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<title><![CDATA[luciana + tiago]]></title>
<link>http://digasim.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/luciana-tiago/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Daniela Picoral</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[É fato: quem é criado no carnaval baiano não decepciona na animação da festa. Já fotografei festas a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">É fato: quem é criado no carnaval baiano não decepciona na animação da festa. Já fotografei festas animadíssimas mas nunca vi coisa igual. A Bahia é mesmo a terra do agito,  a festa inteira parecia ligada no 220v, sem idade para se jogar na balada, e eu nunca tinha visto uma noiva pular tanto (e de salto!). Foi divertidíssimo, teve banda no melhor estilo cantora baiana (vozeirão e pernão, muita dança sem perder o fôlego), dançarinos no palco, DJ importado de São Paulo (<a href="http://www.felipevenancio.com.br/" target="_blank">Felipe Venâncio</a>), sol e calor. O lado histórico de Salvador foi de tirar o fôlego. Luciana se arrumou no <a href="http://www.pestana.com/hotels/pt-br/hotels/southamerica/BahiaHotels/ConventodoCarmo/Home/" target="_blank">Hotel do Convento do Carmo</a>, um belíssimo prédio do século XVI que fica no Pelourinho e foi restaurado para ser o primeiro hotel histórico de luxo do Brasil.  Enquanto eu acompanhava a noiva com suas madrinhas, mãe e irmã, Guilherme estava com o noivo num apartamento com uma vista deslumbrante da cidade. Nos encontramos para uma bela cerimônia na histórica I<a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%ADlica_de_Nossa_Senhora_da_Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_da_Praia" target="_blank">greja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia</a>, de 1623, na qual uma noiva emocionadíssima chorou muito. Foi tudo muito bonito, muito intenso. Espero que os noivos gostem tanto das fotografias como nós gostamos de ter registrado tudo isso!</p>
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<address>• o vestido da noiva é <a href="http://www.marceloquadros.com" target="_blank">Marcelo Quadros</a>, a festa foi no <a href="http://www.trapicheeventos.com.br/" target="_blank">Trapiche</a>, pertinho da Igreja.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Reflections on Costa Rica]]></title>
<link>http://plumandcircumstance.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/reflections-on-costa-rica/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>plumandcircumstance</dc:creator>
<guid>http://plumandcircumstance.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/reflections-on-costa-rica/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First, the pictures: Here I was in Costa Rica from Tuesday to Tuesday. The pictures are the best par]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;">First, the pictures:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0BZOWblw4bsnFw" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">
<p style="text-align:left;">I was in Costa Rica from Tuesday to Tuesday. The pictures are the best part. But if you&#8217;d like to know more, read on.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I was going to chronicle the whole trip here, but I feel like way too much happened to write about it all in long-hand. A brief rundown, in bullet-point form. Unfortunately, the really awesome stuff (rainforest, rainforest, rainforest) gets a little marginalized in this format, but trust me when I say it was amazingly wonderful and everything I thought it would be and more.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Tuesday:</p>
<ul>
<li>Flew in from Houston, a quick three hour flight.</li>
<li>Waited at the airport for three more hours before my shuttle was ready to go.</li>
<li>Rode from Alajuela (where the airport is) to my hostel in San Jose. Lots of factories and really scary traffic.</li>
<li>LOTS of issues with money confusion. I had to walk all over town looking for an ATM that would work and give me money. Colones-dollars confusion was an issue the whole trip.</li>
<li>My room was really icky &#8212; just a bed and a folding table and a high window &#8212; the smelly bathroom was in the hallway (you can&#8217;t flush toilet paper in CR, so every public toilet area REEKS, no matter how clean it is).</li>
<li>Went to the underground national bank museum (art, gold artifacts, pottery, and money) and saw the Teatro Nacional (national theater), which is semi-renowned as the only pretty building in the otherwise utterly drab city.</li>
<li>Got lost trying to find my way back to the hostel.</li>
<li>Went to a Restaurante Colombiano for an avocado salad and margarita and met a girl from Austin, who helped me find my way around and to a supermarket for some food for my breakfast.</li>
<li>Went out with some American folks from the hostel.</li>
<li>Puked. Everywhere. For the next 12-15 hours. So embarrassing.</li>
</ul>
<p>Wednesday</p>
<ul>
<li>Still puking.</li>
<li>Rode a shuttle bus (on which I puked) for several hours, including a transfer at a soda (the Costa Rican answer for a truck stop/convenience store/rest stop/cafe/meeting place), to Monteverde, in the central-northwest mountains.</li>
<li>Checked in at the Tree House Hotel, this cool building in Santa Elena with a giant tree growing through the middle of it.</li>
<li>Walked around to explore the area. The clouds touch the tops of the mountains. So cool.</li>
<li>Visited the Ranario (frog zoo). Tour guide was this adorable girl who said, &#8220;for example&#8221; before every single fact she recited. So many cool frogs and toads to see &#8212; I learned a lot!</li>
<li>Visited the farmacia (uh, pharmacy) to get some stomach medicine &#8212; I had an upset stomach most of the trip, but finally stopped throwing up! They keep all of our regular &#8216;over the counter&#8217; medicines behind the counter and you have to ask the pharmacist for them (even pepto).</li>
<li>Met a group of Canadian tourists who invited me to eat dinner with them (a nasty sandwich at the hotel restaurant).</li>
<li>Went to a little rasta bar with the Canadians.</li>
<li>Was locked out of my hotel, which closed its doors at 10 p.m. Security guard (who spoke only Spanish &#8212; most people knew a little English) eventually let me in.</li>
</ul>
<p>Thursday</p>
<ul>
<li>Woke up early to get a raincoat at the market. It&#8217;s drizzly a few hours every day there, but never quite miserable.</li>
<li>Rode to Selvatura park and did an amazing canopy tour &#8212; about 8 loooong, many-stories high bridges through the cloud forest. It was so beautiful and amazing and everything I&#8217;d hoped.</li>
<li>Went back to Santa Elena and walked around looking for a restaurant I&#8217;d heard about. Got pretty lost, but ended up at this fancy, pretty pizzeria way up in the mountains away from town. Mediocre veggie pizza (nearly everything there is bland, and they give you two shakers of salt instead of salt and pepper to season it!) for lunch.</li>
<li>Went on a tour of El Trapiche plantation. A wonderful tour guide showed us the bananas, macadamia nuts, aracache, pineapples, naranjilla and other small crops, as well as the complete process of sugar cane and coffee growing and processing. At the end we got to make our own sugar cane candy, taste coffee made the traditional Costa Rican way, and eat picadillo made with local ingredients.</li>
<li>Went on a night rainforest tour and saw loads of cool bugs, amphibians and birds. The experience of tromping through pitch-black forest with only a flashlight to guide you is really intense.</li>
<li>Back to Santa Elena for dinner at Morphos, which has a cool butterfly (mariposa) theme &#8212; had a casado (typical CR plate) vegetariano, with rice, beans, local Quaker cheese, salad, preserved vegetables, and grilled platano (plantain).</li>
</ul>
<p>Friday</p>
<ul>
<li>Rode in the shuttle with a sweet Belgian family, down the mountains and along the coast to Quepos (the town)/Manuel Antonio (the beach area and park) on the coast and to my hotel, Mono Azul (Blue Monkey), which was pretty plain inside but pretty on the outside, with tons of lush vegetation and multiple pools.</li>
<li>Rode the bus for 200 colones (about 30 cents) down to Playa (beach) Espadilla and swam for an hour or so in the beautiful waters.</li>
<li>Met the Canadians again and went to dinner at Bambu Jam, this funny tiki-hut where there was a band playing a mix of salsa, hip-hop and easy listening (these people either love that junk or think the tourists love it, &#8217;cause easy listening is EVERYWHERE). Watched the others dance while we waited nearly two hours for food (mine was a dish of plantain gnocchi that looked like it belonged in a toilet but tasted delicious, if texturally odd).</li>
</ul>
<p>Saturday</p>
<ul>
<li>Rode Manuel Antonio bus to what I thought was the park. Turned out, after I crossed a creek that was reported to have crocodiles in it,  that I was actually at the exit.</li>
<li>Found some Americans who helped me find the actual park. Unlike national parks in the U.S., this one was marked by a little hand-lettered sign (Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio) in an alley between two hotels. Then, after a good journey through a couple of alleys, you came to the park entrance, which was a little more what you might imagine (a booth with a guy in a khaki shirt taking your money), then you enter the park itself, which was waaaay too cool for that kind of introduction!</li>
<li>Explored the amazing park, which includes a little more than a mile of easy trails and a bunch of gorgeous beaches just off the main trail. Saw:
<ul>
<li>Frogs</li>
<li>Red and purple crabs</li>
<li>Spiders</li>
<li>Dragonflies</li>
<li>A sloth</li>
<li>Lizards of all shapes and sizes, including giant iguanas</li>
<li>A boa</li>
<li>A funky little raccoonish creature</li>
<li>MONKEYS (little capuchins)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Rode the bus into Quepos, which used to be a little fishing village until the nearby park made it much more popular, and ate at this quirky health food restaurant called Jungle Cafe that used pictures of &#8217;40s pinup models as its theme. Costa Rica may not have very good food, but it does fruit shakes WONDERFULLY and cheaply &#8212; a glass bottle of Coke (the only kind they have, really &#8212; and it uses real sugar instead of corn syrup and is really tasty) was about the same price as a fresh mango-pineapple yogurt shake or a straberry-banana-papaya smoothie everywhere.</li>
<li>Relaxed at the hotel for the rainy part of the day, and ate the most bizarre &#8216;enchilada&#8217; I&#8217;ve ever seen at the hotel restaurant &#8212; it was actually a deep-fried quesadilla in a spinach tortilla.</li>
</ul>
<p>Sunday</p>
<ul>
<li>Rode bus back to Manuel Antonio, got wonderful gelato de cafe (coffee gelato) from this old Italian guy&#8217;s shop for breakfast.</li>
<li>Beach day! Spent the late morning exploring the park some more, then went to Playa Manuel Antonio for a long session in the calm, crystal-blue water.</li>
<li>Kept an eye out for monkeys trying to take my things on the beach. A little Spanish-speaking boy kept looking out at the water and SCREAMING, &#8220;Tiburon! Tiburon!&#8221; to scare (and eventually just to annoy) people. Tiburon means &#8220;shark.&#8221; Otherwise, the perfect day.</li>
