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The Pelizzatti family founded Chakana in May 2002 reviving an old family legacy. At the turn of the XIX century, the Pelizzatti ancestors made wine from the terraced vineyards of Valtellina, Italy.
Chakana is a winery dedicated to the study and understanding of some of the best terroirs of Mendoza, Argentina. Its goal is to produce authentic wines to express the character and identity of the Andean soils.
The winery is located in Agrelo in the province of Mendoza amongst 80 ha of vineyards. It also manages its own vineyards located in other areas of Mendoza, such as Mayor Drummond (Lujan de Cuyo), Altamira and Gualtallari (Uco Valley).
In 2012 Chakana started a conversion process to recover and maintain the harmony of its soils by transforming its agricultural methods to organic/biodynamic.
Chakana’s viticultural management is now oriented towards developing balanced vines through the structuring of its soils and the preservation of their organisms with methods compatible with their texture, organic matter and susceptibility to frost.
Chakana’s Nuna Estate located in Agrelo has been certified organic from vintage 2014 onwards and is certified Demeter (biodynamic) since 2016. The Los Cedros vineyard in Altamira is organic certified. All the other vineyards are in conversion to organic and biodynamic preparations are being used consistently.
Chakana is the only Argentinian winery GMO-free certified by the Non-GMO Project.
Site completed and launched in 2017.
Barrica Club was an eCommerce store for the wine community of Argentina that was launched on 2015 and kept alive until the end of 2017.
1st Phase - Mobile App The template was custom-made JQM theme extended and adapted to satisfy project needs. The site automatically detected user device and switch between desktop website and mobile website. Commerce was adapted to provide a custom express checkout using AJAX, which was integrated with MercadoPago SDK (Payment module) and a good deal of custom rules. We have also developed integration of mobile platform with the top mobile carriers in Argentina (Personal and Movistar) to provide validation and exclusive features for subscribed users. We were also responsible for setting up and tuning a cloud server where it is currently installed.
2nd Phase - Website This phase is currently under active development and its purpose is to provide full eCommerce features for the website.
"Matias and his team are organized, responsible and excellent professionals. The outcome of their work is impecable and I recommend them because of their quality and commitment. One of Matias' virtues is that he sees he provides not only a technical perspective but he actively provides suggestions and alternatives from the usability and business standpoint." Matias de la Cruz, Managing Partner at BarricaClub
