“I always like to say that I feel I am at the right time and in the right place,” said Francisco Pancho Lavaque, at the beginning of his meeting with the participants of “Wine and Tourism – Let’s talk about what’s coming.”
“I always like to say that I feel that I am at the right time and in the right place,” said Francisco Pancho Lavaque, at the beginning of his meeting with the participants in “Wine and Tourism – Let’s talk about what’s coming.”
During this meeting where wine, the tourist spaces that Salta offers and the charm of its gastronomy, came together to be analyzed and promote its development, Pancho Lavaque was in charge of explaining how his winery works to enhance Salta wine and show it from its cradle to its entry into international markets.
“Over the years, through wine, I began to interpret what Cafayate and the Calchaquí Valleys are. I decided not to do the same thing, nor repeat formulas, I wanted to analyze the wine from my perspective, and thus I began to get to know the varieties that I like to make the most and that adapt to the mountains, to the different altitudes. One could be the Sauvignon Blanc, which we make in Payogasta or the old vines that are so well adapted in Cafayate with those powerful reds and the beloved Torrontés that always was. the identity of the Valleys. In one of my stages I wanted to offer it when Malbec was booming, and it took a while to better interpret those vines. Today we are making the Torrontés and the results are spectacular. With a gastronomic perspective. so exuberant but elegant,” analyzed Pancho Lavaque, at the beginning of this meeting.
Proud of Salta wine
“Wine is born in a place and it is in that place where it has to shine the most. In its communities, then in the food. And the wine from Salta and the valleys have had a spectacular evolution,” said the businessman, who also analyzed the work carried out in the small vineyards. “It is historic that the small wineries sell to the people who visit them. And now the number of visitors has grown a lot and the people from Salta feel proud of their wines,” said Lavaque.
In this development of the world of vineyards in the Calchaquí Valleys, Pancho Lavaque highlighted the presence in “Wines and Tourism – Let’s talk about what’s coming” of several local businessmen. “We have gone through several stages together and several social milestones in the community and together I believe we can continue building Salta wine and become ambassadors. Feel proud of the wines we make and pair them with all the local gastronomic products,” he added.
The Creole Line
Among the presentations made at the meeting, the value of Creole vineyards stood out. “The Valleys have a lot of history and a lot of identity, and when I went out to look for small Creole grapes, I met unique vintners, we discovered wines and stories that should be told,” Lavaque highlighted.
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