<li>Walked back to the shops and restaurants outside the park and ended up at a place called the Marlin, where I sat with these two Israeli-Floridian ladies (they split their time between the U.S. and Israel) who wanted to set me up with their sons. Nachos in CR are really odd &#8212; a bowl with a small quantity of rubbery melted cheese, lots of black beans, tomatoes,  cilantro and lettuce, with thick brown chips on the side &#8212; but I liked them a lot.</li>
<li>Relaxed in the hotel for the evening. (I read a lot, as I had planned, on this trip. &#8220;Wicked&#8221; is strongly recommended. What a neat book.)</li>
</ul>
<p>Monday</p>
<ul>
<li>Waited waaaay longer than expected for my shuttle, during which wait I ate more bizarro nachos at my hotel&#8217;s restaurant and nearly finished reading &#8220;A Confederacy of Dunces.&#8221;</li>
<li>Rode from Manuel Antonio to San Jose with another soda stop, this time at a really quaint stand with a wood-burning stove that had a huge (probably 8 gallon) dented aluminum pot of soup people could scoop from, in addition to the normal soda trappings (nuts, fresh fruit, convenience store crap, fresh pastries).</li>
<li>Back at hostel where I stayed the first night. They screwed up my reservation, so I had to stay in this even tinier room, farther from a bathroom, with a warped tiny bunk bed in it (and no other furniture).</li>
<li>Went to the Automercado (grocery store) for bread, cheese and fruit as I was running out of colones and didn&#8217;t want to get more just to buy dinner before leaving the country. They really do fruit right there &#8212; a huge cup of mixed, cut up fruit that&#8217;d be $5+ here was about 75 cents there (everything else cost as much as or more than it would have in the U.S.).</li>
<li>Hung out at the funky hostel bar/Internet cafe for a bit before attempting to sleep (I kept nearly rolling off my bent mattress, and the walls were thin as paper). Ended up reading a lot instead.</li>
</ul>
<p>Tuesday</p>
<ul>
<li>Shuttle to the airport, then lots of waiting in the very nice airport &#8212; a man with a guitar played long, accoustic versions of American easy listening hits &#8212; then home to the U.S.A.</li>
</ul>
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<title><![CDATA[Así se comercializaba]]></title>
<link>http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/el-comercio-de-hace-tiempo-en-la-trampa/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Edwin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/el-comercio-de-hace-tiempo-en-la-trampa/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  Acompáñame, es más, te pido que tomes mi mano para emprender juntos un viaje imaginario al pasado ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p> <img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-468" title="La Trampa" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/13941954.jpg?w=300" alt="La Trampa" width="457" height="225" /></p>
<p>Acompáñame, es más, te pido que tomes mi mano para emprender juntos un viaje imaginario al pasado entrando por la puerta  del tiempo. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Estamos a mediados del siglo XX, son las ocho de la mañana y en El Regocijo la neblina apenas permite ver algunos arreos de mulas que llegaron en el transcurso de la madrugada trayendo bultos de café.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> Las mulas se amarraron en los pasillos externos de las casas, en los pilares de madera, hechos con doble propósito: el de sostener el techo de las viviendas y el de sujetar los animales.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En el año 1948, los principales arreos de mulas pertenecían a los señores Argimiro Rojas, Ramón Maldonado y Gabriel Dávila de La Caña Brava; a <img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-283" title="Arreo de mulas" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/arreo-de-mulas1.jpg?w=300" alt="Arreo de mulas" width="215" height="121" />Genarino Rojas del Ceibal; a Armando Mercado de Bolero y a Jabino Rondón de Chiguará. Cada arreo era de catorce mulas,  más o menos.  Otras familias campesinas menos pudientes,  llegaban montadas en burro, trayendo las cosechas de sus tierras y tal cual lo hacía en buey;  la mayoría arribaba a pie desde los más lejanos rincones de la geografía de la parroquia La Trampa.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No faltaba quien arriara una cochina con sus cochinitos para venderlos en el</p>
<p>mercado los días sábados.  El precio de compra-venta de la cerda y sus cerditos era de veinte bolívares, equivalentes a cinco pesos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En la plaza, las señoras Publia Paredes de Salazar, Cándida Guillén, Isabel Rondón, Melania Bolero y Adelaida Guillén, vendían comida a todas las personas que llegaban al mer<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-289" title="Arepitas rellenas con queso" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/121108-068.jpg?w=300" alt="121108 068" width="152" height="95" />cado. Colocaban tres topias, prendían candela y luego que la  leña ardía montaban las ollas y los calderos repletos de lo que luego se convertiría en exquisita comida campesina. Entre los platos ofrecidos estaban las arepitas de carne o queso, café, sopas, hayacas, pasteles, chicha.  Ellas levantaron sus familias de esa manera, basadas en la venta de comida y granjerías. La Sra. Lucinda Guillén vendía hayacas en la casa que actualmente ocupa Linda.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El trueque o la venta-compra era el medio a través del cual se  <img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-296" title="Buey" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/buey.jpg?w=300" alt="Buey" width="202" height="145" /> negociaba. Eran sujetos de ellos: vacas, toros, cochinos, bueyes, caballos, yeguas, mulas, burros, ovejas, cabras, chivos, gallinas y todo tipo de verduras, legumbres y granos. Desde la población de  Lagunillas llegaba arroz, pan, pescado seco, velas, sal, panela blanca caparuceña, plátanos, miche, telas, hilos, agujas, herramientas  para la agricultura, ollas de metal y de barro, etc. De La Azulita provenía el café y la panela.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De La Trampa y aldeas aledañas salía caraota, arveja, maíz, apio o arracacha, cebolla, cebollín, papa, churíes, yuca, ajos, queso, carne.</p>
<p>Hubo seis pesas: la de Encarnación Ortega, Antonio Uzcátegui, Sablón Contreras, Antonio García, Nepomuceno Guillén y la de José de Los Santos Montilla que funcionaba en la casa que es hoy de Tomás Rojas, iniciando la cuesta a Belén.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tiendas de ropa: la de Cristóbal López, donde se vendía por metros cortes de tela. La de Cristóbal Rojas, allí nunca faltaba la tela de caqui, liencillo o</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-444" title="Telas" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/telas.jpg" alt="Telas" width="148" height="119" />crehuela para hacer bordados, sedalina, tela listada o de flores. El metro de las más baratas costaba un real o uno o dos bolívares y las más caras valían entre cuatro y diez bolívares.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El flux que usaban los hombres se componía de pantalón y paltó de caqui o dril color azul o beige. Casi todos usaban sombrero y ninguno, corbata.   Al <img class="size-full wp-image-443 alignleft" title="Alpargata" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/alpargata.jpg" alt="Alpargata" width="143" height="107" />final de la pierna, el atuendo lo completaba un par de hermosas alpargatas con plantas de cuero o fique y capellada de hilo o cuero. La gente pudiente usaba zapatos corte bajo. Eso sí, en Nochebuena no faltaba el “estreno” a nadie.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Las manos expertas de las señoras Elba Rojas, esposa de Don Atilano Rojas, Belén Martínez y María Vega hacían de los cortes de tela hermosos vestidos que causaban la envidia del resto de  las mujeres. Vendía ropa,  Rafaelito Rojas Vielma. Quien podía ir a Lagunillas la compraba donde Carmelo Prieto, Benjamín Vega o Luis Ruiz.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tiendas de víveres fueron de Encarnación Ortega, Zenón Díaz, Ignacio Rojas, Jesús Rojas, Amenodoro Moreno, Pablo Uzcátegui, Ismael Valero y</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-291" title="Bodega del Sr. Faustino y la Sra. Lourdes" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/hpim1851.jpg?w=300" alt="HPIM1851" width="149" height="127" />Fermín Pernía. Este último,  además de vender lo que los otros ofrecían los fines de semana, disponía de un pequeño depósito de víveres a fin de venderlos entre semana.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Botiquines con licencia para expender licor fueron propiedad de  Antonio Uzcátegui,  Jesús Rojas y José Alberto Vielma.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En el corredor de la casa de Ignacio Rojas, además de amarrar bestias, los días sábados, Maximiliano Rojas hacía de las suyas trasquilando el pelo a muchos paisanos.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-464" title="Alicia con su chivo cargando apios" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/280809-0662.jpg?w=260" alt="Alicia con su chivo cargando apios" width="147" height="176" />Inicialmente el mercado funcionaba en La Trampa de abajo, pero por ser angosto el lugar se trasladó a La Trampa de arriba, cuyo terreno fue donado por la Sra. Elvia Pernía Rojas. Este sitio es ocupado hoy por la placita Bolívar.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El café trillado fue un rubro muy importante a principios del siglo pasado. Se cuenta que el mayor productor era José Rojas Molina, vecino de La Caña Brava, llegando a contabilizar hasta 250 cargas (500 sacos) anuales.   Cada<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-445" title="Café" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/cafe.jpg" alt="Café" width="129" height="97" /> carga pesaba 92 Kg. y el quintal 46 Kg.  La carga costaba 60 pesos, unos 240 bolívares. Pesaban el café en los corredores de El Regocijo en viejas romanas de machete.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Posteriormente el comercio del café fue acaparado por la PACA de Chiguará. En el año 1975 se estableció una sucursal en La Trampa, llegándose a comercializar unos 4000 quintales anuales. Los principales compradores de café trillado fueron: Lucio Rangel, Críspulo Guillén y Jesús Manuel Molina Rojas, todos vecinos de Lagunillas.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La producción de apio alcanzaba los 1500 quintales semanales.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-446" title="Apio o Arracacha" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/apios.jpg" alt="Apio o Arracacha" width="128" height="119" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En la Loma de La Piedra y en la del Pico, Caracciolo Rojas Peña, su hermano Eusebio Rojas Peña y Baltasar Rojas Boris, sembraban y producían la mayor parte de la arveja que se comercializaba en la zona.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En la hacienda El Olimpo ubicada en El Ceibal, propiedad de Genarino Rojas Rincón existía un trapiche movido por motor. Pablo González de la hacienda Cuba Libre en La Caña Brava y Gabriel Dávila de El Ceibal también tenían trapiche movido por motor.   