Bodega Catena Zapata is a family-owned winery located in Mendoza, in the sub appellation of Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Argentina. The winery was founded in 1902 by Italian immigrant Nicola Catena and was later passed to his son Domingo.[1][2]
History
Nicola Catena, whose family had a tradition of winemaking in Belforte del Chienti in the Marche region of Italy, immigrated to Argentina in 1898.[3][1]
In 1902, he planted his first vineyard of Malbec in Mendoza, a grape variety that, before this period, was mainly used as a blending grape in Bordeaux.[1]