Journalist + sommelier / Argentina + Latin America
(Monocle’s The Forecast 2020) As venues for audiophiles take off in global cities, with a heavy nod to the jazz-kissa of Tokyo, we explore three places where vinyl collections are played on some of the world’s best analogue equipment – with strong spirits and wine lists to match. If you’ve ever been to a jazz-kissa in […]
Latin America The new Peru? (Food Spark) Colombia is making its mark on the gastronomical map, and more chefs than ever are on the map, with one restaurant – LEO – ranking in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 list, and two – LEO and El Chato – ranking in the top 10 of Latin […]
(Star Wine List) British freelance journalist and sommelier Sorrel Moseley-Williams has been based in Argentina since 2006 and contributes to Monocle, The Guardian, Condé Nast Traveller, N by Norwegian, Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, Fine Dining Lovers and Rough Guide among other publications. Covering travel, food and wine, largely with a focus on Latin America, she is […]
(American Way inflight magazine) Argentines often refer to their country as a “crisol de razas,” or mix of races, since 6.6 million immigrants settled in the country in the 18th and 19th centuries—second only to the United States. The immigrants were mostly European, and locals still refer to themselves as “porteños,” alluding to their arrival […]
(The Independent) On a wintery August Thursday in Buenos Aires, Elvia Tito left her home in Villa Rodrigo Bueno, a shantytown, and loaded up her car with pans, folding chairs, tables and cooking supplies. It was business as usual for the Bolivian cook, who ran a lunchtime street food stall outside Cinar, a shipbuilding yard in […]
(Fine Dining Lovers) A noble plant with millenary nutritional and medicinal values as well as deep ancestral ties, negative press about Erythroxylum coca has long outweighed the positive. Blame disparaging headlines on cocaine alkaloid, the pharmacologically active component found in fresh leaves that is extracted to produce cocaine. But, good news is on the horizon as […]
(La Nación) Queremos disfrutar de los mejores restaurantes del mundo pero la inflación y el tipo de cambio fluctuante realmente nos supera cuando llegamos al exterior. Pero hay que tener en cuenta que muchos chefs reconocidos llevan proyectos informales y populares a su portafolio fine dining, lo cual permite una experiencia gastronómica craneada por los mas grosos […]
(La Nación) Te compraste un pasaje en una aerolínea low cost, lo mandaste a tu tarjeta de crédito en 12 cuotas (obvio), viajaste en transporte público desde el aeropuerto hasta tu alojamiento pero, a pesar de todos los ajustes meticulosos, igual no te alcanza la plata para comer en un restaurante que rankea en la […]
(The Independent) Argentina’s wine-making capital Mendoza (the name of the city and the province) is a welcome indulgence at any time of year. Dozens of bodegas(wineries) open their cellar doors year round to offer up tastings, paired lunches or picnics among vineyards, many in the shadow of the Andes’ handsome peaks. Besides its wine-making heritage, Mendoza – officially one […]
(N by Norwegian) Argentina’s northwestern wine-producing region has historically been overshadowed by Mendoza as Argentina’s primary wine-producing region. But its industry is growing – bringing new life and tourism to one of South America’s most stunning destinations. Published in N by Norwegian’s October 2019 edition.
