The experience of rescuing old vineyards, on Aconcagua Radio

The topic of land use planning was discussed at length on the program Hermoso caos . One of the interviewees, exploring this issue, was agricultural engineer Pablo Caparrós , who, among other things, spoke about the conflict between real estate development and the care of valuable plantations, especially vines. "Going against real estate development is impossible, but we also know that there are very old vineyards that we must respect and value," he expressed.

Caparrós, along with his wife Mariana , has a project called Sueño Revolución , related to the rescue of old vineyards that are being abandoned, especially in Luján.

—Tell us a little about what this project is about.

—We started in 2019, when a friend told us about his problem. He had a farm that was half-neglected. It had fallen into disrepair and was half-abandoned. Quite abandoned. They asked us if we wanted to do something there. That was at the end of 2018. We're a couple of agronomists who have dedicated ourselves to organic farming, and we have a very unique vision of agriculture. We've always been on that side, despite working in different fields, and we started to recover that vineyard in Chacras de Coria.

—And how did it continue?

—Little by little. It was all very small, but wine was made in 2019, and from then on, we began to communicate this desire to save this vineyard, tucked away between neighborhoods and subdivisions there. Over time, this idea spread, and we began to connect with other producers in Mendoza, small ones, all here, from the "first zone," as we call it. And we rented another estate in Vistalba, then we made some agreements with a farm in Carrodilla and began to keep the vineyards separate. In this way, we began to showcase the "historic terroir," as we call it, since we're talking about all estates planted, at least the first one, in 1905.

-Wow...

—Another one we have now, which we're working on (also in Chacras de Coria), dates back to 1890, according to official data. And, well, we're starting to recover them or work on them ourselves, helping the producers and making wine all separately. So, then we'll also work on the more "emotional" side, giving value to this historic Luján.

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