Tag: wine
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8. Crotta Moscato 200WhoCares
This wine is a cross between flat coca-cola and sweet vermouth, and even that is speaking too highly of it ($1 a huge cup). It is, however, the quintessential wine when eating pizza in Buenos Aires, and fortunately the quality of the pizza is much greater than the quality of this wine. Owing to its…
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7. Septima Maria Extra Brut
It should be fairly telling that they like champagne in Argentina given that in our very limited kitchen we have three wine glasses and three champagne flutes. The major french houses like Moet & Chandon and Mumm are setting up shop much like they have in California and are producing great bubbly for an even…
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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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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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Cliques
During 2 1/2 months of low-budget travelling in Central America, we rarely get the opportunity to mingle with the one-week vacationers we used to be. Antigua has plenty of opportunity. We signed ourselves up for a bona fide tour to climb an active volcano and watch lava flow for a rock-bottom price. At 6am, a…