Susana Balbo graduated as a winemaker in 1981, the first woman in the country to do so. She worked in Salta, where she became a global pioneer of fine Torrontés, and then in Mendoza with Catena Zapata. In 1999 she founded her own winery in Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo. Today she chairs Wines of Argentina and is an international reference. Her children José and Ana lead the new generation: BenMarco (José) and Crios (the original range) widened the portfolio to a broader audience without losing its identity.

The winery works vineyards in Agrelo (limestone soils, 950 m), Paraje Altamira and Gualtallary (Uco Valley, 1,100–1,350 m), and Cafayate (Salta, 1,700 m) for the Torrontés. That geographic diversity allows distinct wines: elegant Malbec from Luján, structured Cabernet Franc from Uco and Torrontés with the very high-altitude identity of Salta. It's a portfolio that travels Argentina from the Andes to the puna.

The building in Agrelo is intimate and residential, far from the monumental. Small, with gardens, fountains and a restaurant of the highest level — Osadía de Crear, run by her daughter Ana — where the food is designed in direct dialogue with each wine. It feels like a family home rather than an industrial winery.

Susana Balbo received the International Winemaker of the Year award from The Drinks Business in 2015. The Osadía de Crear restaurant appears recurrently on lists of the world's best winery restaurants. Her fine wines score consistently between 92 and 95 points in publications such as Wine Spectator, Decanter and James Suckling.