Wayne and Carol Tamarelli want to share their wines with other people who appreciate fine wines.
The success of Tamarelli Vineyards® has developed into a lifelong joy and satisfaction for winemaking, made possible through our partnership with industry leading winemakers and experts. Our wine originates from super premium grapes harvested from the Los Chacayes region within Uco Valley, Mendoza. This particular region is the source of many top wines due to its high altitude, sunny climate, pest-resistant environment, and high quality snowmelt water from the Andes mountains.
“We have learned so much about how fine wines are born. Our ownership of Tamarelli Vineyards in Mendoza, Argentina and partnership in Calluna Vineyards in Sonoma, California has been electrifying. It all begins with good soils, good climate, and good choice of compatible grape varietals. Then the skills and art of the farmer and the winemaker do magic to turn great grapes into great wines.”
Wayne has often been told he looks like Ernest Hemingway. He and Carol certainly share Hemingway’s philosophy:
“Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.”
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2003 // PARTNERSHIP
Wayne and Carol Tamarelli joined a partnership with Calluna Vineyards in the Chalk Hill AVA of Sonoma, California and began to turn their appreciation for excellent wine into a developing pursuit of intentionally crafted, high quality wines.
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2007 // DISCOVERING
Wayne and Carol Tamarelli traveled to see the emerging, and critically acclaimed “New Napa” of Mendoza, Argentina; recognized because of the region’s unique, complementing climate factors and terroir.
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End of 2007 // EARLY STRATEGIES
By the end of 2007, Wayne and Carol purchased enough land to produce about 6,000 bottles of super-premium wines per year. They made their first, pivotal decision to plant malbec, cabernet franc, syrah, and merlot grape varietals. At the same time, they established an early strategy for Classic and Elegant wine styles, produced at a Super Premium quality level.
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2009 // PRODUCTION
Tamarelli Vineyards began sustaining successful production for two to three different wines annually, and selling the remaining high-quality grapes to other wineries. Wine types to date include malbec, various malbec-based blends, cabernet franc, 2 types of roses, and late harvest cabernet franc.
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2011 - Present Day // ONLINE SALES + BEYOND
Tamarelli wines first available through online sales. Shortly after, Wayne and Carol Tamarelli contract a villa construction project in the luxury resort, The Vines Resort and Spa (www.vinesresortandspa.com). Completed in 2014, they visit their Mendoza villa about three times per year to decide on farming objectives, wine blending, etc.
