Our Introduction to Argentine Wines

It's been a long day. We arrived in Buenos Aires early in the morning, checked into our hotel (the Four Seasons in the Recoleta district), and walked around a bit.

Early evening with met Tim and our guide for tomorrow (Cecilia) for a private wine tasting in the hotel lobby bar.

Tim started us out with a Jose' Mounier Torrontes (a crisp, fruity white wine), and then we tried a special white wine, Bressia Lagrima Canela. After that we switched to reds and sampled an Enrique Foster Malbec Reserva, followed by an unusual Chanarmuyo Estate Petit Verdot.

Our conclusion - there is a lot of variety in Argentine wines - it is not all Malbec. There are dozens of producers, multiple wine growing areas, and lots of different varietals. Given the low cost of land and labor, Argentina should be an increasingly large wine exporter to the U.S. and Europe in the next few years.