Bodega Norton is one of Argentina's most historic estates - founded in 1895 in Luján de Cuyo and farming its own vineyards across Mendoza and the high Uco Valley, with winemaking led by chief winemaker David Bonomi.
At the heart of the estate is Finca La Colonia, Norton's main vineyard at 1,100 metres on deep alluvial soils, where cool Andean nights give the Malbec its firm, fine tannins. The range runs from the fresh, everyday Finca La Colonia whites and rosé to the oak-aged Reserva reds and Privada Family Blend, a Platinum-medal wine from vines up to eighty years old.
Founded in 1895 by the British engineer Edmund Norton while he was working on the trans-Andean railway, Bodega Norton is one of the oldest and most respected estates in Mendoza. Since 1989 it has belonged to the Swarovski family, who have invested deeply in the vineyards, and winemaking today is led by chief winemaker David Bonomi.
Norton farms its own vineyards across Luján de Cuyo and the high-altitude Uco Valley. Its main estate, Finca La Colonia, sits at 1,100 metres in the west of Agrelo on deep alluvial soils of sand, silt and boulder. The altitude and cool Andean nights preserve freshness in the whites and give the Malbec its firm, fine tannins.
Some of the estate's parcels are between fifty and eighty years old, and it is these old vines that feed the Reserva reds and the Privada Family Blend, one of the most awarded high-end wines in Argentina. Little is left to chance: hand-selected fruit, fully natural malolactic fermentation and long ageing in French oak.
The six wines we have selected show the full arc of the estate: the fresh, food-friendly Finca La Colonia Chardonnay, Rosado and Malbec for the daily list, and the oak-aged Reserva Malbec, Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon and Privada Family Blend for the cellar and the tasting menu.
Store the reds at 14–16 °C and the whites and rosé at 8–12 °C, away from light and vibration. Once opened, the Chardonnay and Rosado hold three to four days recapped and refrigerated; the Reservas and Privada will keep three to five days recorked, and only improve in the glass across an evening.
A bottle pours better when the team behind the bar knows why it's there. The SIMDI Beverage Academy is the Maldives' approved education centre for resort F&B - internationally certified courses in wine, structured bar training from Diageo, and tailored in-house modules built around the range on your list.
A bespoke programme written for your property around the wines on your list. We cover what your team actually pours: service temperatures, food pairing logic, label storytelling, and the upsell language that turns a house pour into a by-the-glass programme.
SIMDI delivers the Diageo Bar Academy curriculum to resort bar teams - guest engagement, classic cocktail families, spirits provenance, responsible service. Practical, accredited, and directly relevant to the brands on your back-bar.
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We arrange tastings at every resort on our roster - pour-throughs of the range with the SIMDI Beverage team, from the fresh Finca La Colonia list to the cellar reds. Single-bottle ordering supported.