The Wine Harvest Trail from Salta to Mendoza
I have just returned from a trip to Mendoza at the very best time of year: vendimia, or harvest time, when activity in the wineries is at its busiest, full of great smells and colour. Our ten day Wine &…
(Un)holy Trinity
Holy or unholy depending on your point of view, the most important trinity in Argentina is Diego, Evita and Che. Ernesto “Che” Guevara: the Latin American revolutionary who, thanks to the film Motorcycle Diaries in 2004, many people realised for the…
What’s a Blue Dollar?
As we approach the end of a year in which annual inflation is expected to top 50%, it seems like a good moment to write about the blue dollar. Why do you need to know this? Because it makes your…
Tango and Skyschlenka
As any visitors to Argentina will discover, this is a nation of individuals with a very sweet tooth. Coke, not water or wine, is the default drink when eating out of an evening: quite how people manage to tuck into…