Archive for the ‘Mendoza Argentina’ Category
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Let’s go round again! After a spell of neglect, the Copa America was brought back in 1987 and has since been staged in all of South America’s 10 footballing nations – in the case of Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela, for the first time. Now a new circuit begins in Argentina, ...
Posted in Argentina, Argentine Mideast, Argentine Northwest, Buenos Aires Argentina, Copa America Argentina 2011, Cordoba Argentina, Cuyo, Football Soccer Argentina, Jujuy Argentina, Mendoza Argentina, Salta Argentina, South America | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 1st, 2011
La Plata Stadium
Cordoba Stadium
Monumental Stadium - Buenos Aires
Salta Stadium
Mendoza Stadium
Santa Fe Stadium
Jujuy Stadium
San Juan Stadium
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
It's been a sensational year of global wine tasting for yours truly. Studying in France last spring provided me with the chance for a weekend of sancerres and vouvrays in the Loire Valley and a freezing day in Reims amongst the bubbly champagnes of Mumm and Moet et Chandon. My ...
Posted in Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, South America, Wine Argentina | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
The wine regions in Argentina happen to be quite exemplary. This large country has got a number of such regions including Mendoza, Cordoba, Rio Negro, Salta and Cafayate. Each one of these regions is renowned for wine having specific taste. This Argentina travel advice focuses on the wine making regions ...
Posted in Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, Patagonia, South America, Wine Argentina | 2 Comments »
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Invited by Wines of Argentina, and in the fine company of Toronto-based master sommelier John Szabo, I spent 10 days in Argentina in November.
One of the challenges facing countries like Argentina is that its international image is defined largely by what it exports. So for most of us here in ...
Posted in Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, Patagonia, South America, Wine Argentina | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Any country that covers an area of almost 2.8 million square kilometres (over 10 times the size of Great Britain) is going to offer a huge variety of landscapes and outdoor activities. Argentina certainly fulfils that expectation, from the arid high plateau of the Altiplano on the Bolivian border to ...
Posted in Andes, Argentina, Argentine Mideast, Argentine Northeast, Argentine Northwest, Bariloche Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Buenos Aires Province, Cordoba Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, Patagonia, Salta Argentina, South America | 5 Comments »
Monday, December 20th, 2010
We discovered Argentina three years ago, during what we assumed would be a brief visit to Buenos Aires. Today, we own a 108-acre vineyard outside Mendoza, a city and metropolitan area of about 800,000 people in western Argentina and our home for about 10 months out of each year.
How we ...
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Saturday, November 20th, 2010
THE sunlight sliced through the clear glass of the gazebo-like restaurant at Familia Zuccardi, one of dozens of wineries located in the small town of Maipú, just outside the city of Mendoza, Argentina. The purple-red malbec and torrontés grapevines glistened in the early afternoon sun. Inside, a waitress poured us ...
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Numerous Hyatt properties around the world have been honoured with a place on the highly prestigious Best 100 Hotels in the World list by Conde Nast Traveller 2010 Reader' Choice Awards.
The annual event, now in its 23rd year, was held in New York last month. Conde Nast Traveller's Reader' Choice ...
Posted in Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Hotels Argentina, Lodging / Accommodation, Mendoza Argentina, South America | 1 Comment »
Friday, October 1st, 2010
Cruise the Douro in Portugal, visit rural Italy and tango and sip wine in Argentina with Wine Lovers Tours in 2011.
Now in its 30th year, Wine Lovers Tours is led by Vin Marottoli, a former French, Spanish and Italian teacher who uses his language skills to navigate non-English speaking wine ...
Posted in Argentina, Argentine Northwest, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cuyo, Mendoza Argentina, Salta Argentina, Uruguay, Wine Argentina | 14 Comments »
