(Marie Claire, Julio 2023) Un ADN mendocino que fomentó su pasión por los Sola-num lycopersicum, el espíritu inquieto para la investigación dirigió a Maria Sance a recibirse como doctora en Ciencias Biológicas. Madre de una hija y un hija, con su marido Alejandro Vigil concibieron Casa Vigil, en Chachingo, Mendoza, donde actualmente es Directora General; […]

(Fine Dining Lovers, June 2023) While she was raised in southern California, Colombian heritage on her father Diego’s side eventually drew chef Carmen Angel to make Medellín, his birthplace, her base. Together, she and Diego opened Carmen along with chef Rob Pevitts in 2009; a second outpost followed in Cartagena de Indias. Today, she leads the eponymous […]

(Decanter, May 2023) After working front of house for two decades at Vincents restaurant in Riga, Raimonds Tomsons is now wine director at Barents Wine Collectors in Latvia. In 2019, he came third in the ASI Best Sommelier of the World contest; in February 2023 he took first place.  ‘I came into the world of […]

(Drinks International, May 2023) Women winemakers in Chile are working with a shi­fting climate and diversifying the country’s portfolio in the process. A­fter wildfires devastated part of the agricultural industry in Chile, including razing a number of vineyards run by small grape producers in Itatá and La Araucanía in February (Drinks International, March 2023), winemakers […]

(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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(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 […]