Category: Argentina
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Villa Crespo
The first day we wandered the streets around our apartment in Villa Crespo, we became overwhelmed by the grocery options. Strawberries and asparagus were stacked up neatly at the frequent vegetable markets reminding us along with the crisp sunny days that it is spring here. Steaks of sirloin, T-bone, or strip were being trimmed swiftly…
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6. Festivo Malbec
Festivo Malbec 2007 ($7.50) Another very nice wine recommended by our baker-cum-sommelier. This fruit-forward Malbec is a beautiful ruby red in the glass. This long weekend we’re headed to Mendoza, the heart of Argentinean wine country. Our sommelier advised us to spend a day visiting the big famous bodegas, but then to spend the rest…
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5. Equilatero Cabernet Sauvignon – Syrah
Equilatero by Portal Andino Cabernet Sauvignon – Syrah 2008 ($4) A dark and broody wine. This is a pretty complicated wine for its price point. It was recommended to us by the baker/wine “expert” at a charming cafe & wine bar. He described it as a smoky wine. Our favorite red wine so far, and…
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4. Tomero Sauvignon Blanc
Tomero Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($10) After a day spent tromping around one of Buenos Aires’ many shopping districts, there’s nothing better than kicking your feet up, opening a chilled, screw-top bottle of a refreshing, effervescent wine, and admiring your new purchases.
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3. San Telmo Malbec
San Telmo is a neighborhood of Buenos Aires well known to every tourist that visits for its Sunday street fair and tango shows in the streets.We should have known then that a wine with its namesake, despite being grown in the Mendoza region, would be very mediocre. Actually, we did know, but we figured we…
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2. Sietefincas Chardonnay
sietefincas 2008 Chardonnay (~$9) Adam says: Smells faintly of caramelized onions Cara says: That’s because you’re cooking onions. It has notes of banana, pineapple and citrus. Adam says: You’re reading the label. Cara says: But it’s in Spanish. I’m practicing. Seriously, it’s a lightly oaked, dry white. We had low expectations for white wine in…
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Moving – http://www.jettplane.com
After a few years we’ve decided that we should probably move along with our geeky selves and create a blog on our own domain. We’ll be trying some different posts while we’re over there, in an effort to be awesome. The guys at bootsnall are being nice enough to send us these files, so we…
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1. Bodega Norton Cabernet Sauvignon
We arrived in Buenos Aires after more than 24 hours of traveling. The great folks from BYT Argentina were there to check us in promptly at 9PM to our cozy studio. We headed down the block to Sarki’s, an incredibly popular and convenient Middle Eastern restaurant. Our first bottle of wine was actually only 500ml…
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Buenos Aires Redux
Sunday, we leave for Buenos Aires, Argentina for a one-month working holiday. We reserved an adorable studio apartment in the trendy Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. We’re planning to sample a wide variety of Argentinean wine, and we’ll bring back a variety to share with our friends and family. Almost exactly 5 years ago, we…