36 hours in Mendoza: Minding your pesos
Written for 36hrs.in It’s certainly true that Argentina is not the bargain it used to be. Money smart travellers rushed here in their droves following the big economic crash of 2001 when it was cheaper to buy a litre of beer here than a pack of chewing gum back at home. However after 10 years […]
24 horas en la vida de un enologo
25 de Abril – 12 am Es medianoche. La bodega está mucho más fresca, pero transpiro como un cerdo. Corro por todos lados como un loco, monitoreando los tanques, probando el jugo, tomando temperaturas y rompiendo sombreros. Tengo siete tanques llenos por el momento, y los sombreros (las uvas que se elevan hasta la parte […]
Interview with Laura Catena
Laura Catena is an emergency room doctor in San Francisco. She is also a fourth-generation winemaker from a family credited with revolutionizing Argentinian wine – Bodega Catena Zapata’s flagship label, Nicolás Catena Zapata, was the first wine from Argentina to score a Robert Parker 98+. How did you first fall in love with wine? When my father was […]
Malbec vs Cot
Malbec made Argentine wine famous, but its true French roots are lesser known on this side of the Atlantic. Amanda Barnes goes in search of the original Malbec – in Cahors, France before indulging in a luxury tour of its adopted home here in Mendoza. **Article taken from Wine Republic The French Connection Coming from […]
