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Where do you stand on the cork versus screw cap debate? Perhaps, like several of the recent dinner guests around my kitchen table, you really don’t care, so long as the wines taste good and keep on flowing. Or maybe you are more in tune with the “natural is best” camp. So what are the facts lying behind both points of view?
Following up on last month’s post about luxury activities in Buenos Aires, we realised that it’s credit-crunch time (soaring inflation and energy subsidy cuts, anyone?) and have unearthed some economical Buenos Aires days out, including a downtown spa, French tea-time treats and sightseeing with a difference.
Nothing quite prepares you for Gaby Kerpel. In his benchmark album, Carnabailito, he took the sounds, mood and, most importantly, the vibe (or onda as they would say in Argentina) of this stunning part of the country and mixed it, mashed it, messed it until it was, if not quite unrecognisable, then certainly genre defying.
A traditional Latin American Christmas is celebrated on the 24th – known as Noche Buena – not the 25th. The big meal happens after the sun starts to go down, and then it’s straight into party mode, meaning there’s a lot less time (ie none) for TV specials and charades. However, there’s plenty of time for eating.
@teamdb @bibendumwine @ArgentoWine Should the sponsors be relieved that the Argento/Grands Crus juxtaposition won't occur after all?
@teamdb @ArgentoWine I have been asking Team Argento the very same question!
@roryjiwani @cathrynfry @argentowine it's a rickety thing, you could fall of it at any time. Malbec - def worth slackening estribo a notch
@CathrynFry @pphorseracing @argentowine What is this wagon you talk of? Hmmm, Malbec... @CathrynFry @roryjiwani @argentowine need to include the PP meeting in that cycle!
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