Argentine winery wins wine's Oscar

Catena Zapata wins top wine award

Catena Zapata, a Mendoza winery, won the Golden Vines Award for best fine wine producer in the Americas, beating California's Harlan Estate and Screaming Eagle.

The Golden Vines Awards explained

The Golden Vines Awards, considered the Oscars of wine, are voted on by The Golden Vines Academy, a global community of nearly one thousand three hundred industry leaders including Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers.

Award ceremony in historic London venue

The ceremony took place at Banqueting House in London, where Adrianna Catena, the fourth generation of the founding family and a historian, received the award on behalf of the winery.

Other major winners announced

Vega Sicilia from Spain won best producer in the world. Giacomo Conterno from Italy won best producer in Europe. Angelo Gaja from Italy was inducted into the hall of fame.

Charity auction raises over one million pounds

A global charity auction at the ceremony raised more than one million two hundred fifty thousand pounds, approximately one million sixty seven thousand dollars, for the Gérard Basset Foundation.

Catena Zapata's century-long legacy

Founded in nineteen oh two in Mendoza, Catena Zapata has spent more than one hundred twenty years making wines expressing Argentina's terroirs.

“During more than 120 years, we have dedicated ourselves to making wines that express the extraordinary terroirs of Argentina.”