A toast to the Parra brothers, who fulfilled their parents' dream of staying united by producing wine in a region that is not well-known.

Manuela Parra belongs to a family where most are agronomists. In the town of Mercedes, this family has been a pioneer in intensive crops and biotechnology, and they even developed pistachio or kiri cloning and much more. But a quarter of a century ago, her parents, after a lifetime of undertaking projects, began to think about making one more oriented towards personal enjoyment and family refuge. “Around the year 2000, Dad began to think about a vineyard, with the intention of bringing the family together around a nice common project and, in case other business projects fell through,” begins Manuela, who decided to study sociology, while two of her four siblings are also agricultural engineers like their parents. “Searching for where to set up that vineyard, he proposed to innovate in a non-traditional region, because my parents were always avant-garde,” she pays homage to them. “So it was that Dad began to study the mountain systems of Tandil, Balcarce, and also San Luis ...