Y así, el</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-448" title="Trapiche" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/trapiche1.jpg" alt="Trapiche" width="127" height="82" />coronel Antonio Paredes Pulgar dueño de la hacienda El Corral. Al inicio, todos los trapiches fueron movidos  por bueyes o caballos. Don Amando Mercado en Bolero de la Caña Brava y Argimiro Rojas Rincón de la hacienda Pueblo Viejo también tenían trapiches a motor.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Los que tenían cierta cantidad de ganado eran: Telmo López, Cristóbal López, Olinto y<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-450" title="Gallinas" src="http://latrampademerida.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/gallinas1.jpg" alt="Gallinas" width="102" height="116" /> Julio César en La Sabana. Tulio, Jerónimo y Caracciolo en la hacienda de los Dávila y Genarino Rojas en El Ceibal de La Caña Brava. En cada casa no faltaba tal cual vaca, gallinas, piscos, marranos, burro de carga y varios animales más, todos alimentados con maíz, apio, yuca, caña de azúcar y pasto.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cuenta el Dr. Héctor Soto, nacido en La Caña Brava, que: &#8220;Recuerda gratamente los días sábados de mercado en La Trampa. Teníamos que levantarnos a las cuatro de la mañana y tomar una camioneta panera o un jeep y trasladarnos a La Trampa desde Lagunillas. Mi padre me llevaba junto con mi hermano Edén Ildemaro a realizar el trueque de: víveres, granos, enlatados, sal y alimentos empaquetados por los productos propios del campo: café, cacao, tabaco, quesos, huevos, etc. Recuerdo que para pasar el frío, mi hermano y yo, nos metíamos dentro de los sacos de coleto, vacíos, de arbejas y de café. Era un lindo mercado, llegaba mucha gente a intercambiar sus productos. También se daba y se prestaba dinero a los productores por parte de los comerciantes. Mi padre perdió mucho dinero en ese menester. Recuerdo que se usaba para pesar  grandes cantidades, la antigua balanza tipo regla que era colgada con mecate sobre la vigas de los pasillos de las casas, utilizaba unas pesas que se situaban sobre la parte dentada de la balanza. Esto lo refiero, porque había uno de los comerciantes que hacía trampa, trácala, a los pobres productores. Lo recuerdo como si fuera hoy, ésto se lo notifiqué a mi padre y a los mismos productores para que les hicieran negocio legal. Recuerdo la travesía y el miedo que ocasionaba la carretera, la subida, las curvas, los desfiladeros y el famoso derrumbe de la quebrada El Molino. Muchas veces nos tocó abrir paso con palas y picos. Una vez que retornábamos a Lagunillas, después de las dos de la tarde, emprendíamos la venta de los huevos y quesos en carretilla, y llevábamos el tabaco a los chimoceros para que produjeran la pasta de chimó. El café lo vendía mi padre a Café Lagunillas (tostadora) y al mudarse ésta a Mérida lo llevaba a Santa Cruz de Mora. ¡Qué tiempos aquellos! Mi padre (El avión, a raíz de este accidente) volcó su primer carro bajando de allá, cayendo cerca de El Molino. A Dios gracias no sufrió nada grave. Ya al pasar el tiempo se fue acabando el mercado de La Trampa.  Los productores compraron vehículos y transportaban sus productos  a Lagunillas o a Mérida. Cómo olvidar al pescadero  Críspulo, a Genarino  (El Colorao), al Sr. Rangel (Cacho e´ buey), a Rojitas, a Vielma y su licorería, al carnicero de La Trampa (comía cebollas rojas con leche) y a otros cuyos nombres ya no recuerdo&#8221;.</p>
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<link>http://obrer.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/cores-da-luz-nas-pedras-amanhecer-na-costa-da-lagoa/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Felipe Obrer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://obrer.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/cores-da-luz-nas-pedras-amanhecer-na-costa-da-lagoa/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[É uma fotografia da qual gosto bastante, e as pessoas também costumam gostar. Acho que pela aura que]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>É uma fotografia da qual gosto bastante, e as pessoas também costumam gostar. Acho que pela aura que a <a href="http://www.overmundo.com.br/guia/costa-da-lagoa-floripa">Costa da Lagoa</a> tem, um pouco, e outro tanto porque o amanhecer tem tons que vemos menos do que os do poente. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/obrer/3381900197/sizes/l/"><img src="http://obrer.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/3381900197_70a96727c9_b.jpg" alt="Amanhecer na Costa da Lagoa (foto: Felipe Obrer)" title="Amanhecer na Costa da Lagoa (foto: Felipe Obrer)" width="450" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-540" /></a></p>
<p>Essa fotografia é parte de uma <a href="http://www.overmundo.com.br/banco/costa-da-lagoa-floripa-fotografias">série publicada no Overmundo</a>. Estão todas liberadas para uso não comercial. Têm cerca de um ano e meio.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Trapiche Malbec com Filhote. Onde já se Viu?!]]></title>
<link>http://falandodevinhos.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/trapiche-malbec-com-filhote-onde-ja-se-viu/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>João Filipe Clemente</dc:creator>
<guid>http://falandodevinhos.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/trapiche-malbec-com-filhote-onde-ja-se-viu/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[              Como no vinho, em que as pessoas tendem  a colocar sob suspeita as pseudo “frescuras”,]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vino Argentino]]></title>
<link>http://thepassengernews.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/vino-argentino/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 23:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thepassengernews</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thepassengernews.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/vino-argentino/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Flickrfan: Venciendo Tiempo y Olvido]]></title>
<link>http://flickrfanstan.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/flickrfan-venciendo-tiempo-y-olvido/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 01:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sgarrett6</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flickrfanstan.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/flickrfan-venciendo-tiempo-y-olvido/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Photographed by donde se esconde el sol&#8230; Potrero de los Funes, San Luis, Argentina CAMINO A TR]]></description>
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<p>Photographed by donde se esconde el sol&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Potrero de los Funes, San Luis, Argentina<br />
CAMINO A TRAPICHE<br />
Notas de Viaje &#8211; Diego A. Marino</p>
<p>En camino hacia Volcán y Trapiche, en uno de los accesos a San Luis vimos la silueta lejana e imprecisa de un inmenso árbol. A medida que nos fuimos acercando nos percatamos de que su tronco, centenario, era de color rosa. Forzamos la vista, fregamos los ojos creyendo que era una ilusión, una distorsión los sentidos por el cansancio, el calor, o la luz del atardecer incipiente que generaba dicho artilugio, o bien, la suma de Todos ellos. Sin embargo los tres veíamos lo mismo.<br />
Era un tronco antiquísimo, de un árbol seco. La comunidad lo había preservado del paso del tiempo y del olvido.<br />
Detuve el auto en la banquina. Me desprendí el cinturón de seguridad. Caminé lentamente hasta su pie, atravesando las dos manos de la autopista inmensa.<br />
La puesta de sol estaba a mis espaldas. Hice unas fotos de su silueta magistral interponiendo el tronco en línea con el sol.<br />
Luego de unos minutos, volví al auto mientras en mi mente reflexionaba sobre el significado de dicho monumento.</p></blockquote>
<p align="right">&#8211; <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" rel="nofollow">License</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Trapiche's Falling Star 2008]]></title>
<link>http://bottleofwine.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/trapiches-falling-star-2008/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bottleofwine.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/trapiches-falling-star-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Winery: Trapiche Wine: Falling Star Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon 2008 Location: Mendoza, Argentina Purch]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-638" title="falling-star" src="http://bottleofwine.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/falling-star.jpg" alt="falling-star" width="76" height="256" />Winery: <a href="http://www.trapiche.com.ar/" target="_blank">Trapiche</a></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wine: Falling Star Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon 2008</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Location: <a href="http://kobrandwineandspirits.com/maps/flash/062_argentina.php" target="_blank">Mendoza, Argentina</a></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Purchased: <a href="https://www.thecorkscrew.com/" target="_blank">The Corkscrew</a></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Price: $5.99</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I’ll admit it. I didn’t have high expectations for the Trapiche Falling Star, but at $5.99 a bottle we had to try it. We’ve been drinking more Sauvignon Blanc as of late. I keep dreaming it’s summer, and I’m sitting on the porch sipping a glass of Sauvignon Blanc instead of watching it rain or snow. Jonathan and I opened this bottle over the weekend and were pleasantly surprised.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><!--more-->In the glass, this wine was extremely light against a white napkin. In fact, it was so light it was hardly noticeable. Delicious aromas of pineapple and orange grab the nose. However, the typically strong citrus notes of lemon or lime, present in most Sauvignon Blancs, is notably muted. On the palate Trapiche Falling Star is soft, thick and full of rich creamy smoothness. It’s not your typical Sauvignon Blanc. Trapiche Falling Star doesn’t have that Sauvignon Blanc “pop’ or as I like to say, “sunshine in your mouth.” There are distinguishable amounts of citrus, pineapple and herb flavors. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Trapiche Falling Star is a blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Semillon. The Semillon provides a roundness and richness to this wine. While not a traditional Sauvignon Blanc in taste, for the price Trapiche is worth a try. It’s a wine we’ll purchase again and enjoy during the summer on our porch. Trapiche features wines made from hand picked grapes grown on their property. They offer modestly priced wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. They also feature Malbec with intense flavors and aged in French oak.</span></span></span></p>
