A thousand five hundred hectares of vineyards are located in the area of the valleys Calchaquíes, and they play a part of Catamarca. The main cellars of the region are near Cafayate, to 1.700 meters on the level of the sea, and some new ones are located near Mills, where they arrive until the 2.500 meters high.

The climate of the area is dry, with summers long and scarce rains, and the floor is franc-sandy deep, with rubble and loose stones.

This region stands out for the quality of its grape white torrontés, with great development potential, and for grapes inks that mature very well. and they give deep colors to the wines.

During many decades, the villagers didn't identify the different grapes planted in the vineyards well and they used to call French" "grape to many of the grapes harvested inks.

In the last years it was possible to specify the names and was discovered that the vineyards had blended, for example, malbec, cabernet sauvignon and tannat, present grapes for more than one century in the region and that at the present time they are revaluing because, together with the syrah and the merlot, they give wines of a lot of power and color.

The Province of Salta is the region producer located more to the north of the country, and their main vineyards are located to about 1.500 meters for on the level of the sea in the area of the Valleys Calchaquíes that extend until Catamarca and Tucumán.

The most important cellars are seated in the town of Cafayate, at 25° of south latitude, where the historical antecedents of establishments vitivinícolas go back by the middle of the XIX century, although the life had already arrived to Salta before from the other side of the Mountain range of the Andes three centuries, of the hand of conquerors and religious.

In Cafayate and surroundings, the vision of the cellars is impactante for its aspect of palaces inserted between mounts and vineyards: Michel Torino, Etchart, El recreo, etc.

Over there also appears the cellar of Arnaldo Etchart, a nest of condors in the heights of San Pedro of Yacochuya. And in the same area they are also the indigenous establishment, the arbors and the family house of the family Domingo. As it finishes off aristocratic María's imposing mansion arises Luisa "Yiyina" Cambolive Michel Torino of Cornejo Costa.

Other areas of vineyards and smaller cellars are located in San Carlos , Mills and Colomé, between Cafayate and the provincial capital and always in territory of the Valleys Calchaquíes, an unique considered region in the world for the special climate conjunction, floor, height and humidity that gives origin to their famous one and laureate torrontés wine.

The cellars of Cafayate regional cabernets that seem to tone with the landscape of tints take place also red-violet that prevails in the area and that it impresses in each evening.

The gastronomy of the area dazzles with the kid in different forms, turnovers, locros, potatoes, meat cake perfumed with regional yuyos, sweet of cayóte with nuts, quesillo with cane honey or cuaresmillos, among other delights.