When you think of Argentine wine, you most likely think of Malbec and probably from Mendoza. While Mendoza still has the lion’s share of the market (with a whopping 70% of national wine production), Argentina’s wine regions go far beyond Mendoza. And they are …
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Cafayate
Cafayate is one of Argentina’s prime wine regions, known for its high altitude winemaking. In order to get to grips with everything about this wine region, from its soil to its climate, we give you this handy infographic from data we collected while visiting …
Cafayate valley in the north of Argentina, in Salta, is a very particular wine region in Argentina and has become renowned for high quality white and red wines. Amanda Barnes interviews Piattelli winery’s winemaker Alejandro Nesman in the vineyards about Cafayate valley, the particularities …
Torrontes, empanadas and a siesta are three fundamental pillars in life in Cafayate for Lucía Romero, whose family own El Porvenir winery in the Salta, Argentina. We interview her about what the key is to the famous Argentine Torrontes wine variety, the tasting notes …
There are some food and wine pairings which are essential to understand the local culture, and this is one of them: empanadas and Torrontes from Salta! When we were in Cafayate in Salta in March this year, we spent an afternoon with chef Gabriel Rodríguez …