Mostly wine related, perhaps a review of one or more wines, or a wine tasting. Sometimes other beverages as well – spirits, or even non-alcohol drinks, if you can believe that!
Buenos Aires – Couldn’t resist picking up some gorgeous orange-pink roses after the visit to the rose garden… Having been quite happy with the Rodas Tannat the other day, when I was at the market yesterday I decided to pick up a couple of the other varietals. Number 07 is the Bonarda, and Number 08… Read More Wiener Schnitzel & Wein
Buenos Aires – “Plum – Blackberry – Quince” (actually Ciruela – Mora – Membrillo) are listed right there on the label below the name of the grape, Tannat. As I talked about in a previous post, Tannat is the grape of Madiran in southwest France, and the primary red grape of Uruguayan wines. Here in… Read More Tannat Take 2
Buenos Aires – Note: a couple of people e-mailed me to ask for larger pictures… so I’ve upped their size a little bit. It was a stunningly glorious day – high 60s, not a cloud in the sky, a light breeze, just one of those perfect times to be out wandering around. I made it… Read More Liver & Llamas
Buenos Aires – Back in the big city and I had this hankering for some spicy food. I’d heard there was a reasonably authentic Vietnamese restaurant in Palermo and set out on the apparent 15 minute walk from home. It turned out closer to half an hour and truly unfortunately has been replaced by a… Read More Dragon Fire
Buenos Aires – Had an invitation from a local wine pro, Victor Honoré, for lunch and a wine tasting at his place in Belgrano. My first visit to the Belgrano neighborhood. Que lindo! as they say here (how cute!). It’s sort of a suburb with beautiful townhouses, rowhouses, and relatively modern apartment buildings. It’s also… Read More Tasting Malbec
Buenos Aires – Finishing off the rainy day I decided to invite a couple of friends over and whip a little something up. Besides, I missed hosting my monthly Second Sunday Supper Circle last week. In fact, with everything going on, I haven’t had one since April! It’ll be a little difficult to do here,… Read More Potatoes & Twelve Grapes
Buenos Aires – Several topics to touch on today, the last 36 hours or so have been cold and rainy, so it’s been time to sit inside and think of things. I had my first Spanish class yesterday morning – I’ve been self-teaching and it’s time to get some structure to my vocabulary. It’s not… Read More Pizza & Vino
Buenos Aires – Spent the day yesterday with some new friends, a couple of young Argentine guys. It brought home a couple of interesting cultural (and probably age-related) differences. One arrived a few hours early, while we were having breakfast, he’d left the other sleeping. So we hung out and waited for the other to… Read More Design, Fashion & Wine