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By Duane Pemberton While Argentina clearly rocks the Malbec, there’s another little-known varietal that it does a good job with as well – Bonarda. Originally from Italy – largely grown in the Piedmont region – this grape has really started to take off quite well in Argentina. Technical Data:  Varietal: 100% Bonarda Vineyard: Ugartech Lujan [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Uco Valley, in the Mendoza region of Argentina, have really high elevation with super-thin layers of top-soil. This helps create Malbec of exceptional  quality with great acidity – the particular fruit in this wine was sourced from vines that ranged in age from 20-25 years. Technical Data:  Terroir: Uco valley, located at [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.graffignawines.com Since I’m sort of a South American wine-zealot, I’m always anxious to try wines from that part of the world I haven’t tried yet – as was this case with this wine. It’s a “reserve” malbec for a reasonable price so I was more than happy to give it [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.siestawines.com.ar/ Bonarda, or Bonadra Piemontese, is a red grape that is primarily grown in Argentina. While it started off in the Piedmont region of Italy, it’s rarely found there anymore. Luckily for us, however, it has flourished in Argentina and now makes for a very nice wine experience. In fact, up [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.andeluna.com Because Argentina has largely built its reputation on the back of Marlbec, it might be easy to overlook other Bordeaux varietals that do well there like Cabernet Sauvignon. This Andeluna Cellars Cab is modestly priced at $12 and brings with it a lot of goodness for the money – [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.andeluna.com I absolutely love Torrontes; it’s a white grape varietal grown in Argentina that offers tons of complexity and is priced to sell. There are only a handful of white grapes in the sub-$20 bottle price that I get this excited about. There’s no question that Andeluna is one of [...]

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There’s no question that Argentina – as a wine producing region – is on fire and that has mainly been because of its successful malbec wines. Due to a variety of reasons such as cheaper labor, land and grape prices, you can often find wine from Argentina are far superior quality-per-dollar than other leading regions. [...]

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Most folks only think of Malbec when it comes to the country of Argentina and the reason is simple- it’s what “they do”, right?  Well, not exactly – they also produce a lot of other varietals that are simply rocking things out of the park at the price-points they’re able to hit. In fact, I’d [...]

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Taking its name from it surroundings of the Andes Mountain range and the moon – this winery out of Argentina has given my palate a fever and the only perspcription is more of its reserve wines for an MSRP of $20. I’ve often held the Mendoz region of Argentina as a fine area for Malbec, [...]

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Winery Website: www.andeluna.com Argentina continues to make waves in the wine world by releasing kick-ass Malbec wines that marry price and quality – the likes of which has some wineries struggling to keep up with. You may be surprised to find out, however, that its white wine production is serious business as well and if my [...]

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