Familia Zuccardi

By: Anthony Gismondi

Mendoza, Argentina

On The Road

During a visit to Vancouver last year, we met with charismatic winegrower, husband, father and proud Argentine José Alberto Zuccardi.

Over the years, the Zuccardi Winery, first founded in 1963, has morphed onto several fronts involving all of José Alberto’s children. Hence its latest iteration Familia Zuccardi. We asked Zuccardi to give us an overview of his two estates, the futuristic-looking Bodegas Zuccardi Valle de Uco, built in 2012, and Santa Julia near Mendoza, which produces wines under that name. Food and wine is a big part of their program and Zuccardi tells us about his restaurants and, perhaps surprising to some, olive oil production, which is prospering under the care of his second son, who conceived of the project. For those of us in the Northern hemisphere, Zuccardi's description of his country and wineries may have you imagining a warm summer's day in Mendoza over malbec and asado some winter soon. Check out our latest Familia Zuccardi tasting notes: https://gismondionwine.com/wine-search/

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 30 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his YouTube Channel.