The flagship grape of Argentina doesn’t escape from the classic varietal crossings. Denominated as Côt, Auxerrois o Pressac on different parts of France, it is a foreign that plays as local.
All that is outstanding is different in an unexpected way. That’s what happened with the harvest of 2016 in Argentina, but particularly in Mendoza: a year in which nature will leave its indelible mark on both the wines and the memory of its winemakers. With a cold spring and an October with an average...
“While a novelty generates curiosity, only a classic has lasting value.” It is a maxim that counts for pretty much everything in life, and was whispered to me recently by an importer of English wines who was passing through Argentina. We had been talking for at least an hour about the incredible...
A simple question doesn’t always produce a simple answer, and less so in the case of Malbec. A grape variety that is planted between 250 metres – 3,000 metres above sea level in Argentina and offers many expressions depending on the type of soil it is found in, among its 39 thousand hectares...
In Argentina, seven out of ten bottles that are uncorked, are red. Of those seven, 60% are Malbec. A logical figure for a country with this varietal as the flagship grape of the wine industry. However, talk of Malbec is no longer just about young reds or reserve wines, today with this strain all possible...
Malbec. It seemed to be the first and last horizon of Argentine wine. At least from the point of view of a global consumer radar. But Argentina is a big country. So big in fact that it includes other horizons, which do not perhaps appear on radars from abroad. Grape varieties can be checked out […]
That Argentina is synonymous with Malbec, nobody can deny. Nor that, with 39,300 hectares planted (data from 2015), it is the most widely grown red grape in our country, and the most widely representative of the local palate. However, there are other elements that help to form the curious partnership...
If all we do in Argentina is speak about red wine, it is because, until now the white universe has been vacant. But now a new breed of wines and winemakers are laying the foundation for a future of freshness.
There are two asados, one is the ritual of preparing it and the other is the ritual of cooking it. In Argentina, it is a huge event of eating delicious meat and drinking good wines, which no traveller should miss.
This April 17th, for the fifth consecutive year, we will be holding Malbec World Day, a celebration created and established by Wines of Argentina, the organization responsible for the promotion of the Vino Argentino brand worldwide. And we are inevitably full of expectation! In 2015, with more than 70 events...
