Wine lovers oooo and ahhh over winery architecture and label design, but I´m willing to bet you haven´t stopped to stare at the smooth curves and subtle drama of the wine glass. Am I right? Depending on whose cupboard door you open, you´ll find wineglasses that range from crystal masterpieces and blown glass goblets, to Dixie cups and big gulps. Safe to say that...
Séptima Winery Sets the Scene Argentina’s long, sweltery summers ensure that at dusk, when the sun dips behind the ridge of the cordillera, a collective sigh sweeps across the desert. Temperatures drop slightly, a breeze picks up and it somehow feels easier to breathe. Séptima Winery sits 3500 feet above sea level, along National Route 7, which runs from Chile to Mendoza and onward...
During the final weekend of Vendimia festivities, floats of beautiful young women parade through the principal streets of Mendoza City, happily waving, throwing kisses and chucking fresh produce into the crowds. Produce? Yes. And lots of it. So when you find yourself thinking, “seen one parade, seen them all” – Vendimia provides quite an exception to get back into the street and share in...
The people of Mendoza are people who know the value of tradition, above all the tradition of a light nap in the sleepy hours of the early afternoon. There is nothing sweeter, nothing that deserves to be savored quite as much as the Siesta. Between the hours of 13:00 and 17:00 businesses shut their doors, plazas mellow out and the majority of the population...
Competitive kayakers rarely find themselves land-bound, but in the case of Diego Valsecchi, the vineyard is as much a home as the world´s most adrenaline-inducing rapids. This long-locked winemaker from Buenos Aires doesn´t quite look the part of CEO and founder of a high-art, premier wine label. But innovators rarely do. As he crisscrossed continents in search of the best white water, he inadvertently...