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Tag Archives: argentina

the 12 days of fizzmas: sparkling malbec from mendoza on day 7
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the 12 days of fizzmas: sparkling malbec from mendoza on day 7

Posted on December 20, 2013 by grapefriend • Leave a comment

This is another interesting one. Malbec usually makes a gritty, medium-to-full bodied red wine. So when you turn it into a sparkling wine, you’d think it might be heavy but this was refreshing and even lighter than the sparkling Shiraz I spoke about the other day. Ernest Catena’s Misterio is a coppery rosé, whereas the … Continue reading →

the catena chain
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the catena chain

Posted on October 31, 2013 by grapefriend • 2 Comments

One last post about Argentina wines (which makes me sad), and the family that has elevated it to a new place. On the last day of our whole trip, we landed in Buenos Aires and went straight to lunch where were greeted to the city by Nicolas Catena and his wife Elena. That’s basically like … Continue reading →

things i love about renacer
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things i love about renacer

Posted on October 22, 2013 by grapefriend • 2 Comments

1 duck, duck, grapes The guy and his son who own Renacer are both named Patricio but their nickname is Pato which means Duck. Obviously, they gotta have some ducks at the winery then. 2 they make an amarone style wine in argentina Renacer’s Amarone-style wine is called Enamore (a near-anagram for Amarone). Amarone is from … Continue reading →

touch the sky with stones and bones
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touch the sky with stones and bones

Posted on October 22, 2013 by grapefriend • 2 Comments

Touring Catena’s Adrianna Vineyard was awesome. They showed us the different soils that make two of their Chardonnay’s. One is called White Stones because there are tons of white stones in it (easy enough…); the other is called white bones because sea animals used to live in it and their shells (“bones”) now feed the … Continue reading →

friend request: torrontes
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friend request: torrontes

Posted on August 29, 2012 by grapefriend • Leave a comment

In NYC, you tend to do a lot of rooftop drinking in the summer. I know I’ve done my share, so I started thinking about wines made at high altitudes, and then I thought about the highest winemaking area in the world: Salta, Argentina. And what do they make there that’s great for summer sipping: … Continue reading →

happy happy hour!

happy passionate happy hour

Posted on August 17, 2012 by grapefriend • Leave a comment

Tamari – to be passionate. Obv, about wine. Love Torrontes. Continue reading →

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