As for wine, there are many high-level Argentine footballers who have their own label and they are expert connoisseurs of their aromas and flavours?
One of the answers has to do with the virtues of wine for preventing heart disease or reducing stress and anxiety, when taken in moderation. Another possibility is footballers who live abroad Access to the best restaurants in the world where wine is the drink that best goes with refined dishes.
For the Messi of wines, the winemaker Mendoza Alessandro Veglia (Catena Zapata and El Enemigo), the union has arrived and the footballers are dealing with what is “The only drink that, if you drink it, doesn’t affect your training”.
“I know a huge number of soccer players who like to drink wine, try variety and internalize, even if they don’t have their own label,” says Vigil.
Over the past five years, the list of football stars who, in their own initiatives or in homage to their illustrious careers, have launched their own wine is extensive.
Like a World Cup sticker game, the list allows you to compose a selection of the 11 ideal wines. A blend of pure talent between the fusion of the winemakers who make the wine and the subtlety of the personal touch that the players have given it.
there is the equipment
In goal Franco Armani, goalkeeper of the River and of the Selezione, launched his wine at the end of 2021 which he called A, with the initial of his surname. “I present to you my made wine with so much dedication and so much love. I always thought that after they had the wine they might have more than a bottle. It’s unique, with an incredible design,” Armani said.
The label shows the image of his face and an animated A, as if it were the figure of the flying archer. The millionaire gambler’s signature is embossed on the cap.
It is a Gran Reserva Malbec, produced by the Finca Cuadro Benegas winery, in San Rafael, south of Mendoza. The porter announced that the wine will be marketed in Argentina and Colombia, where he is an idol of Atlético Nacional de Medellín.
Rolando “Flaco” Schiavi defends himself, like a wall, with his wine The last man.
The legendary man from Boca has gone into business with two wines: a Malbec and a limited-edition blend from Valle de Uco, only available through social media.
The winemaker who interprets Flaco’s taste is Gonzalo Mazzotta, and the production will be overseen by another sportsman, Eusebio Guiñazú, Former Los Pumas player.
“The Último Hombre wine, in reference to the position held by Schiavi, represents the tenacious spirit of a born entrepreneur, who first traveled the world with a soccer ball and now intends to do so with his own brand of wines”, explain the brand.
Another great defender: Nicolás Burdisso, history of Boca and the national team, lives in Italy and works as sporting director of Fiorentina. But he has his own winery and vineyards in Mendoza.
“This is the result of teamwork, with passion, love and a well-placed shirt, without neglecting the terroir we have”, says his wife. María Belén Soler Valle, with whom he manages his winery.
The Vinos del Potrero, as they are called, are produced by Bernardo Bossi, with grapes from the vineyards of the Mendoza municipality of Gualtallary, one of the most prestigious in the world.
The brand already produces around 100,000 bottles a yearof which 65% goes to the domestic market and the rest is exported. They are building their own cellar in Mendozza.
In November 2021, Burdisso and his family launched a new wine: Pinot Noir Reserva 2020 with grapes from the Valle de Uco and aged for 6 months in barrels.
Leandro Paredes, central midfielder of the national team, who has just moved from PSG to Juventus, has chosen the brand My victory for your wine.
The oenologist is Rolando Lanzarotti and he does it at the Barberis Winery in Mendoza. It is a blend of Malbec with grapes from Chacras de Coria and Ugarteche, in Lujan de Cuyo; and the grapes of Vista Flores and Gualtallary, in the Uco Valley. An initial batch of 5,000 bottles that will target a premium segment.
My victory tag it reflects the passion, dedication and work of the family Walls at every moment of his life. At the launch, Ángel Di María was at his side as a teammate from the national team and a personal friend.
Central circle
In midfield appears Marcelo Gallardo, DT del River. Marcelo Gallardo Blend of wine It is produced by winemaker David Bonomi (Bodega Norton and PerSé Wine).
It is a blend of Perdriel vineyards, Luján de Cuyo: 40% Malbec, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and another 30% Merlot, vintage 2017 and aged for 14 months in French oak barrels.
The Doll he wanted an exclusive wine of only 14,000 bottles. “I was giving Marcelo options and the cut ended up being decided by him. It was like setting up the ball for a free kick, looking at the goal and being able to kick it diagonally, so that no one would catch it,” Bonomi describes with a passion for football.
