Archive for the ‘Opinions’ Category

“I prefer wines with lower alcohol and more fruit expression”

February 15, 2012 by Gabriela Malizia

Andeluna Cellars’ chief winemaker outlines the characteristics of the winery belonging to the heirs of American millionaire Warren Ward Lay.

“Argentina, the next hot wine region”

February 8, 2012 by Ma. Soledad González

This way, Argentina was described by one of the judges of the next Argentina Wine Awards to be held in Mendoza. Here, Alastair Mailing, from New Zealand, gives his opinion about Argentine wines.

Mendoza’s great beauties

January 31, 2012

In this article, Antón Moiseenko, Russian journalist, describes some spots and characters of this province which he visited in 2011, when he was invited by Wines of Argentina.

“It is the sense of origin what consumers want to pay when buying a wine”

January 30, 2012 by Gabriela Malizia

Marcelo Retamal, winemaker at Viña de Martino (Chile), will be judge in the next Argentina Wine Awards to be held in Mendoza, from February 19 to 24. In this article, he talks about Malbec, the importance of the origin in a wine, and the future of the New World.

“The Argentine Cabernets have a unique style”

January 24, 2012 by Gabriela Malizia

Bob Pepi, American winemaker and judge in the next Argentina Wine Awards, underlined that Argentina should go beyond Malbec. For this, Cabernet among red wines and Torrontés within whites are its way out.

“It is crucial that Argentina’s producers keep making serious wines”

December 20, 2011 by Laura Saieg

Today, this globe-trotting winemaker of the New and Old World is highly recognized for the quality of his products. Together with Countess Noemi Marone Cinzano, famous Italian wine producer, he has been making for 10 years Bodega Noemìa’s wines.

“The quality of Argentine sparkling wines improves every day”

December 6, 2011 by Ma. Soledad González

The specialist in sparkling wines maintained that the category has strongly grown and gives his view of the sparkling wine business in Argentina.

“The market for carbon neutral wines is still small”

October 28, 2011 by Mariano Zalazar

Australian Philip Reedman invited by Green Solutions, visited Mendoza, Argentina. Taking advantage of the wide experience of this Master of Wine, who markets carbon neutral wines, WineSur talked to him in his visit.

“There is no sign that Malbec has flooded the American Market”

October 24, 2011

According to Ed Lehrman, the Argentina signature varietal is in the very early days of development in the United States. He also maintains that Argentine wines continue their positioning within the USD10-15 price range.

“In a few years, France will be a strong competitor for New World countries”

October 3, 2011 by Gabriela Malizia

At Chateau Le Bon Pasteur in Pomerol, where he started to work as winemaker and consultant, Rolland looks forward into the future and explains, in this article, how he sees the 2011 French harvest.