Anuva Wine Tastings

The world’s fifth largest wine producer, Argentina is now firmly established as South America’s leader on the international wine scene. But despite Argentina’s high profile on the global wine market, Buenos Aires has a dearth of quality wine tastings available, especially in English. This is where the American-owned Anuva Wines comes to the rescue for [...]

Vendimia: Mendoza’s Grape Harvest Festival

The city of Mendoza is gearing up for its biggest party of the year, the National Grape Harvest Festival. Held the first weekend of March, the Fiesta de la Vendimia is the time when this normally sleepy northern city comes alive to celebrate, with the local nectar flowing freely. Aside from an abundance of Malbec, [...]

Rincon de Quesos — A Family-Run Wine Boutique

A charming family runs Rincon de Quesos, a wine, cheese and specialty shop in San Telmo where you can stock up on Argentina’s best vino and artisan goodies for your next soirée or pack them up and take them home. Aside from a wide variety of Argentina’s finest nectar, this boutique stocks country-style cold cuts [...]

Porteño of the Week

Alberto Baiz Owner, Rincon de Quesos Age: 49 San Telmo • When and why did you open a wine and cheese store here? We opened it 2005 after doing an investigation into what type of businesses the area was lacking. There wasn’t a winery in this neighborhood so we decided to open one that would [...]

0800 Vino—Wine Delivery & Storage

One great thing about Argentina is you can get virtually anything delivered to your home — including wine. The company 0800-VINO provides a free wine home delivery service for purchases over AR$150 within most of Capital Federal, and by prior arrangement to Greater Buenos Aires and other provinces. For smaller deliveries, a AR$20 surcharge applies. [...]

0800 VINO — Premium Wine Tastings

Wine guru Nigel Tollerman may be British, but he knows an awful lot about Argentine wine. Why else would renowned wine buff Francis Ford Coppola trust him to look after his Argentine collection? Attending one of his tastings is bound to be a learning experience, whether you’re a wine aficionado or a novice. Tollerman’s cellar [...]

Mendoza – Beautiful Wine City at the Foot of the Andes

Mendoza, with its tree-lined streets, plentiful plazas, and prime location at the foot of the magnificent Andes, is one of the world’s most beautiful wine cities. Early immigrants from Europe realized the potential for viniculture when they saw that not only was the area blessed with abundant sunlight all year round, it also had a [...]

Malbec – Argentina’s Signature Wine

Some say you haven’t been to Argentina unless you’ve enjoyed a glass of Malbec with a big juicy steak. The ubiquitous Argentine nectar made from the Malbec grape had been around in France for centuries without gaining any real popularity on its own. Although utilized somewhat in the southwest of the country under many different names and [...]