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<link>http://tomandmelodywine.com/2009/01/10/trapiche-malbec-2006-2/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tom &#38; Melody</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tomandmelodywine.com/2009/01/10/trapiche-malbec-2006-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It is a blizzardy weekend in Michigan. Tom and I ventured out this afternoon to attend a sporting ev]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://tommelodywerner.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/trapiche-malbec-2006.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1071" style="margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;" title="trapiche-malbec-2006" src="http://tommelodywerner.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/trapiche-malbec-2006.jpg?w=53" alt="trapiche-malbec-2006" width="53" height="96" /></a>It is a blizzardy weekend in Michigan. Tom and I ventured out this afternoon to attend a sporting event only to be forced to turn around. The visability was nearly zero and the roads were extremely slippery. We were glad to get back home. It has been snowing, and snowing hard, for over 24 hours.</p>
<p>So, here we are, Saturday night, listening to Kenny G on the Bose and hunkering down for a cozy night at home. I have a pot of chili on the stove and a loaf of whole wheat bread in the oven. We just finished a crossword puzzle.</p>
<p>I chose this <strong>Trapiche Malbec 2006</strong> because I knew it would hold up to our spicy dinner. If I remember correctly, Tom bought this wine at Trader Joe&#8217;s in Ann Arbor for a very reasonable price. In the glass this wine is a deep purple with a nose of leather and burnt fruit. The taste is earthy. I think the best is yet to come, as I have a hunch this wine would benefit from decanting. I&#8217;ll keep swirling in my glass and see. . .yet, even without time to breathe, this is quite delicious; a long and pleasant finish. A great choice for a cold night!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Organiza tu boda con la revista bodanova en Málaga.]]></title>
<link>http://bodanovamalaga.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/organiza-tu-boda-con-la-revista-bodanova-en-malaga/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bodanovamalaga</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bodanovamalaga.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/organiza-tu-boda-con-la-revista-bodanova-en-malaga/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[¿Fotógrafo para bodas en la provincia de Málaga?: Consulta la revista bodanova en su edición digital]]></description>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>¿Fotógrafo para bodas en la provincia de Málaga?:</strong></span> Consulta la revista bodanova en su edición digital o subscríbete y recibe los 4 números que hacemos al año por sólo 12 €. Infórmate en info@bodanova.es</p>
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<title><![CDATA[om oorrompel te word is ook lekker]]></title>
<link>http://boerinballingskap.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/om-oorrompel-te-word-is-ook-lekker/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boerinballingskap</dc:creator>
<guid>http://boerinballingskap.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/om-oorrompel-te-word-is-ook-lekker/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ek het &#8216;n het by &#8216;n vorige geleentheid vertel van my ontmoeting met &#8216;n aangename A]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://boerinballingskap.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/s7300213-2.jpg?w=178&#038;h=283" alt="S7300213" width="178" height="283" align="left" />Ek het &#8216;n het by &#8216;n <a href="http://boerinballingskap.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/argentyne-mag-maar/"><strong>vorige geleentheid</strong></a> vertel van my ontmoeting met &#8216;n aangename Argentynse <em>Malbec</em>. Hierdie keer het ek sy grootboet &#8211; <strong>Trapiche Oak Cask Malbec 2006</strong> (<em>Mendoza</em> WvO) &#8211; aangetree en ek is vir geen oomblik spyt nie.</p>
<p>Soos te wagte van <em>Malbec</em> , is die wyn diep donkerrooi op die oog, wyl die effe pers rante jeugdigheid aandui. Die neus is intens en uitgesproke, met verskeie geure wat ineenvleg. Die geur wat dalk net oorheers, is <em>die</em> van sterk koffie, kakao en donker sjokolade. Daar is ook die subtiele vanielje ondertone wat die hout-regime se teenwoordigheid verklap. Nadat die wyn &#8216;n rukkie in die glas vertoef het, kom daar &#8216;n speseryagtigheid na vore, met die geur van kaneel wat sekerlik die prominentste is. Dan, opeens, is die geur van moerbeie, pruime en swartkersies ook waarneembaar. Inderdaad is die neus kompleks en nooi dit jou uit om die wyn verder op die palaat te ontdek.</p>
<p>Die wyn is in die mond (om wyle <em>Jan Spies</em> aan te haal) ryk en lekker! Kortom vul die wyn jou mond met oorgawe, met die sterk houttanniene wat aandui dat die wyn dalk op sy beste en sagste sal wees na nog so 3 of 4 jaar. Die wyn het goeie suur en is oor die algemeen in balans, met die koffieagtige kakao-geure wat blywend op die palaat bly kuier, lank nadat die wyn gesluk is. Die hout gee definitief die wyn baie goeie struktuur. <img src="http://boerinballingskap.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/s7300215-3.jpg?w=196&#038;h=304" alt="S7300215" width="196" height="304" align="right" /> Nie &#8216;n boerewors-wyn nie, maar dalk &#8216;n wyntjie wat eerder uitgedaag moet word met &#8216;n oondgebraaide boud, lekker beesstert of dalk <em>cajun</em> skaaptjops of -ribbetjie. Hoe dit ookal sy, &#8216;n wyn wat smeek om met kos genuttig te word.</p>
<p>Die wyn getuig nie noodwendig van finesse en elegansie nie, maar dis &#8216;n wyn wat nie skaam is om te wees wat dit is nie, naamlik &#8216;n volbloed <em>Mendoza Malbec</em> wat oorrompel eerder as verlei. En soms is &#8216;n oorrompeling net so lekker&#8230;</p>
<p>NS: <em>In Suid-Afrika word Malbec nie algemeen verbou nie, maar probeer gerus die <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Bellevue Malbec</span> van Bottelary in Stellenbosch (ook beskikbaar onder die <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Woolworths</span>-etiket).</em></p>
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<description><![CDATA[La revista bodanova estará presente en la feria de bodas de Málaga que se celebrará del 28 al 30 de ]]></description>
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<p>Pueden descargarse una invitación 2&#215;1 en el siguiente enlace:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bodanova.es/enlaces.html">http://www.bodanova.es/enlaces.html</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Brasil: Buenos Malbec argentinos (a precios atrayentes)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[14/11/08 Fuente: O Estado de S.Paulo | Saul Galvão Abajo de los R$ 20 es medio complicado encontrar ]]></description>
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Fuente: O Estado de S.Paulo &#124; Saul Galvão</p>
<p>Abajo de los R$ 20 es medio complicado encontrar buenos tintos hechos con Malbec, pero hay algunos bien buenos, como el de Norton, y, principalmente, el de Finca Flichman. La semana pasada, abordamos los Malbecs jóvenes (2006 y 2007) hasta los R$ 35, que están en un nivel considerablemente superior, pero podrían mejorar con más tiempo de botella&#8230;<!--more--></p>
<p>También casi todos los baratitos de hoy (hasta R$20) se mostraron demasiado jóvenes, rústicos, demandando la compañía de platos sustanciosos, en especial de carnes rojas, para balancear sus taninos.</p>
<p>La Malbec, uva originaria de Francia, puede ser la gran estrella del viñedo argentino, pero sólo recientemente ella tuvo sus cualidades reconocidas y comezó a generar grandes vinos. Los melhjores hechos com Malbec son &#8220;dulces&#8221;, evocan jaleas, frutas maduras, pueden hacer recordar especias y también flores, especialmente la violeta. Sin duda, cualidades más que atrayentes.</p>
<p>En Argentina, hasta hace poco tiempo lo importante era el consumo de vinos comunes. En 1970, el país bebía 91,66 litros/habitante/año. Cuando el consumo de vinos comunes cayó y el mercado comenzó a exigir productos más finos, el Malbec pasó a ser valorizado y se consolidó como la mejor uva y de más prestigio del país. Hoy, es la uva fina más plantada, con 20.381 hectares, de las cuales 17.973 están en Mendoza.</p>
<p>FINCA FLICHMAN MALBEC ROBLE 2007<br />
DONDE ENCONTRARLO: LA PASTINA, TEL. 3383-7400<br />
PRECIO: R$ 18,90<br />
PUNTAJE: 87/100</p>
<p>Tinto con excelente relación calidad-precio. Tres meses en contacto con la madera le dan un toque de suavidad muy gustoso. Aroma bueno e intenso. Bello equilibrio entre las notas de roble y las frutas. El equilibrio continúa en la boca, con la madera haciendo un óptimo fondo. Un vino agradable, redondo y achocolatado en la boca. Alcohol muy bien equilibrado. Buena acidez, suave, pero nada empalagoso. Apenas en su final es un poco rústico, reseca un poco la boca. 13% de alcohol.</p>
<p>CONDOR PEAK MALBEC 2007<br />
DONDE ENCONTRARLO: MAGNA IMPORT, TEL. 2113-0999<br />
PRECIO: R$ 19<br />
PUNTAJE: 84/100</p>
<p>Tinto hecho por Andean Vineyards en Mendoza. Bastante oscuro, violáceo. Aroma satisfactorio, pero no de los más intensos, delicado, elegante, con algo floral. En boca, dos tiempos. Primero, una sensación agradable de tinto redondo, suave, de buena concentración. Fruta agradable. Después, la fruta va dando lugar a un aspecto más rústico, más tánico. Buena acidez, Nada empalagoso. Final de boca secante. Mejoró un poco con el tiempo en la copa. Pide un plato robusto. Alcohol equilibrado. 13% de alcohol.</p>
<p>NORTON MALBEC LINEA BLANCA 2006<br />
DONDE ENCONTRARLO: EXPAND, TEL. 3847-4747<br />
PRECIO: R$ 19,80<br />
PUNTAJE: 86/100</p>
<p>Norton tiene viñedos en Perdriel, una zona privilegiada de Lujan de Cuyo. Este (Línea Blanca) es uno de ses vinos básicos y más baratos. Para ser bebido con un buen asado, por ejemplo. Un tinto simples y gustoso. Bastante concentración de color. Violáceo. Aroma de los más atractivos y típicos, que mejoró con el tiempo. En el, algo de frutas, notablemente ciruelas, lo que es típico de los buenos Malbec. En boca, redondo, suave, deja una sensación agradable. Buena concentración. Alcohol bien equilibrado. 13,5% de alcohol.</p>
<p>TRAPICHE VARIETALES MALBEC 2007<br />
DONDE ENCONTRARLO: INTERFOOD, TEL. 6602-7255<br />
PRECIO: R$ 19,90<br />
PUNTAJE: 83/100</p>
<p>Trapiche es una de las mayores bodegas de Mendoza. Empresa que supo adaptarse a la nueva era de vinos finos. Hace buenos vinos en varios niveles de precios. Este no está entre sus destacados. Aroma tímido, poco intenso. En boca, mejora. Comienza redondo, suave y con buena concentración. Pero va volviéndose rústico y, al final, secante. Taninos rústicos, pero no alcohólico. Amargor sensible en el final de boca. Puede volverse más manso con más tiempo en botella. 13% de alcohol.</p>
<p>http://www.estadao.com.br/suplementos/not_sup276971,0.htm</p>
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<link>http://awtoday.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/awtoday-301008/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Wine Blogs Design for Wine By kristie Argentina is not without its own world-class bodegas, and I vi]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.theargentimes.net/2008/10/29/design-for-wine/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Design for Wine</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By kristie </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Argentina is not without its own world-class bodegas, and I visited two new winery buildings in the Mendoza region of Argentina – Catena Zapata in Lujan de Cuyo, and O. Fournier in Valle de Uco – which make an interesting contrast in <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.theargentimes.net/" href="http://www.theargentimes.net/"><span style="color:green;">The Argentimes &#8211; http://www.theargentimes.net/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.triporati.com/blog/2008/10/29/mendozas-no-10/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Mendoza’s No. 10!</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Wayne Bernhardson </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
