Garzón Wineries. Uruguay
Bodegas Garzón, recognized with the Best Winery in the World 2018 award. In an ideal geographical location to give its wines personality and character. A few kilometers from Pueblo Garzón and next to the ocean.
The soil of the Bodegas Garzón vineyard was built in more than a thousand plots on ballast rock. An alteration of the granite stone, so the vines have a balanced mineral component.
A winery that respects the environment
Caring for the environment is key in the design of the establishment. Made on natural terraces 160 meters above sea level. With a gravity system for drainage in the vineyards, which also use organic methods and techniques.
In turn, the efficiency of the facilities. They have native flora plantations on their roofs and certified wood. All this allows optimizing resources and at the same time generating wind and photovoltaic energy.
The Bodegas Garzón building has more than 19.000 square meters. It has been built following the rigorous requirements of the United States Green Building Council. For this reason, it has become the first sustainable winery outside of North America. He has obtained the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification.
Its owners, Argentine businessman Alejando Bulgheroni and his wife Bettina, invested 85 million dollars in the establishment. It was positioned as number one in exports the same year of its inauguration, in 2016.
Wine Enthusiast, the prominent United States magazine, is the reference publication in the sector. Currently with more than a million readers in its online version and 800.000 in the written version.
Bodegas Garzón was the winner of the Best Winery in the World Award 2018. It unseated the other four nominees in the category in this contest. Prestigious companies from Canada (Cave Spring Cellars), New Zealand (Felton Road), South Africa (L'Avenir) and Argentina (Trapiche).
