(Condé Nast Traveler) Atlantic waves break near the vines, and Southern Argentine winds blow icy gusts across their leaves as I pop a few of the morning’s harvest—round Pinot Noir grapes—into my mouth. These vineyards, running along Patagonia’s moody eastern coast, produce fruit with delicate maritime flavors; a recent storm has left a lick of […]

(Condé Nast Traveller) Virgilio Martínez, the chef behind Peru’s game-changing restaurant Central and author of a new book on Latin American cooking, reveals his favourite places to eat. 2021 turned out to be quite a year for the Peruvian chef known for showcasing his country’s extraordinary cooking at Lima’s Central and high-in-the-Andes Mil. In the summer, his wife and […]

(Fine Dining Lovers) Ivan Berezutskiy is in the second-floor salon ofTwins Garden, the restaurant he leads with his identical twin Sergey in Moscow, which recently won its second Michelin star. “And the next dish is 3D squid,” he announces. This course – named ‘Science and Nature’ on the Rediscover Russia tasting menu –  is what they believe to be the first […]

(World’s 50 Best Blog) Anafe, a restaurant in Buenos Aires that melds Latin American and global influences in daring combinations, was recognised at Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021: Pasado y Futuro, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, with the American Express One To Watch Award, given yearly to a rising star venue in the region. Sorrel Moseley-Williams […]

(Fine Dining Lovers) Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez has tasked his finest culinary generals to open and lead restaurants in Russia and Japan, and while the pandemic has had them on standby, this global mission is now unfolding fast. Olluco in Moscow is led by Argentine Nicanor Vieyra and supported by Korean Sang Joeng in research and development, while Venezuelan Santiago Fernández is ready to depart […]

(The Tonic) As head of oenology at one of Argentina’s most iconic wineries, Alejandro Vigil is often found striding across the elevated limestone soils of Bodega Catena Zapata’s Vista Flores estate, his curly brown hair blown about by the Uco Valley’s Andean-powered breeze, contemplating leaf stripping, harvest or winter pruning. It’s more likely you’ll come […]

(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 […]

(Fine Dining Lovers) In the world of wine, gustatory acuity has long been the domain of experts – sommeliers defining myriad aromas and flavours that run through the taste spectrum with seemingly simple flourishes, inhalations and mouth swirls, all for your drinking pleasure.  While an untrained nose might possibly detect the difference between red and […]