Science to Preserve Nature and Culture for Another 200 Years

Since 1995, The Catena Institute of Wine has undertaken major research projects in winemaking and high-altitude viticulture and collaborated with academics in France (University of Bordeaux, University of Burgundy), California (UC Davis) and locally (CONICET, FCA, IBAM). In 2021, The Catena Institute published one of the most extensive studies linking terroir, vintage, and wine chemical composition in Scientific Reports, a Nature journal, establishing a method for chemical fingerprinting of terroir and vintage.

Areas of research include: high-altitude sunlight intensity, soil microbiome, massale selections, preservation of vine genetic diversity, ungrafted vines, old vines, Argentine Malbec, high-altitude Chardonnay, Criolla vinification, climate change, low-sulfite vinification techniques, and identifying Grand Cru level sites in new Andean viticultural areas.

With 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications to date, the Catena Institute is driving innovation in the vineyards through science and helping elevate the wines of our region.