Aruba’s first and only estate winery. Every bottle starts as a vine in coral soil on the hill below the Alto Vista Chapel, and ends as a glass on our deck at sunset.
Alto Vista is an estate winery: every wine is made from grapes grown on our own land. In Aruba’s desert climate that took years of trial, error and stubbornness. The result is a terroir found nowhere else, and wines made by hand, in small batches, by our family.
Sandy loam over ancient coral: lean, mineral and fast-draining, it keeps yields low and flavours concentrated.
Salt breezes sweep the hills of Alto Vista day and night, cooling the canopy and keeping the bunches healthy.
Elsewhere, one harvest a year is the rule. Here, pruning sets the calendar and the vines run on a rhythm of their own.
Named for the red star on Aruba’s flag. Agricole-style rum distilled from the fermented juice of sugar cane grown on our own farm: natural sweetness, a whisper of oak, unmistakably island.
A guided walk through the vineyard and farm, and how a desert became a wine estate.
Past the sugar-cane fields, a taste straight from the stalk that becomes Red Star Rum.
See the still and the barrels, then raise a Strea made with our own rum.
Four estate wines, each paired with a personal charcuterie board, as the sun goes down.
Pull up a chair on the deck for a glass, a wine flight or a Strea, and a small bite from the kitchen. Come after 5:30, when the sun softens over the north coast. And if you want the whole story behind the glass, start with the tour.
Head toward the chapel and turn left at the first cross. About 20 minutes from Oranjestad and a short ride from Eagle Beach and Palm Beach.
Pick up your order at the winery, Mon–Sat 4:30–9:00 pm.