Today is the OFFICIAL DAY of the release of my book EXPLORING WINE REGIONS - ARGENTINA! After 13 weeks on the ground in Argentina, exploring 58 wineries, consulting with 107 winemakers indulging with 51 chefs & sommeliers, tasting 583 bottles of wine (that I can...
Extraordinary Winemaker Alejandro Pepe (center) of the El Esteco winery in Cafayate, Salta, Argentina. Photographed at Malbec Argentinian Cuisine restaurant in Santa Monica, California, with myself (left) and Exploring Wine Regions – Argentina's Editor and Research...
El Esteco's winemaker Alejandro Pepe and agronomist Francisco Xavier Tellechea in the barrel room of their wine cellar in Cafayate, Salta, Argentina. Alejandro is in Los Angeles today for a winemaker dinner at the Santa Monica Malbec Restaurant. Extraordinary wines!...
One of the FIRST WINERIES in Argentina, circa 1831 and still standing. This is the original Bodega Colome (winery), located in the upper Calchaqui Valley, Salta, Argentina, near the tiny village of Molinos. Vineyards here are planted at elevations ranging from 7,500'...
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Let's pause from moment. Wow, this wine is over-the-top extraordinary! If I scored wine, I would give it 101 points. And the best part is I have three more bottles to enjoy. Anyone in?
A spectacular wine this Brunello Di Montalcino
Patios de Cafayate is a beautiful Spanish style hacienda, the former home of the Michel Torino family, founders of El Esteco Winery in 1892. Thirty-two bedrooms with private bath surround courtyards and elegant gardens of colonial beauty in what today is a luxury...
Ruta 40 gets very interesting and picturesque as it meanders the high altitudes through Argentina's wine regions in the province of Salta.
RN 40, Argentina's main north/south highway stretching 3,107 miles through their top three wine regions, from sea level to 16,404' elevation, the longest highway in the world. Here, the sign marker indicates 4389 km from Patagonia.