Bodega Catena Zapata Reviews
  • "Catena Eyes Up Napa Valley" PDF File
    "Catena is one of South America´s best-known wine people..."
    JanesRobinson.com - October 9, 2008
  • Bodega Catena Zapata Press Review PDF File
  • The Only Winery from Argentina & Chile Selected by Robert Parker Jr. as one the Great Wine Estates of the World PDF File
  • "Tasting Highlights: Argentina"
    Ten Top Reds from Some of the Country's Best Wineries. 
    By James Molesworth
    Wine Spectator On Line, November 1, 2005
    Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Mendoza Altamira Lote 1 2002 - 92 POINTS
    A beauty, with streamlined raspberry and red currant fruit gliding along floral, mineral and mocha notes. Racy finish underneath carries the lengthy finish. Available in six-pack only ($250) with Adrianna and Alta bottling. 200 Six-packs available. Drink now through 2010.
    Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Mendoza Adrianna Lote 3 2002 - 91 POINTS
    A touch of funk on the nose slowly yields to a thickly layered version that sports beef, blackberry, plum, loam and tar flavors. Chewy and structured, this is all about power. Available in six-pack only ($250) with Altamira and Alta bottling. 200 six-packs available. Drink now through 2010.
  • Laura Catena, argentine ambassador. PDF File Food & Wine Magazine, October 2005
  • Malbec Will Make it Big 
    “By the year 2015, the greatness of Argentinean wines made from the Malbec grape will be understood as a given. This French varietal, which failed so miserably on its home soil in Bordeaux, has reached startling heights of quality in Argentina. Both inexpensive, delicious Malbecs and majestic, profoundly complex ones from high-elevation vineyards are already being produced, and by 2015 this long-ignored grape's place in the pantheon of noble wines will be guaranteed.” 
    Food & Wine Magazine, September 2004, Robert Parker Jr.
  • Wine Personalities of the Year
    Pierre-Antoine Rovani names Nicolas Catena Zapata Wine Personality of the Year.
    The wine Advocate - Issue 156  - 12/27/04
  • "Argentina’s high altitude wines are best for your heart" 
    Catena cabernet sauvignon wines from Argentina are shown to be 2 to 6 times more potent than a selection of red wines from France, Spain, Italy, Chile and Australia.
    Are wines from high altitude vineyards better than any other wines at preventing heart attacks?  Recent research by Professor Roger Corder, head of the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at the William Harvey Research Institute in London, supports this hypothesis.
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  • "A Monument to Wine Making" 
    A temple to wine -- Mayan-style. By Micaela Meyer
         Buenos Aires Herald, July 27, 2003
  • "Doctor of vines" PDF File 
    Nicolás Catena has contributed a great deal to Argentina developing its vinous identity. the secret of success, as Sarah Woodward found out, is the ability to combine actue business sense with a keen agricultural knowledge.
    Wine International, August 2003
  • "Peak practice" PDF File 
    On either side of Andes, Chile and Argentina are developing their high-altitude vineyards, producing wines of real character. Jeff Cox investigates.
    Decanter, July 2003
  • Argentina's One-Two Punch
    One grape and one man are leading the country's march toward wines of quality and character. By James Molesworth 
    Wine Spectator, March 24, 2003
  • "Wine of the week"   By Jancis Robinson - www.jancisrobinson.com, July 15, 2003
  • "The Top 100" PDF File
    Our Editors Select the Most Exciting Wines of 2002
    Wine Spectator, December 31, 2002 - Jan 15, 2003
  • "Don't Cry for These Argentine Wines" PDF File
    BusinessWeek, October 14, 2002
  • "Mixing Wine with Medicine" PDF File
    BBC News, October 3, 2002
  • "The new Zapata winery in Agrelo, inspired by Mayan-pyramid design, is a symbol of Catena's status and progress."
    Decanter, Rose Murray Brown MW, May, 2001, UK
  • "Argentina's Nicolás Catena, who has almost single-handedly brought Argentinean wine to the attention of the international wine scene..." 
    Daily Wine News, James Molesworth, April 17 ,2001, USA
  • "That Argentine wines are finally making an impression in the world market is due in no small part to the efforts of Dr. Nicolás Catena , an Argentine economist of Italian extraction, whose family has been in the wine business for generations. ...The Catena Alta Brand has since become the company's flagship. As befits its premium status, it is not inexpensive wine, but it is extraordinarily good. Catena has certainly been successful in his quest to bring quality winemaking to Argentina." Bon Appetite, 'The Next Big Thing', Anthony Dias Blue,February 2001, USA 
  • "Catena, another big player in the market has just built a brand new winery...With state-of -the-art technology, Nicholas Catena will undoubtedly capture even more of our hearts"
    Yorkshire Post Magazine, Ch. Austin, Feb/March 2001, UK
  • "The front-runner, Argentina's equivalent to California's Mondavi, Nicolás Catena set the ball rolling and heads turning..."
    Wine Realizing its potential' August '2000, UK
  • "Catena, the winery which has led Argentina into the world market with its ultra-premium-high-prized wines."
    Wine and Spirit February, 1999, USA
  • "Bodega Catena Zapata announces Alejandro Sejanovich as Vineyard Director".
  • 'Nicolás Catena announces joint venture with Lafite Rothschild'
  • 'Mendoza, our terroir' a book edited by Laura Catena, with pictures by Sara Matthews and maps of the region.