Four friends—Agustín Lopez, Mauricio Castro, Marcela Manini and Sebastian Zuccardi—met in the mid 1990's at the Liceo Agrícola & Enológico School in Mendoza, Argentina. When a professor said you can’t make a sparkling red wine (hard to believe), they set out to prove that theory wrong with their Alma Cuatro sparkling bonarda. More than two decades on, they continue to make the sparkling bonarda along with a handful of other cuvées from parcels ranging from 1300-1550 meters above sea level. They all have their hands in other cool projects in the Uco Valley (we’ve had some beauties from Cara Sur in the shop), from which so many compelling wines have been catching our eye. Made from 100% chardonnay grapes from multiple vineyards within the Uco Valley and ready for any excuse you can conjure to pop a bottle. Favorite pairings: chips and smoked oyster dip or anything fried!