In its annual “destination scorecard” of historic places, National Geographic Traveler has ranked Argentina’s “Mendoza Wine Estancias” as the tenth-best of 109 destinations around the world. According to Traveler, its wineries and <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.triporati.com/blog/" href="http://www.triporati.com/blog/"><span style="color:green;">Cleared for Takeoff &#8211; The Triporati Blog &#8211; http://www.triporati.com/blog/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.vinesofmendoza.com/blog/2008/10/29/1884-long-before-orwell-but-a-very-good-year/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">1884 &#8211; Long before Orwell, but a VERY good year!</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Aaron Epstein </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
As anybody reading this will know by now, those of us here at The Vines of Mendoza like wine and food &#8211; a lot. We are always exploring the ever-changing culinary scene in Mendoza (and Buenos Aires, when we can), and have worked to put <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.vinesofmendoza.com/blog/" href="http://www.vinesofmendoza.com/blog/"><span style="color:green;">Vines of Mendoza Blog &#8211; http://www.vinesofmendoza.com/blog/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://gogreentravelgreen.com/green-travel-stories/bike-wine-tour-in-maipu-its-better-after-a-bottle/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Bike &#38; Wine Tour in Maipu: It’s Better After a Bottle</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Kimberly </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Content after a five hour day of bodega tours, we returned our bikes and got on a bus headed for Mendoza. The day wasn’t what we expected, but we still had fun. With good weather and good wine, you can’t go wrong. <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://gogreentravelgreen.com/" href="http://gogreentravelgreen.com/"><span style="color:green;">Go Green Travel Green &#8211; http://gogreentravelgreen.com/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://feeds.localwineevents.com/~r/Long-Island-Wine/~3/436618193/event-211894.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Wine Education Class &#8211; Argentina, Chile &#38; Uruguay</strong></span></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Dec 03, 2008 (Wed): Wine Education Class &#8211; Wednesday, December 3rd, 7pm to 8:30pm &#8220;The Wines of Argentina, Chile &#38; Uruguay&#8221; Must Register and Pay in Advance &#8211; Attendance is Limited Register by calling store and speak to Michelle Please &#8230;<strong><br />
</strong><span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.localwineevents.com/Long-Island-Wine/" href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Long-Island-Wine/"><span class="style2" style="color:green;">Long Island Wine Tasting and&#8230; &#8211; http://www.localwineevents.com/Long-Island-Wine/</span></a></span><span class="style2"> </span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://feeds.localwineevents.com/~r/Phoenix-Wine/~3/436493457/event-211520.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">State of the Art Wines of Chile and Argentina</span></strong></a><strong><br />
</strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Nov 03, 2008 (Mon): Join us for our wine tasting here inside Bomberos wine bar to taste four wines from Chile and Argentina that are truly State of the Art. All of South America is seeing a growth in wine production and quality, &#8230;<strong><br />
</strong><span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.localwineevents.com/Phoenix-Wine/" href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Phoenix-Wine/"><span class="style2" style="color:green;">Phoenix Wine Tasting and Dinners&#8230; &#8211; http://www.localwineevents.com/Phoenix-Wine/</span></a></span><span class="style2"> </span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://feeds.localwineevents.com/~r/Sierra-Foothills-Wine/~3/426788387/event-209665.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Uncork Argentina with Boeger Winery!</span></strong></a><strong><br />
</strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">&#8230; club administrator Tara De La Rosa, will be joining up with our friend Carolyn Gallagher of Uncorking Argentina to lead an unforgettable, action packed excursion to one of the most dramatic and unspoiled wine regions in the world. &#8230;<strong><br />
</strong><span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.localwineevents.com/Sierra-Foothills-Wine/" href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Sierra-Foothills-Wine/"><span class="style2" style="color:green;">Sierra Foothills Wine Tasting&#8230; &#8211; http://www.localwineevents.com/Sierra-Foothills-Wine/</span></a></span><span class="style2"> </span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=373599&#38;iNote=838759"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">2005 Trapiche Malbec Broquel</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Tasted by MitchL. (83 pts.) &#8211; Tasted 10/29/2008. [FIND IT!]<br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0" href="http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0"><span style="color:green;">CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes) &#8211; http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.finewinetrading.com/trapiche-malbec-6-bottles-2/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Trapiche Malbec (6 bottles)</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Fine Wines </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
click here to learn more.<br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.finewinetrading.com/" href="http://www.finewinetrading.com/"><span style="color:green;">fine wine trading &#8211; http://www.finewinetrading.com/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.organicwinejournal.com/index.php/2008/10/malbec-bodega-colome-estate-malbec-valle-calchaqui-salta-argentina-2005-biodynamic/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Malbec, Bodega Colomé, Estate Malbec, Valle Calchaqui, Salta &#8230;</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Adam Morganstern </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Argentinean producers are very proud of their alt.credentials and so “mine is higher than yours” is a very big deal &#8211; you will see that altitude is frequently quoted on the back labels of Argentine wine bottles as a proxy for quality. <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.organicwinejournal.com/" href="http://www.organicwinejournal.com/"><span style="color:green;">Organic Wine Journal &#8211; http://www.organicwinejournal.com/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://backtalkeastdallas.typepad.com/back_talk/2008/10/wine-review-colonia-las-liebres-2007.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Wine review: Colonia las Liebres 2007</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Jeff Siegel </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
WineFest 2008 is Saturday in Addison. More than a dozen wineries and two dozen restaurants will be on hand. Technorati Tags: red wine, Argentine wine,bonardo,Colonia las Liebres,$10 wine,cheap wine.<br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://backtalkeastdallas.typepad.com/back_talk/" href="http://backtalkeastdallas.typepad.com/back_talk/"><span style="color:green;">Back Talk Lakewood/East Dallas &#8211; http://backtalkeastdallas.typepad.com/back_talk/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://argentinastravel.com/3070/chilean-winery-invests-in-land-in-patagonia/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Chilean Winery Invests in Land in Patagonia</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Gwen E. Kirby </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Mendoza may be known as the quintessential Argentine wine haven, but Patagonia’s status as an up-and-coming <strong>wine</strong> region was confirmed earlier this month when a Chilean winery bought large tracks of land there. <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://argentinastravel.com/" href="http://argentinastravel.com/"><span style="color:green;">Argentina&#8217;s Travel Guide &#8211; http://argentinastravel.com/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.winecurmudgeon.com/my_weblog/2008/10/wine-of-the-week-colonia-las-liebres-2007.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Wine of the week: Colonia las Liebres 2007</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Jeff Siegel </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
It’sa heftier, darker version of Beaujolais nouveau. Drink this with with any tomato-based Italian dish, grilled sausages or barbecue. Technorati Tags: red wine,<strong> </strong>Argentine<strong> wine</strong>,bonardo,Colonia las Liebres,$10 wine,cheap wine.<br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.winecurmudgeon.com/my_weblog/" href="http://www.winecurmudgeon.com/my_weblog/"><span style="color:green;">The Wine Curmudgeon &#8211; http://www.winecurmudgeon.com/my_weblog/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://foodczar.blogspot.com/2008/10/wine-corner-review-38-trapiche-mendoza.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Wine</strong> <strong>Corner Review #38: Trapiche Mendoza Argentina Malbec</strong></span></a><strong><br />
</strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Food Czar(Food Czar) </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Well, a few years back, Argentina heard malbec&#8217;s frantic call for attention and came to the rescue, so much so that this noble blending grape assumed primacy in that South American country, rather than be allowed to rot on the vine, <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://foodczar.blogspot.com/" href="http://foodczar.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:green;">Food Czar &#8211; http://foodczar.blogspot.com/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;font-family:&#34;">By Gwen E. Kirby </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"><br />
Festival Beckett Buenos Aires Kicks Off for Third Year; Festival of Tango Starts Next Monday in Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires Sponsors Free Activities for Spring; Anuva <strong>Vinos</strong> Brings <strong>Argentine</strong> Wines to Select US Tasters; Verdi Opera Attila <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://argentinastravel.com/" href="http://argentinastravel.com/"><span style="color:green;">Argentina&#8217;s Travel Guide &#8211; http://argentinastravel.com/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Oct 29, 2008 <strong>&#8230;</strong> José Manuel Ortega Gil-Fournier presents his wines from Argentina, Chile and Spain.</span></td>
