Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
We polled 20,000 city-dwellers and grilled local experts to rank the greatest places for fun, food, culture and community 9. Barrio Yungay Santiago, Chile (Time Out) The colourful Barrio Yungay, located a short walk from heaving Avenida Alameda and Barrio Brasil, is on the up. Boasting national heritage status as the Chilean capital’s first planned barrio, […]
(Fodor’s) Yungay is a rough diamond of a neighborhood, one where colonial and Belle Époque architecture converge with street art, and residents greet each other by name. Founded in 1839, Chileans know Yungay is considered the country’s first barrio and was once a magnet for well-heeled European migrants who constructed stylish mansions in the 19th century. Central […]
Thousands of microdistilleries are helping to change the face of Brazil’s national spirit, creating aged and wood-blended expressions that are pulling in new fans. If life gives you limes, make Caipirinhas. The sweet yet zingy cocktail muddled with the green citrus fruit, white cachaça and sugar fuels Brazilians and, given that they consume 99% of […]
(Time Out) What makes us great: South America’s most culturally exciting city, Buenos Aires is a magnet for cocktail aficionados, gourmands and culture vultures, thanks to its abundance of award-winning bars and restaurants, and a buzzing arts scene with free museums, art galleries and cultural festivals that keep porteños (the Argentinian capital’s residents) entertained long into the night. […]
(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 […]