Category Archives: Argentine Wine

All things related to Argentina and Wine.

Weekly Wine News: June 12

This week’s Wine News is here! We have articles coming in from all over the world, hand picked for you to sip on. If one really speaks to your personal tastes, please let us know! Wine Spectator: The 2013 southern … Continue reading

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DOC in Argentina and Mendoza

Some of the most frequently asked questions about Argentina’s up-and-coming wine Industry involves DOC (denominacion de origen controlado in Spanish). The Old World wine regions are intricately defined by rules and regulations about each and every aspect of the winemaking … Continue reading

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Argentine Wine and Buenos Aires Restaurant Review: Chipper Fish and Chips & Don David Torrontes by Bodega Esteco

“That’s a funny Argentine accent you have there”; possibly one of the most common sentences that I hear from our Buenos Aires wine tasting guests. Yes, if the blonde hair and blue eyes doesn’t give them a screaming clue that … Continue reading

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Argentine Wine Review: Artisanal Wine, Vino Patero

Two nights ago a rather large storm hit Buenos Aires. It was no Sandy (all my thoughts and best wishes go out to those affected by the hurricane!)  but it was certainly very wet, although I can’t actually to tell … Continue reading

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Passito and Ice Wines

I tend to like my wine as I like my humor: dry.  Never being much of a fan of sweet wines I was a bit skeptical a couple months ago when we had a sweet wine in the line-up at one … Continue reading

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The Best Wines of Argentina: Wine Review Las Perdices Malbec 2011

As my last two blogs have been about the winery Las Perdices’ wonderful Reserva wines, I think the most polite thing would be for me to explain just exactly who they are, where they are coming from and what they … Continue reading

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Best Wines of Argentina: Wine Review of Las Perdices Malbec Reserva 2010

In my previous wine blog, I was banging on about Reservas (or Reserves); what they are and what characteristics they bring to the ‘wine tasting table’, as it were.  The one fact which I concluded was that in Argentina a … Continue reading

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Enólogos, Feliz Día!!

Enólogo es quien estudia el cultivo de la vid y la elaboración de los vinos. Gracias a los enólogos hoy podemos disfrutar de nuestros ricos vinos y nuestros variados wine tastings. El origen de la fecha se remonta a un … Continue reading

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Carinae Malbec Rerserva, el elegido para este fin de semana!

La línea reserva y gran reserva de la Bodega mendocina Carinae dan mucho que hablar, pero en esta oportunidad el protagonista mi fin de semana será el Malbec Reserva 2009. Y acá va el por qué… Este assemblage de Malbec, … Continue reading

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The best Argentine Wine Event

Se acerca la 11° Edición del evento de vinos más grande de Argentina, la feria Vinos y Bodegas en La Rural. Este año del 14 al 17 de Septiembre, bajo la consigna de Recorrer al país a través de sus … Continue reading

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