Young somms rise through the ranks
Sorrel The wine world will turn its attention to Mendoza in April when Argentina’s principal wine-producing province hosts the prestigious Concours du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde (A.S.I. Contest of the Best…
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Top 10 wine bars and tasting rooms in Buenos Aires
Argentina’s taste for wine is on the rise, as is its capital’s bar scene. Here, we pick 10 places to discover hundreds of quality labels from as little as £1.60…
English Sparkling Wine Is the New Champagne
Watch your back, Champagne.
This Surfer-Winemaker Harvests Grapes and Hangs Ten
Meet Chilean surfer Charlie Villard, whose Tanagra Syrah 2012 picked up 96 James Suckling points recently.
Sommeliers turn winemakers #2
Sommelier Rodrigo Calderón talks about the Malbec he produced with Viña 24 Bodega De Angéles.
The Expat: Piero Incisa della Rochetta
The Tuscan transplant on setting up a winery in Río Negro: "This is the most difficult thing I’ve done in my life."
The expat: Jeff Mausbach
Meeting his porteña wife in an Italian hotel back in 1991 was the start of a long relationship with Argentina for Nebraska transplant Jeff Mausbach, who is a co-founder of…
Musical notes in a rocking vintage
My fellow student at sommelier school, Pedro, is inquisitive and interested in class and wine. Although he is sometimes absent from Geography II or Spirits and Aguardientes, he makes up…
More Argentine interests for Glencore
A US$90bn merger agreed yesterday between Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata and commodities trading giant Glencore International affects Argentina for several reasons.
The Expat: Anne Reynolds
The Australian marketeer and co-founder of Fuudis spent eight months living with a family in a small Córdoba town to learn Spanish.