The Wine Republic

Times have changed somewhat since and I can now walk into a 5-star establishment with a stack of Wine Republics under my arm without getting stopped by security who once sniffily perused the suspect publication like Libyan secret police. It is amazing what a bit of colour and gloss can do.
 
Mendoza has changed too. Back then getting a visit to a winery was an agonizing process, where owners, marketing managers, foreign importers and a very determined wine tourist had to coordinate efforts to get past the shotgun toting security guard at the forbidding winery gates.

"What? You want to visit our winery?" Was the reaction of most winery owners. "Yes, I'm afraid we do. And so will half the wine world once the secret of Malbec and Mendoza gets out." As it duly did. And the rest is history. Mendoza has developed its own irresistible colour and gloss.

Many thanks to all our advertisers down the years. Without your support I would not be writing this editorial but probably nursing a beer in some jungle town brooding over what could have been. A special thanks to all our writers, readers, interns, wine freaks, mountain lovers, food fanatics, our patient designers, paper haulers, over worked printers and obstinate publicity sellers. It has been a great eight years and may it long continue.

Charlie O'Malley
Editorial Director

 

Muchas gracias a todos los auspiciantes que nos han acompañado a lo largo estos años. Sin su apoyo no estaría escribiendo esta editorial sino fantaseando sobre lo que esta revista podría haber sido, sentando a la mesa de algún pueblo perdido, acompañado de un vaso de cerveza.
Mi agradecimiento especial : a nuestros escritores, colaboradores, pasantes, diseñadores, impresores (siempre pasados de trabajo), distribuidores e incansables vendedores de publicidad; a todos nuestros lectores, amantes de la montaña, fanáticos del vino y la comida.
Han pasado ocho años espectaculares y vamos por más!