Clos de Los Siete is about 20 minutes drive from Tunuyan, a town South of Mendoza in Argentina. Reaching to the foothills of the Andes the extensive property is spread through the cool Uco Valley, the increasingly-praised region of the Argentine wine industry. In latin America, the more South one goes, the cooler it is. Therefore, [...]
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Michel Rolland and his Argentine miracle: Yacochuya
Posted in Argentina, Wine by country, tagged Argentine wine, Cafayate, Etchart, high-altitude wine, Malbec, Michel Rolland, red wine, San Pedro de Yacochuya, top-rated wine, wine in Argentina, wine tasting on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As you drive from Tucuman to Cafayate the lush green fertile hills with flora resembling my native Central Europe turn into an almost life-less dessert with the rising altitude. The land gets drier, rocky and all you can see are giant cacti some more than 200 years old. Colorful rocks with hues if red, brown [...]
Mendel winery in Mendoza
Posted in Wine by country, tagged Argentine wines, dry Semillon, Malbec, Mendel winery, Mendoza, Roberto de la Mota, wine travel, Wines from Argentina on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An energetic, youthfully slim and stylish Anabelle Silecki, co-owner of Bodega Mendel in Lujan de Cuyo met us in Mendoza at our hotel’s reception hall and took us to the winery by car. I was advised before my trip to ask locally based people to pick me up since it is challenging for foreigners to [...]