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<td style="padding:0 0 12pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://www.hospitality-industry.com/index.php/news/comments/3635/"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">New Eco-Friendly Varietal to Hit Shelves</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;font-family:&#34;">Hospitality-Industry.com &#8211; Houten,Utrecht,Netherlands</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"><br />
J. Soif Wines is the only importer of Argentinian Yellow+Blue wine that offers quality taste in a sustainable package. Naturally produced at a certified <strong>&#8230;</strong></span></td>
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</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">The Fifth Annual VinoSub30 in Argentina is organized by ArgentineWines.Com. as the only contest where young consumers have a say. Young tasters under thirty <strong>&#8230;</strong></span></td>
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<title><![CDATA[AWToday 29/10/08]]></title>
<link>http://awtoday.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/awtoday-291008/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Wine News Wine: King of clubs By Anthony Rose Saturday, 25 October 2008 One pleasant surprise in the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="style1"><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Win</span></strong></span><span class="style2" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&#34;"><strong>e News</strong></span></span></p>
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<td style="width:500px;padding:0 0 12pt;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/wine-king-of-clubs-969485.html"><strong>Wine: King of clubs </strong></a><br />
<span class="style5"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#666666;">By Anthony Rose Saturday, 25 October 2008 </span></span><span class="style7"><span class="style9"><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;">One pleasant surprise in the autumn round of tastings is a bonus, but two in a week and it was starting to feel as if Christmas had come early. So it was with the tastings put on by the Wine Society, the mail-order club, and Virgin Wines</span></span></span></td>
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<td style="width:500px;padding:0 0 12pt;"><a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/OPINION03/810160315"><strong>Enjoy wine on the cheap</strong></a><br />
<span class="style5"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#666666;">By Sandra Silfven Thursday, October 16, 2008</span></span><span class="style7"><span class="style9"><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;">Today&#8217;s tough times call for wine lovers to adopt a penny-pinching strategy &#8212; you know, read the ad circulars and opt for a price-friendly Malbec from Argentina over a high-rent Cab from Napa. Here are tips to score good buys. </span></span></span></td>
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<td style="width:500px;padding:0 0 12pt;"><a href="http://www.packagingdigest.com/article/CA6609116.html?nid=3917"><strong>Eco-Friendly Wines Launched in Trendy Packaging </strong></a><br />
<span class="style5"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#666666;">Packaging Digest, 10/28/2008 8:15:00 AM</span></span><span class="style7"><span class="style9"><br />
<span style="font-size:x-small;">New sustainable package reduces carbon footprint for organically-grown spirits. The Yellow+Blue brand of organically grown Argentinian wines has announced the release of its new Torrontes varietal in new Tetra Pak </span></span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/restaurants/malbecs_maligned_/Content?oid=855068"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Malbecs Maligned?</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">East Bay Express &#8211; Berkeley,CA,USA</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
We invite both East Bay wine bars and wine retailers to tell us what you&#8217;re doing to make the price of fine sipping a little easier on our wallets, <strong>&#8230;</strong></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1032310.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Wine and Spirits / In good ta&#8217;am</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">Ha&#8217;aretz &#8211; Tel Aviv,Israel</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Bodegas Santa Ana, Malbec, La Mascota, Argentina, 2005: Dark garnet to royal purple, with generous wood and firm tannins yielding slowly in the glass to <strong>&#8230;</strong></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/new-eco-friendly-varietal-to-hit-shelves,597182.shtml"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">New Eco-Friendly Varietal to Hit Shelves</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">Earthtimes (press release) &#8211; London,UK</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
J. Soif Wines is the only importer of Argentinian Yellow+Blue wine that offers quality taste in a sustainable package. Naturally produced at a certified <strong>&#8230;</strong></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/food-wine/29326/review-unusual-reds-south-america"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">REVIEW: Unusual reds from South America</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">Otago Daily Times &#8211; Dunedin,New Zealand</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Trapiche of Argentina includes in its wide range of malbecs a handsome series of single-vineyard wines worth exploration. Although wine sent for review is <strong>&#8230;</strong></span></td>
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<td style="padding:0 0 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="style4"><strong>Malbec-land</strong> </span><br />
</span></span></span><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="style5">By Seankervin Travelpod.com </span><br />
</span></span><span class="style6"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Greetings from Mendoza, Argentina &#8211; the heart of Argentina&#8217;s wine country. There are over 1000 bodegas (wineries) around Mendoza with a combined annual production of over a Billion liters. The majority of the wine produced is consumed locally &#8211; so I figured I would consume some locally as well!<br />
<span class="style10"><span style="color:#008000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/seankervin/1/1221605640.html</span></span></span></span></span></td>
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<td style="padding:0 0 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="style4"><strong>V V List release</strong> </span><br />
</span></span></span><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="style5">Saturday Oct. 25, 2008</span><br />
</span></span><span class="style6"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Hello Everyone! Winter&#8217;s coming and the cooler weather is directing our palates toward red wines and social gatherings to ward off the chill in the air. I know we just got through Thanksgiving and all the excess of food, wine and family dysfunction that comes<br />
<span class="style10"><span style="color:#008000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">http://www.cetoblog.com/2008/10/v-v-list-rele-1.html</span></span></span></span></span></td>
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<td style="padding:0 0 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="style4"><strong>Serious Grape: Chardonnay 101</strong> </span><br />
</span></span></span><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="style5">Posted by Deb Harkness, October 24, 2008 at 11:30 AM</span><br />
</span></span><span class="style6"><span style="font-size:x-small;">On Fridays, Deb Harkness of Good Wine Under $20 drops by with Serious Grape. This week, she explores Chardonnays.<br />
<span class="style10"><span style="color:#008000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/10/chardonnay-basics.html</span></span></span></span></span></td>
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<td style="padding:0 0 12pt;"><span class="style14"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;">Alamos Bonarda 2006 Wine Review (NW) </span></span></strong></span><span class="style11"><br />
</span><span class="style13"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#666666;">Saturday, October 25, 2008</span></span><span class="style2"><strong><br />
</strong></span><span class="style6"><span class="style2"><span style="font-size:x-small;">Tasting notes: Aromas of crushed berries on the nose. Juicy and rich on the palate. Finish of raspberry jam and trace pepper notes. Like all the wines of Alamos, this is a great value at $10 or so. It&#8217;s well made and delivers a very fruity package. While I often see their Malbec bottlings, I don&#8217;t often see the Bonarda which is just a bit&#8230;</span><strong><br />
</strong></span><span class="style12"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#008000;">http://winecask.blogspot.com/2008/10/alamos-bonarda-2006-wine-review-nw.html</span></span></span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://seasidemarket.com/?p=130"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Wine Department Specials</span></strong></a><strong><br />
</strong></span><span class="style2" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By seaside </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span><br />
Stella PinotGrigio 2007, Italy $7.99; Deloach Chardonnay 2007, California $6.99; Big House Red 2006, California $7.99; Gougenheim Cabernet Sauvignon 2006, Mendoza, Argentina $9.99; Bogle Phantom 2005, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, &#8230;<br />
<a title="http://seasidemarket.com/" href="http://seasidemarket.com/"><span class="style2" style="color:green;">Cardiff Seaside Market &#8211; http://seasidemarket.com/</span></a></span><span class="style11"><strong> </strong></span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://the-wine-rack.blogspot.com/2008/10/2005-terrazas-del-los-andes-reserva.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">2005 Terrazas del los Andes Reserva Malbec</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span class="style2" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Mike Jacobs(Mike Jacobs) </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span><br />
The grapes used for the Terrazas Reserva Malbec are selected from our finest estate vineyards, located in the best districts of Mendoza, the the ideal elevation of 3500 feet.&#8221;-Winery.<br />
<a title="http://the-wine-rack.blogspot.com/" href="http://the-wine-rack.blogspot.com/"><span class="style2" style="color:green;">The Wine Rack &#8211; http://the-wine-rack.blogspot.com/</span></a></span><span class="style11"><strong> </strong></span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.sharynandmike.com/wp/?p=133"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">1884 . . . it was a very good year.</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Sharyn </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
