by Debbie | Oct 19, 2015 | malbec
The first thing you think about when you hear the word Malbec these days is Argentina. Well Malbec dates back some 2,000 years ago when it was known as “The Black Wine of Cahors” that’s Cahors, France. While Argentina and Cahors Malbec are...
by Debbie | Aug 3, 2015 | Argentina wines
A few weeks ago I did a post on Aurelio Montes and Montes Wines of Chile and was blown away by the quality of the wine. Well, Aurelio happen to make a visit to Mendoza, Argentina and fell in love with the people, terrior and viticulture in the country. What...
by Debbie | Apr 17, 2015 | Malbec World Day
World Malbec Day is celebrated on April 17, to commemorate the day when president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento of Argentina officially made it his mission to transform Argentina’s wine industry. On that day, back in 1853, he tasked Michel Aimé Pouget, a French...
by Debbie | Apr 21, 2014 | malbec, Malbec World Day
World Malbec Day was Thursday, April 17 and I was so glad my son could share in it with me. When Michael told me he was coming to visit last Thursday I was thrilled! I told him we had some nice wines to tastes and critique but that he had to tweet about it. At 22 he...