Tourism is taking off in Mendoza in every sense, including private flights over the Andes. Katie Taylor takes to the sky and gets a birds-eye view of Mendoza. Go to article
¨The amount you are requesting is over the extraction maximum. Do you want to make another transaction?¨ Does this message look familiar?? If so, you are probably a foreigner. Go to article
From rags to roble, the Gargantini family put Mendoza on the wine map. Helga Trim looks back on a wine saga and ahead to a new adventure with Clos de Chacras. Go to article
There is something fishy going on in the ATM netowrk Go to article
Anyone who has spent a night out with an Argentine knows that the drink of choice in this country is definitely Fernet Go to article
Argentina´s wine boom has hit home in Buenos Aires. Daina Paulin gives her list of wine hot spots for tasting, buying and discovering Argentina´s best wines in the Capital. Go to article
When Thibauld finally retired from Chandon in 1998, the wine bug had taken a firm hold of him. Now in his seventies and at an age when he should be surveying golf courses and yacht decks, all he could envision was more steel tanks and oak barrels. Go to article
How do you make a small fortune in winemaking? Spend a large fortune. Go to article
How to own your own vineyard in the Andes Go to article
Is corruption an issue when investing in Argentina? Go to article
Of 300 Mendocino wineries accepting visitors, we give you our top twenty... Go to article
Exported wines from Argentina are expected to reflect the country´s uphill battle with inflation upon the release of this years wine. Read more
In our previous edition we covered the fact that Argentine ATMs everywhere are restricting our holiday extravagances in a most ungracious fashion by fixing withdrawal limits to a very low $300 pesos... Read more
...or more appropriately, Lessons on Decadence Read more
It is one of the first thing visitors notice when arriving to Argentina. The magnitude and variety of mullets is simply startling and many tourists waste valuable digital memory clicking at some prize examples... Read more
It is one of Mendoza´s best kept secrets. A magical and surreal hill located 20 minutes up a dirt track from Uspallata town... Read more
The distinct and prevalent smell of raw beef so characteristic of Argentina has dissipated from many corner carnicerias and grocery stores over the last 13 plus days. Read more
The Wine Republic team continues to get together every Monday night for its fun and famous wine tastings. Read more
120 year old vineyards tilled by a mule called Pinnochio; a fascinating hand-operated sparkling wine operation; a beautiful adobe building with a courtyard hung with bird cages - we can only be talking about one winery and that is Lagarde... Read more
It started 10 years ago when the only foreign bodies in Mendoza were the type that floated in your wine. The “café” conversation group began to meet every Wednesday night... Read more
Argentina’s premier micro-brewery is rolling into town. Antares has a chain of brew pubs in Buenos Aires, La Plata and Bariloche and now plan opening another beer stop on Aristides Villanueva. Read more
Our weekly tasting event is back! Arrive at Marcelino Wine Shop (Intersection of Zapata y Benegas Streets) by 7:00pm Monday. Reservations required: ask@winerepublic.com GALLERY
$120 AR - Tel. 0261 3060971
Thursday, late night, Aristides Villanueva: Wine Republic asks, "Is the Branca label really the best in fernet?" PHOTOS: the FERNET challenge
no charge - Tel. none
Mullets in Mendoza are rampant! Wine Republic wants YOU to send in your best mullet picture(s) (snap a candid photo or ask a local for a model shot!). Email your photos to ask@wine-republic.com...our interactive Mullet Watch will be up and running soon!
priceless - Tel. (0261) 425.5613