The one thing to do that seemed to be a universal suggestion from everyone I spoke to, every Mendoza site I perused and book I read, was a visit to THE restaurant in Mendoza, 1884 Francis Mallmann. Quoting The Vines of Mendoza &#8211; Our &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.sharynandmike.com/wp/" href="http://www.sharynandmike.com/wp/"><span style="color:green;">Sharyn and Mike&#8217;s Travels &#8211; http://www.sharynandmike.com/wp/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://feeds.localwineevents.com/~r/Colorado-Springs-Wine/~3/435198568/event-211594.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Argentinean Wine Dinner</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Nov 06, 2008 (Thu): Argentina wine tasting dinner menu Amuse Picada A pre-meal of small noshing hors d&#8217;oeuvres Almanegra Sparkling Chardonnay 1st Roasted Citrus-Amarillo Chile Glazed Shrimp, Plantian Tostones, Coconut-Basil Sauce Alamos &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.localwineevents.com/Colorado-Springs-Wine/" href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Colorado-Springs-Wine/"><span style="color:green;">Colorado Springs Wine Tasting&#8230; &#8211; http://www.localwineevents.com/Colorado-Springs-Wine/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Phoenix-Wine/event-211520.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">State of the Art Wines of Chile and Argentina</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Nov 03, 2008 (Mon): Join us for our wine tasting here inside Bomberos wine bar to taste four wines from Chile and Argentina that are truly State of the Art. All of South America is seeing a growth in wine production and quality, .<strong>..</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://www.localwineevents.com/Phoenix-Wine/" href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Phoenix-Wine/"><span style="color:green;">Phoenix Wine Tasting and Dinners&#8230; &#8211; http://www.localwineevents.com/Phoenix-Wine/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://nbwines.blogspot.com/2008/10/wines-to-try.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Wines to Try</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Norman(Norman) </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Trapiche Pinot Noir $9.99 Canaletto Primitivo di Puglia $11.49 Palo Alto Reserva Red $13.49 Trapiche Broquel Cabernet Sauvignon $14.99 Guigal Crozes Hermitage 2004 $31 Donnafugata Tancredi $38 Clos de l&#8217;Oratoire Chateauneuf du Pape $45 <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://nbwines.blogspot.com/" href="http://nbwines.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:green;">NB Wines &#8211; http://nbwines.blogspot.com/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://chefprivato.blogspot.com/2008/10/ropa-viejo-recipe-food-for-new.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Ropa Vieja Recipe, a food for the New Depression</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Karl Wilder, Chef(Karl Wilder, Chef) </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><br />
Falling Star Merlot/Malbec, another budget entry from Trapiche. The double burst of fruity juice wins. This wine is refreshing enough to work with the garlic/salt flavors without overpowering the lime and tomato. <strong>&#8230;</strong><br />
<span style="color:green;"><a title="http://chefprivato.blogspot.com/" href="http://chefprivato.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:green;">Fusion On The Fly &#8211; http://chefprivato.blogspot.com/</span></a></span> </span></td>
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<link>http://awpro.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/tributo-a-la-vitivinicultura-argentina/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>danroc</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Trapiche Tributo 27/10/08 Fuente: ArgentineWines.Com | DLR Invitados especialmente por los responsab]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_5386" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-5386" href="http://awpro.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/tributo-a-la-vitivinicultura-argentina/dsc01131/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5386 " title="dsc01131" src="http://awpro.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc01131.jpg?w=300" alt="Trapiche Tributo" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Trapiche Tributo</p></div>
<p>27/10/08<br />
Fuente: ArgentineWines.Com &#124; DLR</p>
<p>Invitados especialmente por los responsables de bodega Trapiche, viajamos a Mendoza junto a un grupo de periodistas especializados a fin de conocer Trapiche Tributo, la nueva bodega del Grupo Peñaflor. Su nombre fue elegido a manera de homenaje a las generaciones que hicieron la historia de la vitivinicultura en Argentina y tiene mucho que ver con este interesante proyecto. Así fue que, guiados por el jefe de enología de la empresa Lic. Daniel Pi, recorrimos las obras en su etapa final y disfrutamos de agradables momentos en plena primavera mendocina &#8230;</p>
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<div id="attachment_5394" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-5394" href="http://awpro.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/tributo-a-la-vitivinicultura-argentina/trapiche/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5394" title="trapiche" src="http://awpro.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/trapiche.jpg?w=300" alt="Trapiche Tributo desde las vias del tren" width="300" height="174" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Trapiche Tributo desde las vías del tren</p></div>
<p>La bodega original fue vendida en 1970 a terceros por la familia Cavagnaro, descendientes de sus fundadores, pero quedó abandonada durante cuarenta años. En 2006 nació el proyecto de Trapiche con la compra por parte del Grupo de la antigua bodega construída en 1912 por un pionero llamado Ángel Cavagnaro.</p>
<p>Trapiche precisaba aumentar la producción de vinos de alta gama debido a la sostenida demanda internacional de estos productos. Por ello consideraron la posibilidad de comprar y restaurar esta bodega histórica, que fuera declarada Patrimonio Cultural de la Provincia, y reciclarla en lugar de construir una bodega de cero.</p>
<p>El edificio principal, que albergaba las naves de piletas, es de estilo netamente italiano. De lejos se divisa aún la chimenea perteneciente a la caldera que ponía en funcionamiento las maquinarias. Su ubicación fue privilegiada ya que las vías del Ferrocarril al Pacífico pasaban a su lado e incluso tenía un ramal propio que ingresaba a la bodega desde donde salían sus productos hacia los centros de consumo.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 342px"><a href="http://awpro.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc01140.jpg"><img class="  " title="Daniel Pi" src="http://awpro.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc01140.jpg" alt="Daniel Pi" width="332" height="442" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Daniel Pi</p></div>
<p>Luego de un prolijo y concienzudo trabajo de restauración, actualización tecnológica y puesta en valor permitió conservar su fachada exterior, techos y piletas y refuncionalizar la bodega preparándola para elaborar vinos actuales. Las piletas originales fueron pintadas con epoxi y fueron reemplazadas las tapas y cañerías por acero inoxidable, se les agregaron medidores de temperatura, y equipos de control de temperatura.</p>
<p>Posee salas climatizadas para albergar un millar de barricas nuevas que fueron compradas este año. Frente a la bodega hay un viñedo que ha sido plantado con Malbec a los que se agrega un predio ubicado ruta por medio totalizando unas 5 hectáreas. Estas viñas están cuidadas según los preceptos de la biodinámica, y se las utilizará para elaborar un vino emblemático de la bodega. El complejo terminado permitirá a la empresa contar con una bodega con características específicas para la elaboración de vinos de alta gama y contará con una capacidad de 10 millones de litros. La inversión total ascenderá a los US$ 10 millones, una vez finalizada.</p>
<p>En el almuerzo que se sirvió tuvimos ocasión de probar tres nuevos vinos. Estos fueron el nuevo espumante Trapiche Fond de Cave Nature, el Fond de Cave Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon, el Trapiche Orgullo, un corte realizado en la bodega para su venta y consumo en el local y el Profuso, un Malbec dulce encabezado con grappa de Malbec sumamente interesante. Durante la visita pudimos observar que aún se están realizando las obras finales siendo que la inauguración formal del establecimiento está prevista para el 7 de noviembre. La inauguración contará con la presencia de autoridades y más de 600 invitados. Serán 400 los invitados que vendrán de más de 60 países en los que tiene presencia el Grupo Peñaflor, formado por las Bodegas Trapiche, Finca Las Moras, Bodegas Santa Ana, Michel Torino, Bodegas El Esteco, y Andean Viñas.</p>

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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[La agencia parte del grupo Worldwide Partners, especializada en la comunicación del segmento vitivin]]></description>
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<link>http://awtoday.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/awtoday-121008/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>danroc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://awtoday.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/awtoday-121008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wine Blogs Trapiche Oak Cask 2006 Malbec Mendoza By robert &#8230; purity of the fruit and the oak, ]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://robertmiller.org/wordpress/?p=461"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Trapiche Oak Cask 2006 Malbec Mendoza</strong></span></a><br />
</span><span class="style5" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By robert </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="style5"><br />
&#8230;</span> <span class="style5">purity of the fruit and the oak, this didn’t excel with tonight’s baked chicken (it was fine, though) &#8211; would be mucho better with red meat. Still, a bargain for the price. Plus, Marjorie liked it &#8211; a rarity for red wine these days. &#8230;<br />
</span><span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://robertmiller.org/wordpress" href="http://robertmiller.org/wordpress"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">Wine-O-Rama &#8211; http://robertmiller.org/wordpress</span></a></span><span class="style5"> </span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.eatshowandtell.com/2008/10/13/beluga-wine-and-bar-restaurant-surry-hills/"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Beluga Wine and Bar Restaurant, Surry Hills</strong></span></a><br />
</span><span class="style5" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By linda </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span><br />
Fillet of beef with korma emulsion wild mushroon and rogan josh air accompanied by 2005 Domino del plata Malbec Mendoza, Argentina. Prior to the meals being served, noticing beef on the menu, I explained to chef Khan that I did not eat &#8230;<br />
<a title="http://www.eatshowandtell.com" href="http://www.eatshowandtell.com/"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">eatshowandtell &#8211; http://www.eatshowandtell.com</span></a></span><span class="style5"> </span></span></td>
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<td class="style4" style="padding:0 0 12pt;"><span class="style6" style="font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://winesunder10bucks.blogspot.com/2008/10/argentinian-malbec-top-rated-wine.html"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Argentinian Malbec (Top Rated Wine)</strong></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"><br />
