Felipe Rutini

Education

Felipe attended the Royal School of Agriculture of Ascoli Piceno, where he obtained the degree of Agricultural Technician.

Career

He is best known as one of the four great Italian winemakers in Mendoza. The Italian Risorgimento and the state of war in Europe drove him to the Americas and in 1884 he travelled to Mendoza, Argentina, where he settled. Rutini acquired an estate in the district of Coquimbito, where he founded Louisiana Rural winery in 1885.

Initially, the winery comprised two buildings and the family house.

In 1910 he inaugurated new, spacious facilities to make the first Argentine high-end wines. State-of-the-art machinery was imported from Europe.

Felipe Rutini’s growth strategy included expanding to new markets, mainly Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, Argentina. Felipe Rutini died in 1919

In the 1930s they planted red and white varieties for high-end wines in their new estate in Tupungato and in their properties at Maipú and Rivadavia.

Within a few years the brands under Bodega Louisiana Rural became well known by consumers and produced wines including the famous "San Felipe" in its distinctive "canteen bottle" and "Felipe Rutini", launched on the 100th anniversary of the winery’s foundation.

Achievements

• And founder of "Rutini Wines", Louisiana Rural Winery and the Wine Museum of Mendoza.