Sorrel World’s best somm? A Swede in New York
(For Jancis Robinson) The Best Sommelier in Europe 2013 Arvid Rosengren pulled off the double last night when he was crowned best in the world at the fifteenth Meilleur Sommelier…
World’s Best: Semifinalists revealed
(Come Wine With Me) Argentina’s top sommelier Paz Levinson went through to the semifinals of the Concours A.S.I. du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde Argentina 2016 – the only Latin American…
Argentine Wine Is Ready For a Big Comeback
(Fortune) After three tough years, Argentine winemakers look to turn the corner. In Mendoza, Argentina, 58 top international sommeliers will get together starting Friday to compete in the A.S.I. Best…
Argentina’s great somm hope #2
(TRA) In part five of The Real Argentina’s somms series, we meet Paz Levinson, the second of two Argentine sommeliers competing in the A.S.I. Concours du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde…
A day at Argentina’s largest cattle market
(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…
Argentina’s great somm hope #1
(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…
An Argentine first
Sixty competitors, five days, one title; the world’s best sommelier.
Zuccardi romances the stone
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…
Gaucho style
Style fresh from Buenos Aires' gaucho fair.
Mendoza to Host World’s Best Somm Contest
(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…