Doña Paula gains sustainability certification
Published: 10 April, 2019
Santa Rita producer Doña Paula has been certified as a sustainable winery.
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Tim Atkin MW: Celebrating Creole
Published: 01 March, 2019
Compiling a list of the 10 best red and white grapes is an entertaining parlour game for consenting wine lovers. Should Chardonnay trump Riesling and Chenin Blanc? And what about Cabernet Sauvignon? Better or worse than Pinot Noir, Grenache or Nebbiolo? I’ve played this dozens of times around the world and the results differ more than you’d think. Yet some varieties never make the podium. There are more than 5,000 to choose from, but no one ever finds room for Aligoté, Dornfelder or Seyval Blanc.
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South America pips Italy into second place for UK drinkers
Published: 21 February, 2019
There has been a shift at the top of the UK’s hotly contested wine rankings, with the combined sales of South American heavyweights Chile and Argentina overtaking Italy, the UK’s second most quaffed region, in terms of value.
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Bodega Argento targets UK on-trade as it becomes Mendoza’s largest organic producer
Published: 11 October, 2018
Organic winemaking has gone mainstream in recent years as producers aim to keep abreast of health conscious and sustainability trends.
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Tim Atkin MW: Critical times for Argentina
Published: 06 September, 2018
Every year at the end of my tour of Argentina, I sit down with Dr Nicolas Catena of Bodega Catena Zapata. He wants to talk about wine – new bodegas and regions, the latest vintage – while I want to talk about economics, his speciality. Before he became one of the leading figures in the Argentinian wine industry, Catena was a top academic and is still enormously perceptive.
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Harpers Wine Stars goes live online
Published: 04 September, 2018
Our brand new website for Harpers Wine Stars has launched, making it easier than ever to be in with a chance of grabbing one of our fantastic buyer-focused awards.
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Malbec rising
Published: 31 July, 2018
Far from suffering from its mass appeal, Argentina’s flagship grape is heading for the next level. Andrew Catchpole reports
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Malbec pioneer Hervé J. Fabre brings varietal focus to the UK via Cahors
Published: 19 July, 2018
Hervé and Diane Joyaux Fabre, the driving force behind leading Argentinian bodega Viñalba, have secured their first UK listing since moving home to France last year.
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Wine gaucho Crozier urges UK to embrace second wave of niche Argentine wineries
Published: 09 March, 2018
Speaking at an Alternative Argentina tasting in London yesterday (8 March), Argentine wine expert Phil Crozier outlined the opportunities for the country to expand its offer with more focus on its diversity and smaller producers.
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Behind the scenes: Varietal clones at one of Argentina’s biggest producers
Published: 10 November, 2017
Harpers caught up with pioneering winemaker Santiago Mayorga at Cadus – the premium arm of Nieto Senetiner, one of Argentina’s largest producers – who revealed his experimentation with Malbec clones for the first time.
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Land and soil take centre stage at Argentina’s Barullo
Published: 20 October, 2017
Wines of Argentina broke away from Chile last year to trial its own format with Barullo. Now in its second year, the event is committed to showing this New World innovation train hasn’t run out of steam, and is on a mission to maintain cutting edge.
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Jascots launches 35 new wines for autumn tasting
Published: 04 September, 2017
Jascots Wine Merchants is to unveil 15 new producers and 35 new wines to its portfolio at its autumn tasting later this month.
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New Morrisons listing for Viñalba and Buckingham Schenk
Published: 21 June, 2017
Buckingham Schenk has added new Malbec rosé to its Viñalba wine label as the brand celebrates its 10-year anniversary.
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Bodega Argento’s Silvia Corti on going organic
Published: 01 June, 2017
Over her 13 years with Mendoza producer Bodega Argento, winemaker Silvia Corti has seen a number of major changes take place.
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LWF: Santa Rita winemaker talks 120 ambitions
Published: 23 May, 2017
Harpers caught up with Santa Rita to discquss the launch of their refreshed 120 brand which is being launched with two new varietals at this year’s London Wine Fair.
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Santa Rita creates new UK business role
Published: 15 May, 2017
South American wine company Santa Rita Estates has created a new role to reinforce its “commitment” to the UK market.
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Trapiche unveils Argentinian coastal wines
Published: 22 March, 2017
Grupo Penaflor has opened a new frontier for Argentinian wines with the launch of its Trapiche Costa & Pampa range from Chapadmalal on the Atlantic coast.
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Christmas came early for Malbec at Concha y Toro
Published: 21 February, 2017
The nation's thirst for Argentinian wine has showed no signs of being quenched with Concha y Toro reporting sparkling Christmas sales for Bodega Trivento.
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Italian fizz continues to bubble at Buckingham Schenk
Published: 08 February, 2017
Wine importer Buckingham Schenk is celebrating a 19% increase in annual turnover thanks to the indomitable UK favourites of Argentinian Malbec and Italian sparkling.
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Why Argentinian reds are the new Malbec
Published: 31 January, 2017
Much of Argentina's success over the past few years is undeniably down to the runaway success of the Malbec in the UK.
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