Archive for the ‘Wine Argentina’ Category
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Sorry, Evita, if there's any crying going on in Argentina these days, it's likely to be in the vineyards. And they're tears of joy.
Sales of Argentine wine continue to build strongly in the United States, according to The Nielsen Co., a market research firm. The amount of Argentine wine sold ...
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
In January, a 4x4 expedition team from Malaysia went on a drive along the Patagonia of Argentina. They called themselves the 4x4 World Explorer. Comprised of retirees, businessmen, adventurers and also a group of explorers, this was their third expedition to South America. Most of them even shipped their own ...
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
FOR the last few years the wine business has been riddled with dire warnings and disastrous portents. In the United States and around the world, producers have struggled with the bad economy and the sluggish market. One slender segment, seemingly alone, has not only weathered the storm but also prospered: ...
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
The wine is proving to be resilient.
For a couple of years now, I've been asking local wine-biz folks, "What's going to be the next malbec?" I got various answers, but never the correct one:
Malbec.
The next big thing is the last big thing, a supple but hearty red that evolved from ...
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
What are wineries doing in the empty flatlands of Argentina? And why are some of the wines so good?
In the United States (and probably pretty much everywhere else in the world), when you read “Patagonia,” I suspect that you think of glaciers, sharp-edged mountain peaks and vast emptiness.
It’s a pretty ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
I've been talking quite a bit about wine values as of late, and I'm continuing to receive inquiries about wines that will provide good enjoyment at reasonable prices.
For value-priced wines, you can't overlook Argentina as a great place to start. The leader in South American wine production is building up ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Two Worlds of Argentine Wines. Big growers thrive with input from abroad, but smaller artisanal vintners pose a challenge.
The futuristic winery of O. Fournier is an apt symbol for the transformation of Argentina's wines. Resembling a flying saucer perched on massive concrete struts, the winery may as well have arrived ...
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
The extraordinary “invasion” of outsiders into Argentina’s wine culture is resulting in surprising benefits
One of the pleasures of my current prolonged stay in Argentina is that I’m a newbie. I’m hardly a newbie to wine. I have been writing about it for 32 years, after all. But I am a ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
One of the privileges of a writer’s life—especially if he or she has no children, no pets and a spouse who loves to travel—is the ability to “up sticks,” as the British used to say, and move elsewhere. Longtime readers may recall reading about just such forays of mine—to Piedmont ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Malbec from Argentina is one of the most reasonably priced, reliable red wines around. OK, if that sounds more like a pre-recall Toyota tagline than a wine descriptor, I apologize, but it's true. In the under-$20 range, there are any number of malbecs that out perform their price point. The ...
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