When you tour Argentina through the Middle-West, when you penetrate the zone between 32 and 38 degrees paralels, you can find the land corresponding to Mendoza province. Towards the west,an extense mountain range surrouns the area, it is called “Los Andes Range ” .From there,icy clear streams, have been transformed into channels by the man,and they irrigate the crops.

Mendoza is over all fruitgrowing province with a semi- aridcontinental climate,out standing because of the low pluviometriclevel of the stival regime,high heliophany,high termic amplitude
and excellent mountain water.

In the national level it is the first plums and olives productor for industry.The East Zone of the province,it embraces the Districts of San Martín,Rivadavia,Junín,Santa Rosa and La Paz,it contains nearly the 50%of theplums production for the industry.In this zoneexist 90.000ha of crops under irrigation: 70.000ha with vineyards,18.100ha with fruit trees,and the rest with pastures and vegetables.

The templated climate and the sun permitea great degree of ripeness in all the fruitvarieties.
At the end of 19th Century, Mendozastored a plurality of settlers from different partsof the world.Many Spanish,Italian,French, German,English men among others,contributed to the great genetic diversity of the nowaday people.