Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
(Drinks International) Sorrel Moseley-Williams reports on how wine producers are coping following the recent disaster in their ancient vineyards. Devastating wildfires wiped out around 1,000ha of land at the start of February in southern Chile, including many centenary vineyards and wineries, also leaving 25 people dead. Given their ferocious nature, 53 fires hadn’t been completely […]
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(Decanter) Pablo Rivero is the sommelier and owner behind award-winning Parrilla Don Julio steakhouse in Buenos Aires. He was named Latin America’s Best Sommelier 2022 in the inaugural prize by the World’s 50 Best in November 2022. ‘Like many Argentines, I have family in Mendoza, so wine was always on the table, at lunchtime and over […]
(Monocle) Saving up your leave and heading on a proper adventure can change the way you think. Go for a whole month; don’t follow the pack. Open skies and awe-inspiring landscapes await in Patagonia. This huge plateau is divided by the Andes and cupped by two oceans, and spans both Argentina and neighbouring Chile. In […]
(La Nación) Parados sobre el escenario, los profesionales del vino esperaban el resultado de la novena edición organizada por la Asociación Argentina de Sommeliers (AAS). Fueron momento tensos, además, a los finalistas los anuncian por número, no por apellido; y por eso la expectativa era doble. Como en la quiniela, cantan el primero: “doce”; una […]
(Decanter) Josep Roca is the self-professed ‘wine waiter’ of three-star Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca that he shares with chef siblings Joan and Jordi. He was named World’s Best Sommelier in July this year in the inaugural prize launched by World’s 50 Best Restaurants. He is the author of Tras las viñas. Un […]
(Food & Wine) While Chile is considered by many as part of the New World, wine has technically been produced in the South American country since the 1500s, when Spanish missionaries started cultivating the País variety to make wine for Mass. Today, around 800 viñas (wineries) and 11,697 growers cultivate 336,000 acres or 136 sq km. What the […]
We polled 20,000 city-dwellers and grilled local experts to rank the greatest places for fun, food, culture and community 34. Chacarita Buenos Aires, Argentina (Time Out) Chacarita (which translates as ‘little farm’) might easily have once been confused with neighbouring Buenos Aires barrios Palermo Hollywood and Villa Crespo thanks to its low-rise architecture, cobbled streets and independent restaurants. Its […]
(Decanter) Alejandro Vigil is director of production, vineyards and wineries at Catena Zapata, and was named president of Wines of Argentina in April. Besides leading the Catena family’s wine projects, he also runs Chachingo craft brewery and a slew of pubs and restaurants in Mendoza. How did you get here? My journey started at INTA […]
(La Nación) Los resultados de la nueva edición de los World’s 50 Best Bars confirman que Buenos Aires no solo es líder de coctelería en el continente sino que también se posicionó en el mundo. Aunque por momentos los productos pueden faltar, hay una inmensa búsqueda y creatividad a la hora de la creación de […]