Category Archives: Argentina Wine History

Cafayate Salta 101

Cafayate is a region in the north-west of Argentina in the province of Salta. . From the beautiful landscape, breathtaking mountains and hot temperatures we are given one of the country’s most prominent wine producing areas. After Mendoza, Salta is … Continue reading

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The Best Wines of Argentina; Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard Malbec 2007

  Over the weekend my husband, Senor Rico, used a common Argentine saying that I had never heard before; ‘tomatelo con soda’. This phrase literally translates as ‘drink it with soda water’, but when used in certain fraught situations it means … Continue reading

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The Best Wines of Argentina: Novecento ‘Raices’ Malbec 2011 by Bodega Dante Robino

Argentina is one of the oldest ‘new world wine countries’ in the world. Grape production in Mendoza has historic roots  dating back to approximately 1480, the Inca dynasty, when it was either the tenth emperor Tupac Inca Yupanqui, or his son … Continue reading

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Weekly Wine News – August 7th

Today will be the first of a weekly series that we plan to do that we will call the Weekly Wine News, in which we curate to you the articles we read that we thought were the most interesting or … Continue reading

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Geography, Globalization, and Argentina’s rise on the International Wine Scene

Immigration has heavily influenced Argentina’s path toward cultural and economic identity throughout its history. Wine is certainly not separated from this fact. Europe, and most particularly France, experienced what is known as the phylloxera epidemic in the mid 19th century. … Continue reading

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