Well-made Argentine malbec is about as delicious, juicy and smooth a red wine as there is. It tastes close to a liquid version of chocolate-covered cherries, perhaps with a hint of the aroma of ...

The rise of Malbec from Argentina has been well-documented over the last decade-plus. But for all of its popularity, the range of styles in which it can be grown and produced is still stubbornly ...

Not all wine is created equal. Wine grape varieties have different characteristics (and different price tags). Malbec is a mouth-filling red with some specific characteristics making it the right ...

Malbec has made quite a name for itself since it left southwest France and relocated to Argentina in the mid-19th century. While it is still grown in France, especially in Cahors, most of the ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Casual wine drinkers are sometimes surprised to hear Argentina is a significant wine-producing nation. But there's a good reason for this: Until the past decade or so, ...

Hearty wines with bold flavors are the requirement for cool fall evenings, and some of the best comes from South American with robust Malbec from Argentina. The mystical air of Mendoza creeps into the ...

This wine grape, originally from the Bordeaux region of France, has firmly left its European roots to find fame in the sunshine of beautiful Argentina. The malbec varietal is particularly successful ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about several great wines from Argentina other than malbec. This week, I couldn’t resist writing about malbec wines from this South American country. There’s a reason why ...

In the minds of American wine drinkers, Argentina is best known for its malbec and few other exported styles. However, many in Argentina envision a wine future centering on a different red grape: ...

MENDOZA, Argentina – The landscape here is stunning: high desert, punctuated by patches of green vineyard, all pushed up against the base of the Andes. The highest point in South America – Mount ...

The April 17 press release headline trumpeted, “Revolutionizing Malbec: Bodega Trivento Introduces World’s First White Malbec.” Juan Pablo Valot of Valcan Cellars in Corvallis was not amused. “First?

“We have a delicious secret—Argentina is more than Malbec,” says Matt Hedges, co-founder of Vino del Sol. “Thinking of Argentina as only Malbec is like thinking of California as only Zinfandel.” The ...