When a friend suggested having dinner at Fritanga, the Nicaraguan restaurant at 2208 South Jefferson Avenue, it made me think of how much I wanted wine made from the malbec grape. I have to admit that ...

Malbec might be the best-known wine from Argentina. Nearly 40% of all red wines from this soccer-obsessed country in South America are made with malbec grapes, according to Wines of Argentina. And ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about several great wines from Argentina other than malbec. This week, I couldn’t resist writing about malbec wines from this South American country. There’s a reason why ...

Juan Pablo “JP” Valot of Valcan Cellars wants you to love malbec made in Oregon. But he doesn’t want you to just love red malbec, the signature wine of his native Argentina, as that would be too easy.

When you think of malbec, you probably think of a big, fruit-forward red wine, a perfect pairing for a grilled burger or steak. You also are likely to think of Argentina, where the grape has thrived ...

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All Malbecs are not created equal, and not all Malbecs are produced in Argentina. Research suggests that the Malbec grape originated in southwestern France and was cultivated in the region for ...

It’s called Malbec World Day (MWD), a global initiative created by Wines of Argentina to position Argentine Malbec in the world’s markets and celebrate the success of the country’s wine industry. This ...

“We have a delicious secret—Argentina is more than Malbec,” says Matt Hedges, co-founder of Vino del Sol. “Thinking of Argentina as only Malbec is like thinking of California as only Zinfandel.” From ...

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