
When the death of her father, Enilda receives the legacy of “Bodega del 900”, while Luis and Enrique Tittarelli are left in charge of the company, as president and vice-president.
In 1980 “Pacífico Tittarelli SA” was one of the most modern and successful wine making and olive growing facilities in Argentina. In Maipú and Rivadavia departments, it owned 1000 hectares of irrigation land, which produced annually 10 million liters of wine, 500 liters of maximum quality and purity “Extra Virgin” olive oil and 500 thousand kilograms of olives.
The industrial sector had two wineries, with a joint capacity of 24 million liters of wine and also champagne –using the closed tank method-, a bottling plant for wine and champagne, an olive oil factory with bottling facilities and another plant which processed fresh olives.
At the time, only 20 per cent of the production was sold in bulk, and the resting 80 per cent was fine wine which was fractioned in bottles made specifically for that type of wine. The most popular in the local and international markets were Cabernet, Lambrusco, Borgoña, Riesling and Asti Espumante.
Enrique Tittarelli, faithful to the lesson he had received from his grandfather and his father, set some time apart from his tasks in the company to promote the consumption of olive oil and ensure the quality, passing his knowledge on to people of all ages and sexes. In 1996 he founded the Olive Oil Tasting School, which is still open today at the Rivadavia department of the National Technological University.
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