A 1990 vacation in Argentina was all it took. For the Bousquet Family, it was love at first sight. The object of the family’s desire: the Gualtallary Valley, a scenic, remote, arid terrain high in the Tupungato district of the Uco Valley in Argentina’s Mendoza region, close to the border with Chile. Here, where the condors fly and not a vine in sight, Bousquet discovered his dream terroir, an ideal location in which to nurture organically grown wines.

Certified organic fruit, high-altitude terroir and a French-Argentine profile have translated into a recipe for success for the Bousquet family in 15 short years. Their naturally elegant, environmentally friendly wines are now found in 50 countries around the globe, and Domaine Bousquet is Argentina's leading name in exports of wine made from organically grown grapes. But there's another simple reason for their success: "We just want to make the finest organic grown wines possible and sell them at prices people can afford'', explains co-owner Anne Bousquet. With a young team full of spirit as Rodrigo Serrano (head winemaker) and his main agronomist, Franco Bastías, Anne and Labid continued this legacy discovering new organic wine markets around the world.

With altitudes ranging up to 5,249 feet, Gualtallary occupies the highest extremes of Mendoza’s viticultural limits. Fast-forward to the present and wine cognoscenti recognize it as the source of some of Mendoza’s finest wines. Back then, it was virgin territory: tracts of semi-desert, nothing planted, no water above ground, no electricity and a single dirt track by way of access. Locals dismissed the area as too cold for growing grapes. Bousquet, on the other hand, reckoned he’d found the perfect blend between his French homeland and the New World (sunny, with high natural acidity and a potential for relatively fruit-forward wines).

With a major expansion of the winery including opportunities around the world, Bousquet began to think about new brands. Now, each brand represents a different part of the winery’s story and philosophy.

Cameleon, which like its namesake, is the embodiment of adaptation to the environment. The label symbolizes the story of the Bousquet family, a fourth generation that left their native France after a long worldwide search for an idyllic wine growing region.

The portfolio has continued to expand with Gaia, the Earth Goddess, Virgen, their non-sulfite USDA certificated wine, Lalande and their icon Ameri, which is the last name of co-owner Anne Bousquet’s husband and partner