Almost all wine-producing countries are making better and better wines every year but I am seriously impressed by how much more refined Argentine wines are today than they were even two or three years ago. I may well be wrong but this seems to have happened less as a response to market demand – Argentina's most important export market the US seems to like their Argentine wine big'n'beefy – and more as a result of producers' sensibilities. I salute them in a very selfish way as I personally particularly appreciate the new finesse to be found in some of the...
Argentine shine – 100 TNs
Friday 10 October 2008
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