Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
(Wine Enthusiast) Argentina’s most adaptable grape migrant, Malbec (original birth place: Cahors, France) is responsible for securing the country’s place on the global wine map. Transplanted to Mendoza by French agronomist Michel Aimé Pouget in 1852, this bold red effortlessly adapted to Andean terroir and captured drinkers’ hearts with its berry aromas, juicy flavors and […]
(Wine Enthusiast) From the Mosel’s Riesling vines that dip at dizzying 70-degree angles, to the Canary Islands’ arid garia holes that harbor Malvasía, or Norwegian vineyards located at 59º latitude, winemakers push grapes to all kinds of extremes. One of those extremes is altitude. We take a look at six vineyards reaching dizzying heights on each continent (excluding […]
(The Drinks Business) Dubbed Tegui SuperUco, the pop-up is spearheaded by Germán Martitegui, whose flagship restaurant Tegui is currently at number 10 on Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list. The concept was dreamt up by Martitegui two years ago, who touted the idea to Michelini of Passionate Wines. Keen to make the dream a reality, Michelini […]
(The World’s 50 Best blog) When Germán Martitegui plans a pop-up, it’s no ordinary one-nighter helmed by a couple of his chefs. Instead, he goes 180º – and then some. Closing his restaurant in Buenos Aires for an unprecedented six weeks from 24th February, Martitegui has transferred his entire 24-strong team to SuperUco winery in Uco Valley, Mendoza, […]
(Decanter) Drive from Southern California to Baja for a Mexican adventure, with recommendations on where to drink or dine from Sorrel Moseley-Williams… ‘Baja’s abundant larder is also drawing in innovative chefs who’ve turned the region into Mexico’s most exciting foodie hub,’ said Sorrel Moseley-Williams. ‘Rich Pacific pickings include bluefin tuna and oysters from Bahía Falsa, and […]
(Luxury Defined) In Buenos Aires, Belle Epoque façades rub shoulders with brutalist architecture and glass-fronted skyscrapers; traditional tango and opera are enjoyed alongside electronic cumbia; and porteños (locals) have a seemingly insatiable thirst for rib eye, Malbec, and socializing—preferably at the same time, and usually until the small hours. Some describe the city as “New York lite.” Throw in a […]
(The Independent) From the Sequence of the Cow to Macri’s Meat-Free Mondays, chef Dante Liporace spills the beans (that’s a veggie gag) on cooking at the Pink House. For The Independent.
(Decanter) In October 2017, I spent a week in Ensenada and Baja California for Decanter, discovering the best of the region’s food and wine. A truly comprehensive four-page guide to this (relatively) new wine region. The February 2018 edition of Decanter is out now.
“We live day to day, uncertain about tomorrow.” Back in 2003, the frustrated former staff [who’d been made redundant] of Buenos Aires’ Bauen Hotel broke in and took back their jobs. Fifteen years on, it’s still open (somewhat precariously) – for business. We went to meet the people behind the Worker’s Hotel’. For the rest […]
(The Independent) It’s lunchtime in Huancarani, an altitudinous village near the city of Cusco, and I’m peeling the scorched skin off a baked potato, then slathering it with freshly made spicy salsa, uchucuta. The refuelling is welcome – we’re 3,850m above sea level, here at farmer María Pinchi’s homestead, and as well as the lack of […]
