the Silva Family, like its ancestors, is recognized as a pioneer of the Colchagua Valley. Its vineyards and wine quality transformed it into the most awarded Chilean vineyard of the 21st century. They are present in more than 70 countries around the world and have plantations in different corners of the Colchagua Valley, close to the Andes mountain range.
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Among the pioneers of modern winemaking in Mendoza, all French, Italian, and Spanish immigrants, there is only one Englishman: Edmund James Palmer Norton.
Edmund founded the winery that today bears his surname in Perdriel in 1895. Thus, he established the first step on the wine frontier south of Luján de Cuyo, as there were no vineyards beyond the Mendoza River until then.
Norton's connections to the construction of the railroad—whose crossing to Chile was established for Argentina's centenary in 1910—allowed him to put his wines on the dining cars crossing the Andes and to take them to Buenos Aires, the great market at the time.
In this way, Norton created the first wine bottled at the origin for commercialization. That same year he won the first distinction in a competition for the quality of his wines.
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Wineries: Bodega Colome, Casa Silva, Norton
Importer: Breakthru Beverages CA
Rep: Joan Tom