Argentina's 2020 and 2021 vintages

Argentine wine country may be relatively hot and dry but wildfires are not a threat. As one winemaker in Mendoza asked, gesturing at miles of arid scrubland, ‘what would burn?’ As for floods, wine country runs along Argentina’s western edge (see this map of South American winegrowing regions), neatly tucked into the foothills of the Andes, protected from coastal storms. Even Patagonia’s vineyards are more than four hours’ drive from the...