River coach’s fan story with wine dates back to his playing years at Monaco, France, where he was considered a crack. “He learned to taste and learn about wines with his main collaborator, a person that the club had assigned him to learn the language”, says the winemaker.
The owners of glory
The champions of 86. The glorious national team that won the 1986 World Cup in Mexico has launched two wines as a synthesis of the team’s unity and the passion that football unleashes in Argentines. The idea was born jointly between defender Oscar Ruggeri and his friend Jorge del Valle, sales manager for Latin America of the Mendoza Vineyards winery, which belongs to Origin Wines Group.
“One day Jorge made me taste the wine and I really liked it, He offered me to make a wine together and I said let’s do it now, and with all the guys from the national team” recalled the stubborn Ruggeri at the presentation of the wines, together with Oscar Garré, Sergio Czech Batista, Ricardo Giusti, Ettore Black Enrique, Jorge Burruchaga, Nery Pumpido, Julio Olarticoechea, Ricardo Bochini, and Carlos Chinese Wall.
The wines are called La Final and Héroes del 86. The winemaker is Denis Vicino of the Mendoza Vineyards winery, the same group of the renowned Finca La Anita winery.
The Final is a Malbec, by Luján de Cuyo. The Héroes Blend wine is produced with Agrelo red grapes: 50% Cabernet Franc, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot.
goal power
Up front, shirt 10 is worn by Lionel Messi, with his Leo Messi wine. He did it in 2018, to his liking, with Mendoza grapes and the advice of Bodegas Bianchi.
It has spent a year in oak barrels, has been bottled and will remain in stowage for when it is “ready for consumption”. Between jokes that show his competitive personality, the only warning from the captain of the national team to the consultant winemaker Silvio Alberto was: “My wine must be better than Iniesta’s”, which has a cellar in Albacete, Spain.
Leo likes to drink wine when not in competition. He inherited that taste from his father Jorge, who knows wines and is a fan of Mendoza winery based in Valle de Uco and San Rafael. Bianchi is responsible for the production of the L 10 wineby the Leo Messi Foundation, which allocates part of its turnover to support solidarity projects.
The wine to please the palate of the 10 in the Selection is a Malbec. Vintage 2018, from the Valle de Uco, and is a limited batch already bottled, “hoping it will evolve so that it can be launched when Messi decides”explained the oenologist Silvio Alberto.
The ninth of the Selection, Lautaro Martínez, also has his own wine. The project is with his wife, Agustina Gandolfo of Mendoza. The wine does not yet have a name and the idea of producing it arose from the acquisition of a farm in the prestigious area of Las Compuertas in Luján de Cuyo.
The vines planted in 1929 offered tremendous potential to the wine produced by the oenologist Federico Isgró. The variety is a Malbec, from Las Compuertas, vintage 2021, aged from 12 to 18 months in barrels. Lautaro and Agustína want to bring wine to Milan, the player is from Inter, and become ambassadors of the Argentine drink in Italy.
El Matador, Mario Kempes, traveled to Mendoza in April to present his line of wines produced in the Uco Valley. The champion and top scorer of the 78 World Cup has his iconic wine El Matador, a blend of Malbec and Petit Verdot, vintage 2018.
The oenologist is José Di Marco. The Mario Kempes Wines project, in collaboration with Franco Ferrucci, Andes Growers and the Fermasa winery, from the city of Perdriel, Luján de Cuyo, is focused on exports.
The Spanish city of Valencia, where the bullfighter It is considered an idol, it is the main destination for these wines. Record sales also in Miami and in the southern United States, where the champion lives with his family.
“I took this wine production seriously”, he confesses and assures that over the years he has had a very refined palate, “I savor it, I taste it, even if I’m not even an expert”.
There is a choice, as seen. And there is fun in a special year. The list of idols is likely to be wider. There is talk of projects by Walter Samuel and Ezequiel Garay and he is ready to present Enzo Francescoli’s wine, created by the great winemaker Mariano Di Paola (Rutini Wines).
Wine seems to be the last whim of the consecrated. It’s not bad at all because there are many resources in the mountains. But also because it is the key moment: in less than two months we will have to go back to cheering on the blue-and-whites, and nothing better than doing it with a glass of wine in hand. The one of the player that every Argentine prefers.
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Source: Clarin
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