Here is the opening photo spread to the Patagonia Section of Exploring Wine Regions Argentina book. I felt the clouds gave nice movement to the composition as well as for the meaning of "WINEMAKERS OF THE WIND" which is so characteristic of Patagonia. Photo is of the...
Remember... #8 Best Wine in The World for 2014 by Wine Spectator? It was the 2012 Brewer-Clifton, Sta. Rita Hills, Pinot Noir (Santa Barbara, California). I am with owner Crystal Clifton tasting her next vintage, which is now the 2013 Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir... and...
I have not yet written about my visit to the Miras Winery in Rio Negro Patagonia. This is a family enterprise led by Marcelo Miras wife Sandra and his son Pablo Miras, almost incognito inside a winery with the name Estepa written on the outside wall. You definitely...
BUD BREAK on Old Zinfandel Vines in the Dry Creek Valley AVA... sure makes springtime beautiful in the vineyards! Dry Creek is just outside of Healdsburg in the Sonoma County Wine Region in California. Life begins again for a new year's growth, each bud contains all...
The newest winery under construction in Patagonia is also in a new region of Neuquen, along the Rio Limay. Gonzalo Estigarribia showed me his new Bodega Fincas Del Limay, making his first harvest of Pinot Noir grapes. Gonzalo inspects the grape clusters carefully...
Beyond The Grape... is Rappelling Off The Cliff... with Patagonia Mountain. This is crazy adrenalin fun!!! The view of the Rio Negro and the valley is spectacular. Meet my wild new friends, and rappelling instructor extraordinaire, Luciano Pesce!
And so I thought I was really not interested in Chardonnay... until Agustin Ezequiel Lombroni, winemaker at Bodega Del Rio Elorza, showed me his very special 2013 Verum Chardonnay. 90% is aged for nine months in concrete tanks (no epoxy!) and 10% in used oak barrels....
Passionate about Pinot Noir, Piero Incisa came to Rio Negro eleven years ago from Italy to create a biodynamic farm capable of cultivating the healthiest environment for Pinot Noir grapes. Standing in front of his natural clay brick barn of biodynamic ingredients,...
The Cellars of Río Negro Turismo on the book Exploring Wine Regions of Argentina. The Journalist Michael Higgins, an American, she works in black river gathering information, notes, interviews and photos for the book of his authorship: "Exploring Wine Regions of...
Sharing the day with Santiago Del Pin, the new winemaker at Bodega Secreto Patagonico, was my entre into the Burgundy France style of Pinot Noir produced here in Neuquen Patagonia. This is the delicate and elegant style I was expecting of Patagonia. Their Malbec and...