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    How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
     Author: Franklin Foer
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     Author: Jared Diamond
    An admirable crack at explaining why the world is the way it is by way of an anthropological macro-history. This book probably comes up the most in conversation as we travel.

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    Outliers: The Story of Success

    Outliers: The Story of Success
     Author: Malcolm Gladwell
    A look at the internal and external factors of how extraordinary people got to be, well, extraordinary. One of those books that challenges assumptions and makes you think differently.

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Series: Wine Tasting in Argentina

Patagonia: Hitchhiking the Wild West of Argentine Wine

This is the first in our series about wine in Argentina. Next up: Cafayate, Mendoza, and how to choose a bottle of Argentine wine.

Patagonia: the home of otherworldly landscapes, uplifted granite, glaciers, unrelenting wind, and the toughened skin of a Pinot noir grape. At the region’s northern reaches, where fabled mountains yield to desert flatlands, there are wineries.
Wine Touring in Patagonia, Argentina
We couchsurfed and hitchhiked our way to find them, and when we did, we were pleasantly surprised to find that we had them virtually all to ourselves.

Adventurers, read on. For those of you interested in the details of do-it-yourself wine touring in this area, read Patagonia Wine Tasting, a How To. Continue Reading »



Article Series - Wine Tasting in Argentina

  1. Patagonia: Hitchhiking the Wild West of Argentine Wine
  2. Red Rocks and Wine Tasting: Cafayate, Argentina
  3. Wine Tasting in Mendoza, Argentina: Going Beyond Malbec and Loving It

 Filed Under:  Argentina, South America, Travel, Wine by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
11 Comments   |   16 September 2010

Red Rocks and Wine Tasting: Cafayate, Argentina

Red rocks and desert. Doesn’t sound like the right conditions for a wine region, does it?
Cafayate Wine Region
The name Cafayate, another of Argentina’s winemaking regions, doesn’t quite have the same ring as Mendoza. But there’s something about the sandy soil — good for irrigation control and filtering – that finds expression in the local grapes, including the local white wine varietal of choice, Torrontes. Continue Reading »



Article Series - Wine Tasting in Argentina

  1. Patagonia: Hitchhiking the Wild West of Argentine Wine
  2. Red Rocks and Wine Tasting: Cafayate, Argentina
  3. Wine Tasting in Mendoza, Argentina: Going Beyond Malbec and Loving It

 Filed Under:  Argentina, South America, Wine by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
18 Comments   |   14 January 2011

Wine Tasting in Mendoza, Argentina: Going Beyond Malbec and Loving It

Maybe you’d like to visit wine country in Argentina. You’ve heard about Mendoza, but you wonder: How to I go about wine tasting and touring wineries there? The options are many, but if you’d like to have a meaningful, enlightening wine tasting experience and an awesome time, here are a few tips on how to do so without blowing a ton of cash.

Mendoza Vineyards Continue Reading »



Article Series - Wine Tasting in Argentina

  1. Patagonia: Hitchhiking the Wild West of Argentine Wine
  2. Red Rocks and Wine Tasting: Cafayate, Argentina
  3. Wine Tasting in Mendoza, Argentina: Going Beyond Malbec and Loving It

 Filed Under:  Argentina, South America, Wine by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
21 Comments   |   26 January 2011

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