Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
(The Essentialist) Longing to roam free? Chase the scent of adventure beginning in the world’s most southern city, hugging the Andes and navigating north through Patagonia before heading east to the Atlantic. A road trip traversing such vast and striking landscapes makes for the perfect slow-travel voyage, to be filed under ‘epic’. For the rest […]
(Time Out) Good drinks, great vibes and epic views: our global list of the world’s best rooftop bars covers Europe, Asia, the USA and beyond. Trade Skybar, Buenos Aires The view Buenos Aires vistas come two for the price of one at Trade, which houses watering holes on both the 19th and 22nd floors of the Argentinian capital’s […]
(Condé Nast Traveller) These are the best of restaurants to have opened in the last year, our 2021 Hot List. They are the spots we can’t wait to eat in as soon as it’s safe to do so. FAYER, Madrid, Spain Having introduced their fascinating mix of Argentine and contemporary Israeli cooking to Buenos Aires four years ago, […]
(Condé Nast Traveler) Why book? Come for the boutique estancia, stay for the candle-lit barbecue suppers, endless pampas landscape, and comforting dose of all-inclusive TLC from host Cinders Paxton. Set the scene: Paxton is currently working with local social-distancing rules to welcome just four guests at a time, who get to play in 17 acres […]
(Condé Nast Traveller) Why book?Come for the boutique estancia, stay for the candle-lit barbecue suppers, endless pampas landscape and comforting dose of all-inclusive TLC from host Cinders Paxton. Set the scenePaxton is currently working with local social-distancing rules to welcome just four guests at a time, who get to play in eight hectares of farmland […]
(Fine Dining Lovers) It’s a warm autumnal afternoon in Buenos Aires, ash leaves dot the pavement and sun streams between the mid-rise buildings in the hip barrio of Palermo. At Huerta Luna de Enfrente, a sustainable urban community allotment, a small group of green-fingered neighbours are taking advantage of the amiable weather to transplant seedlings into 30-cubic-metre vegetable […]
(Good Beer Hunting) It’s a balmy summer afternoon when I set off with Hernán Castellani on a cruise around the low-slung suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires. We’re in search of what was, until recently, elusive here: good beer, made with care. Castellani, who operates the cuckoo brewing project Sir Hopper, has offered to take me […]
(Monocle) Achieving sustainable business practices results in a virtuous circle that benefits the production process, employees, communities nearby and the planet. Sofía Pescarmona is a third-generation co-owner of Argentina’s Bodega Lagarde, founded in the country’s most famous wine province, Mendoza, in 1897. She runs the winery with her sister Lucila (pictured, on left, with Sofía), […]
(La Nación) Nacida en Inglaterra, la periodista y sommelier Sorrel Moseley-Williams bromea diciendo que le dieron gin “desde la mamadera”. Sin embargo, ya en serio, confirma que su primera experiencia con la bebida no fue precisamente memorable. “Tenía 19 años y la facultad a la que iba organizó un mega evento muy elegante. Ahí tomé un gin […]
(The Essentialist) Unique architecture, stunning Andean panorama, and delicious regional fare make this family-run winery one of the world’s best. For The Essentialist.
