South American Cabernet Sauvignon: setting the standard
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South American Cabernet Franc: Expert's choice
Top Cab Francs from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
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Patagonia: The pioneers
Plus ten top wines to try...
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Top South American Cabernet Franc wines: Panel tasting results
See the results from this panel tasting...
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Montes starts island vineyard in Chiloé
The first vineyard on the island of Chiloé...
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Fine wines to know from Chile and Argentina
Every wine lover should try them at least once...
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Five great Malbec wines from Patagonia
Patricio Tapia highlights the top five Patagonian Malbecs from this lesser-known yet promising region...
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What do you need to know about Argentina to understand its wines
Wine is like the people who make it and drink it. It’s like the land from where it is born and it’s reflected in the people who want to be near it. Here are seven indispensable things you need to know...
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International Trophy Red Single-Varietal over £15 - Fabre Montmayou, HJ Fabre Barrel Selection Malbec, Patagonia, Argentina 2014
An impressive double triumph for Argentina’s Bodegas Fabre, owner of Viñalba, Fabre Montmayou and Phebus, and a regular Trophy winner at the DWWA.
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New styles of Malbec are emerging from outside Mendoza
Argentina offers many different styles of Malbec. Most of them from Mendoza, but there are a handful of other Malbec’s worth discovering.
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Beyond Malbec: three Argentine varieties to watch
For some more surprises, it’s worth looking out for these Argentine Malbec varieties and labels.
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Six things you didn’t know about Argentine wine
What does a Malbec taste like? Why drink Torrontés? What curious story lies behind Bonarda? Why is Cabernet Franc taking off now?
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The rise of Argentine Cabernet Sauvignon
I'm now on my seventh tour of all the Argentine wine regions. This means thousands of miles of long and fascinating tours in commercial and twin-engine planes, buses, 4×4's, and of course, on foot and on horseback.
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Trend: In Argentina new terroirs are emerging in unexpected areas
In late November a new project of 'oceanic wines' in Argentina was presented. Hold on… Oceanic? Yes: wines grown next to the sea and produced by a winery located as far away from water as Mendoza is from the Atlantic Ocean. And if the data itself is curious, even more so is that this is a new Atlantic winery and it is redefining the map of Argentine terroirs.
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Argentina, contrasting terroirs: Northwest vs. Patagonia
Argentina is a long country. From south to north it stretches about 3,800km, and there are vineyards in at least two thirds of that extension, with two, well marked, extremes.
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Patagonia: The southernmost region in Argentina
This region comprises the provinces of Río Negro, Neuquén and La Pampa. It is considered one of the most favorable places in the country for making wine and where top Argentine wineries have developed luxury projects.
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New winery breaks ground in Patagonia
A new winery in Patagonia – in the southernmost vineyards in the Americas - breaks ground in December.
