Argentina Harvest Report 2017
Off the back of a very wet El Niño vintage last year, it was a relief for winemakers in Argentina to return to its more characteristic dry climate. Although quality is considered high across the board, damaging spring frosts significantly reduced the quantity. ‘2017 is a fantastic harvest in terms of quality,’ said Santiago Achaval, winemaker […]
El Nino hampers Argentina’s 2016 harvests
Written for Decanter The El Niño weather cycle saw Argentina report its worst pre-harvest grape losses since 1957, with production in 2016 expected to be 27% smaller than 2015 across the country and 39% down in Mendoza. A cool and wet spring set the harvest back by a month. April was a wash out with […]
Women in Wine: Argentina
Twenty years ago, it was hard-won to find a female working in the wine industry in Argentina, let alone a female winemaker. But today women are taking their place in the sector and this year’s Argentina Wine Awards boasted an all-female tasting panel, bringing to light the role that many of the fairer sex now […]
Argentina Vintage Report 2015
It’s been a tricky harvest for much of Argentina, with yet another warm and wet vintage that will separate the good winemakers from the inexperienced. Written for Wine-Searcher Argentina received the tail-end of Chile’s odd climatic year. In the south, the Patagonian region of Chubut had to pick earlier than planned in order to avoid […]
Empanada and Wine Pairing
Written for Grape Collective If there’s one dish that you’ll find in every country in South America, it’s the mighty empanada. It may be fluffy and moist, or crisp and crunchy, bite sized or head sized, baked or fried… whatever texture and filling variation comes your way, these pockets of pastry are a perfect, unpretentious […]
10 Argentine Winemaker’s to Watch
Written for the Drinks Business, February 2015 View PDF Argentina has long been known for its lush, ripe Malbec, and there’s no doubt that those wines are still in full swing. However there is a tide of change in the style of not just Malbec, and the new generation of winemakers are at the helm […]
Five Argentine wines to charm your Valentine’s
This weekend is February 14th. A date which men see as another date in another month, and most women see as the date of the month. Score some extra points this Valentine’s Day by gifting your lady a beautiful bottle of Argentine wine. Here are five for five very different type of women. Written for […]
Top Argentine wines to try for 2015
As we settle into a New Year and we get ready for the 2015 harvest over the coming months, there are many wines from last harvest or harvests previous only just coming to light. Here’s a rundown of five beautiful wines just making their way to the market… Super Uco, Fratello 2012 The Michelini brothers […]
Top 5 wine countries in South America
Written for the Grape Collective, January 2015 Where else in the world can you find glaciers, jungles, extreme deserts, and high altitude mountains all within one continent? South America is a land of extremes and even though the Spanish introduced wine over 500 years ago, it is still a new discovery to many wine drinkers […]
A selection of His & Hers wines from Mendoza
Written for The Vines of Mendoza While it feels awfully sexist to try and generalize about the tastes of women, and men, we all know that there are certain attributes that make a wine more feminine, or more manly. You might struggle to gift a man a bottle of Rosé in public, or a shy […]
