Food, drink and travel writer + sommelier | Argentina + Latin America
(Munchies) It’s a wonderfully balmy autumnal morning in Buenos Aires. The downside is that this only serves to heighten the punishing stench of shit and piss expelled by the temporary inmates penned in at Mercado de Liniers. I’m visiting Argentina’s largest live cattle auction in the Mataderos (translation: abattoir) neighbourhood with Gastón Riveira. He’s the owner-chef […]
(TRA) One of two Argentine sommeliers who will compete in the A.S.I. Concours du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde (A.S.I. Contest of the Best Sommelier of the World), we meet Martín Bruno, sommelier at top Buenos Aires restaurant Tegui, in part four of The Real Argentina’s somms series. Martín spills the beans on how he’s been […]
Sixty competitors, five days, one title; the world’s best sommelier.
MENDOZA – When you excavate 1,000 lorries worth of mountainous rocks in order to plant vineyards, the only logical outcome for all that surplus material – if your name is Sebastián Zuccardi – is to build a winery with it. And from Wednesday, Bodega Zuccardi Valle de Uco throws open its doors to its second […]
Style fresh from Buenos Aires’ gaucho fair.
(New Worlder) When you think of Mendoza, it’s easy to fall into a Malbec-induced fog, eyes misting over at the thought of that luscious purple grape juice sliding down your throat. But Argentina’s premier wine-producing province is about to take the spotlight for a very different reason, when it hosts the fifteenth Concours A.S.I. du […]
It’s the perfect time to escape Buenos Aires and go mountain biking, grape picking, or catch some late summer rays at the beach.
As the countdown to the Concours du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde ticks away, The Real Argentina continues with part two of its somms series.
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 Sommelier of the World).
Sourcing the origin of Argentina’s only sea salt in Chubut, Patagonia.
