As soon as Pascual Toso arrived in Argentina, he settled
in Mendoza and started working in an import business. Very soon,
however, he came to appreciate the exceptional quality of the grapes in
the region and firmly believed that there was a promising future for
winemaking in Mendoza. As he had been involved closely with the
development of his family wine business in Piamonte, he decided to do
the same in Mendoza. In 1890, Pascual Toso established his first winery
in San José, Guaymallén.
At the beginning of
the twentieth century, our founder decided to expand the business and
acquired vineyards in Maipú, which he correctly believed contained the
best quality grapes in the region. At his estate "Las Barrancas", he
built another winery. Today, the Maipú area is considered by
technicians to be the prime wine-producing area not only in the region
of Mendoza, but throughout Argentina. |
