For the second year running, Bodega Garz\u00f3n got second place in World\u2019s Best Vineyards 2020, the contest that awards the world\u2019s best vineyards.<\/p>\n
Each year, wineries from 18 countries from all 5 continents, participate in the contest which awards the best places to taste excellent wines and enjoy experiences related to enotourism. The list includes wineries which outstand for their architecture, for being UNESCO-protected ancient cellars, wineries with Michelin-starred restaurants and small, family-run wineries where the owners conduct the tours.<\/p>\n
Once again, Bodega Garz\u00f3n got second place in the top 50 World\u2019s Best Vineyards, from a prestigious list of renowned Wineries such as Opus One, Penfolds, Vik, Ch\u00e2teau Lafitte, Ch\u00e2teau Mouton Rothschild, Ch\u00e2teau Margaux. A great acknowledgement for the winery that has set yet another milestone for Uruguayan viticulture, and a further addition to important awards including being chosen the 2018 New World Winery of the Year by Wine Enthusiast and the recently obtained LEED Certification, becoming the world\u2019s first fully sustainable for its entire facilities.<\/p>\n
The voting was carried out by over 500 experts from the wine world and was announced last June 13th<\/sup> in a Youtube live broadcast.<\/p>\n Bodega Garz\u00f3n is a state-of-the-art building that has become Uruguay\u2019s most important winegrowing enterprise. Founded by Engineer Alejandro P. Bulgheroni and owned by group Alejandro Bulgheroni Family Vineyards, it includes a vineyard of over 1,200 plots and a sustainable building of 19,050 m2.<\/p>\n It also has an exclusive restaurant for 120 diners, with renowned Argentinian chef Francis Mallmann as Ambassador and Culinary Director, and several enotourism activities to enjoy its facilities all year round.<\/p>\n Other milestones achieved by Bodega Garz\u00f3n in the recent years: the launch of Balasto 2016 at the Place de Bordeaux, the opening of exclusive private club The Garz\u00f3n Club and the outstanding presence of Balasto 2015 in the TOP 100 of Wine & Spirits, Tannat Reserva 2015 in the TOP 100 of Wine Spectator magazine, Tannat Single Vineyard 2017 in Masters Of Wine, being chosen as Winery of the Year by Patricio Tapia\u2019s Descorchados Guide 2020 and having the best winery restaurant according to Decanter.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s Top 10 was as follows:<\/p>\n