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Vinos de La Luz

The 20th Century was only one decade old when Serafín Fernandez and María Núñez departed their homeland of Galicia, setting out for Argentina and its promise of, perhaps not pots of gold, but certainly gainful employment and its inherent rewards.

Farmers by trade, the couple stuck to what they knew best before, almost ten years later in 1919, they acquired government-owned land in the foothills of the Andes in an area which was in critical need of skilled and knowledgeable labour: Uco Valley.

‘The land was over 1,100m above sea level, and

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