Qualla: Bodega Catena Zapata https://qualla.com/bodega-catena-zapata en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Bodega Catena Zapata https://qualla.com/bodega-catena-zapata Bodega Catena Zapata: Introduction https://qualla.com/bodega-catena-zapata/ It looks less like a winery than a temple: a stepped stone pyramid, modeled on Mayan architecture, standing alone among the vines of Agrelo with the Andes filling the horizon behind it. Bodega Catena Zapata built it in the late 1990s, to the design of architect Pablo Sanchez Elia, as the centerpiece of a four-generation gamble. The bet was that Argentine Malbec - long made for everyday tables - could stand beside the great wines of the world. The pyramid was an announcement that the family intended to win.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/g/bodega-catena-zapata-wp/66ng-bodega-catena-zapata-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Bodega Catena Zapata: Four Generations of Patience https://qualla.com/bodega-catena-zapata/ The story begins in 1902, when Italian immigrant Nicola Catena planted his first vines near Mendoza. He passed the work to his son Domingo, and Domingo to his son, Nicolas Catena Zapata. It was Nicolas who reshaped the family's ambition. Trained as an economist and steeped in the...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/g/bodega-catena-zapata-wp/66ng-bodega-catena-zapata-chasing-the-cold-climbing-the-mountain.mp3 0:06 3 full Bodega Catena Zapata: The Most Studied Vineyard on Earth https://qualla.com/bodega-catena-zapata/ What sets Catena Zapata apart is not just ambition but rigor. Laura Catena, trained as an emergency-room physician before returning to the family vineyards, brought a scientist's discipline to the work, founding the Catena Institute of Wine to understand exactly why these high si...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/g/bodega-catena-zapata-wp/66ng-bodega-catena-zapata-the-most-studied-vineyard-on-earth.mp3 0:06 4 full Bodega Catena Zapata: From Table Wine to the World's Best https://qualla.com/bodega-catena-zapata/ The vindication arrived in 2023, when the Adrianna Vineyard was named the World's Best Vineyard by an international panel of food, wine, and travel writers - the top spot on a global list. For a winery rooted in an immigrant family's modest vineyard, and for a grape once dismisse...

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