Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
(The World’s 50 Best Restaurants) Leonor Espinosa’s mission goes well beyond applying haute-cuisine techniques to Colombian ingredients. The chef’s ‘ciclo-bioma’ philosophy uses gastronomy as an impetus for social and economic development in indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities – and her mission is now being more widely recognised. Recent accolades include her restaurant Leo in Bogotá, Colombia, […]
(Topia) I consider the notion of witnessing a jaguar springing out of the shallow waters to wrestle then chomp down 245 million years of scaly evolution. That’s a functioning ecosystem for you…As we navigate past a tiny islet in Esteros del Iberá atop which the twelfth caiman of the morning is unabashedly splayed out soaking […]
(Condé Nast Traveler) The late-summer grape harvest in Mendoza, Argentina, beautifully brings people together. Yet I find that when this mountainous wine country is blanketed in snow and free from the groups that come through for tastings and asado in summer, it has a special kind of magic. In June (the peak of winter in the […]
(La Nación/Lugares) La falta de recursos económicos le impidió completar sus estudios en el instituto gastronómico, pero una abundancia de pasión por la cocina llevó a Nicanor Vieyra hasta Moscú, Rusia. En noviembre, el chef porteño finalmente abrirá Olluco. Es el jefe de cocina del flamante restaurante peruano que forma parte del grupo gastronómico del reconocido chef Virgilio Martínez. […]
(Monocle) Despite small budgets, Buenos Aires’ media firms offer a model for the success of local journalism. Please visit Monocle or pick up a copy of October 2021.
(Good Beer Hunting) To most ears, “Mendoza” conjures snowy Andean peaks, high-elevation vineyards, and oceans of Malbec. Its name is imbued with a wildness, as well as indulgence. Here, everything revolves around grapes: 70% of Argentina’s top vintages are produced in this central-western province, which is roughly the size of Illinois. So how—and why—would anyone […]
Baker Francisco Seubert on biking in Buenos Aires and the towns to hit outside the city. (Condé Nast Traveler) Besides heading three panaderías—his starter dough is the yeasty foundation to many a Buenos Aires restaurant’s bread basket—sourdough specialist Francisco Seubert of Atelier Fuerza also loves a collaboration. His recent projects include opening spin-offs at F4 Esquina steakhouse and Mercat Villa Crespo, and […]
(Condé Nast Traveler) Vigneron Leonardo Erazo Lynch is a terroir and sustainable-viticulture champion who creates vintages from 100-year-old bush vines cultivated in the volcanic soils of Chile’s southern Itata province, celebrating under-appreciated varieties such as Cinsault and Carignan. A leading light in South America’s natural-wine movement, he honed his experience in South Africa’s Swartland and Mendoza […]
(Time Out) Buenos Aires: What makes us great: Whether you want to devour your own weight in steak, sip skin-contact wine or dance all that off to tango (or all three), Buenos Aires is bursting with late-night gratification. Though the city has not yet bounced back to its pre-pandemic buzz, BA was still voted the world’s […]
For ONLY magazine, August 2021.