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This was our first visit and we didn’t really know what to expect from Turkey and we certainly knew nothing about Turkish wine. I knew that Eastern Turkey (along with Georgia and Armenia) gave birth to wine around 8000 years ago and that Istanbul was a spectacular, historic city, but -
A very unusual winery hotel experience, and one we would love to share with you. Our local guides in Mendoza know the area like the back of their hands. They know the people, the wineries and the winery hotel options and here they have excelled with some extra special experiences. -
It is very rare to find a traditional method Torrontes sparkling wine, and even rarer to find it at high altitude. The “Burbujas de Altura” project checks both of these boxes. The Hoy family moved to Cafayate in the 1980s and started working in the high altitude wine industry. Andres -
The Highest Winery and Vineyards in the World We had heard rumors about a new place in the Humahuaca Canyon knocking the lovely Colome winery off its perch as the highest vineyard in the world……and also that the winery had its cellar located in an abandoned mine at 12,630 feet -
Why are high altitude wines so good? High altitude wines can be very good indeed but it’s not because of the lack of oxygen. There are a number of factors present in the Andean foothills of Argentina in particular that make this wine special. However, there are also some great