</span><span class="style5" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;font-family:&#34;">By Ax(Ax) </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"><span><br />
Colour: Red Name: Diego Murillo Rio Negro Variety: Malbec Vintage: 2006 Origin: Argentina Appellation: Patagonia Price: $9.99 Ax: **** J: ****<br />
<a title="http://winesunder10bucks.blogspot.com/" href="http://winesunder10bucks.blogspot.com/"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">Wines Under $10(CDN) &#8211; http://winesunder10bucks.blogspot.com/</span></a></span><span class="style4"> </span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.ddwinereview.com/archives/163"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Trapiche Broquel Malbec 2006</span></strong></a><strong><br />
</strong></span><span class="style5" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By Leslie </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span><br />
It displayed a rich, full flavor, tasty fruit and a hint of chocolate. Great “drinkability” with a variety of foods. We highly recommend this well-priced Malbec, we even took a bottle home. Wine: 2006 Trapiche Broquel Malbec &#8230;<br />
<a title="http://www.ddwinereview.com" href="http://www.ddwinereview.com/"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">D&#38;D Wine Review &#8211; http://www.ddwinereview.com</span></a></span><span class="style5"> </span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=578465&#38;iNote=823239"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>2006 Trapiche Cabernet Sauvignon Oak Cask</strong></span></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="style5">Tasted by Bellissimo. Dark fruit and cedar on the nose. Berries and spice on the taste. Not impressive but Ok for the price. (81 pts.) &#8211; Tasted 10/11/2008. [FIND IT!]<br />
</span><span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0" href="http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes) &#8211; http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0</span></a></span><span class="style5"> </span></span></td>
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</span><span class="style5" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;font-family:&#34;">By Stephan Paschalides </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"><span><br />
&#8230; a Tempranillo from the Spanish city of Yecla, and two Argentine wines from Mendoza, a Malbec and a Torrontes, complete the collection. The selection is comprised of popular picks that will certainly not impress wine connoiseurs, &#8230;<br />
<a title="http://www.trendtrekking.com" href="http://www.trendtrekking.com/"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">Trendtrekking &#8211; http://www.trendtrekking.com</span></a></span><span class="style4"> </span></span></td>
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<td class="style4" style="padding:0 0 12pt;"><span class="style6" style="font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://www.starksilvercreek.com/2008/10/in-review-2006.html"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>In Review: 2006 Kaiken Malbec (Argentina) &#8211; A Toasty Wine from the &#8230;</strong></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&#34;"><br />
</span><span class="style5" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;font-family:&#34;">By Clinton Stark </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"><span><br />
As Malbecs go, this is right on the mark, and definitely makes it onto our repeat buy list. Take a look at your local Costco, for $8.99 you can&#8217;t go wrong. STARKSILVERCREEK WINE REVIEW. 2006 Kaiken Malbec Argentina &#8230;<br />
</span><span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.starksilvercreek.com/" href="http://www.starksilvercreek.com/"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">StarkSilverCreek.com &#8211; A Blog&#8230; &#8211; http://www.starksilvercreek.com/</span></a></span><span class="style4"> </span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Atlanta-Wine/event-209133.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>Free Wine Tasting at The Cave &#8211; The Wines of Argentina</strong></span></a><br />
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span class="style5">Oct 15, 2008 (Wed): Join us at The Cave for our Free Thursday Wine Tasting. This week, join us for samplings of the great wines of Argentina. Our experts will be on hand to guide you, and afterwards, stick around for live Jazz.[...]<br />
</span><span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.localwineevents.com/Atlanta-Wine/" href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Atlanta-Wine/"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">Atlanta Wine Tasting and Dinners&#8230; &#8211; http://www.localwineevents.com/Atlanta-Wine/</span></a></span><span class="style5"> </span></span></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://tastingsinbuenosaires.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/phds-attend-buenos-aires-wine-tasting/"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>PhDs Attend Buenos Aires Wine Tasting</strong></span></a><br />
</span><span class="style5" style="font-size:10pt;color:#666666;">By danielkarlin </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span><br />
We are quickly establishing a reputation as the place to go for wine tasting in Buenos Aires. Last night, a group of Ph.D. students from Cornell accompanied me for 5 wines from different regions of Argentina that tempted and tantalized. &#8230;<br />
<a title="http://tastingsinbuenosaires.wordpress.com/" href="http://tastingsinbuenosaires.wordpress.com/"><span class="style5" style="color:#008000;">Wine Tastings in Buenos Aires &#8211; http://tastingsinbuenosaires.wordpress.com/</span></a></span><span class="style5"> </span></span></td>
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<description><![CDATA[-Semana del turismo gastronómico en Godoy Cruz, Mendoza. Del 10 al 14 de octubre se desarrollará la ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>-Semana del turismo gastronómico en Godoy Cruz, Mendoza. Del 10 al 14 de octubre se desarrollará la Semana del Turismo Gastronómico. El público podrá tomar clases con los chef más reconocidos de la gastronomía local, nacional e internacional. Además habrá talleres didácticos y un patio de comidas denominado: “Cocinas del Mundo”. La Semana del Turismo Gastronómico y el V Encuentro de profesionales gastronómicos, forman parte de la agenda nacional de eventos vinculados a la gastronomía y es la máxima expresión de la materia en nuestra provincia. En su edición 2008, el departamento de Godoy Cruz, será la sede. Los escenarios elegidos para esta verdadera fiesta de los sabores son Palmares Bureau (donde se desarrollarán las clases magistrales, con inscripción previa y pago de un arancel) y la Plaza Departamental de Godoy Cruz, con el patio de comidas &#8220;Cocinas del mundo&#8221;, aquí habrá clases abiertas y espectáculos artísticos.</p>
<p>-Las bodegas sanjuaninas podrán presentar muestras y participar de la 20ma Cata Nacional de Vinos de San Juan hasta hoy a las 20, mientras que la recepción de muestras de las provincias vecinas se extenderá durante una semana más. El Centro y el Consejo Profesional de Enólogos y en la Escuela de Degustadores, organizadores del evento, recibieron unas 220 muestras de vino sanjuanino, provenientes de unas 80 prestigiosas bodegas.</p>
<p>-El embajador de El Líbano dijo que los sanjuaninos deben preocuparse más por llegar al mundo árabe y hacer conocer los vinos, porque allá el vino argentino no es conocido y además compite con otros alcoholes como el whisky. Hamdam dijo que el vino de Argentina se exporta a granel a países de Europa, como España e Italia, pero que algunas empresas multinacionales le cambian el nombre y luego venden el vino de origen sanjuanino con otro nombre, como producto de otro país. &#8220;Por eso el comercio debemos hacerlo directo, es más importante que ustedes que producen el vino tengan contacto directo con el mercado nuestro y así vamos a conocer más el vino de Argentina, que no es muy conocido en el mundo árabe. Deben hacer una campaña grande para que conozcamos más de su vino&#8221;, expresó. Diario de Cuyo</p>
<p>-Madrid: Sabor local en El Corte Inglés. Con el derrumbe del precio de los commodities, Argentina ya está trabajando en un nuevo menú de exportaciones. En estos días se está presentando en Madrid una muestra de productos argentinos en las tiendas de El Corte Inglés. Son cincuenta las empresas de alimentos, la mayoría pymes, que participan de la iniciativa &#8220;Saborea Argentina&#8221;, organizada por la Fundación Exportar. Con esta movida, El Corte Inglés invirtió 550.000 euros en 350 productos locales: vinos, pastas secas, condimentos, infusiones, dulces, entre otros artículos. &#8220;Hay que diversificar las exportaciones y darles más empuje a los productos con valor agregado&#8221;, dice el titular de Exportar, Marcelo Elizondo. El programa arrancó el 1° de octubre y se extenderá hasta el 23 en 18 centros comerciales de Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia y Málaga. Ayer, en la tienda de la Castellana, se presentó formalmente el programa con un show de tango y un menú argentino con empanadas, corvina, bifes y panqueques. &#8220;Con iniciativas similares a éstas ya hemos colocado productos argentinos en Harrod&#8217;s en Londres, Kadewe en Berlín, Globus en Zurich, Aventura en Miami, entre otros, y ahora con esta acción nos toca incluir unos 350 productos argentinos en España&#8221;, comenta Elizondo. Empresas como Arcor, Molinos, la bodega Trapiche, el té Inti Zen, son algunas de las que lograron vender sus productos a los españoles. Hasta ahora la cadena ofrecía solo los productos focalizados en el &#8220;mercado de la nostalgia&#8221;: yerba, alfajores y dulce de leche para los compatriotas que emigraron. Clarín por Annabella Quiroga</p>
<p>-Con el fin de recaudar fondos que serán destinados a las obras que sostiene la Fundación Junta Parroquial Nuestra Señora del Pilar, el 29 de este mes, a las 20.30, la Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de la Municipalidad de Hurlingham y los solistas del Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón ofrecerán fragmentos de óperas en la Gala Lírica en el Pilar. Se convidará con vinos Perdriel terruño de Bodega Norton S.A. El bono contribución, de 25 pesos, se puede adquirir en Junín 1904. Informes por el 4806-2209.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Wine News Wine brokers, importers find affordable, well-made selections in &#8230; Pittsburgh Tribun]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/fooddrink/winecellar/s_590906.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="style1"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Wine</span></strong></span> <span class="style1"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri;">brokers, importers find affordable, well-made selections in &#8230;</span></strong></span></span></a><span class="style1"><br />
</span></span><span class="style1"><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Pittsburgh Tribune-Review &#8211; Pittsburgh,PA,USA</span></span><span class="style4"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">&#8220;And in Argentina, you can enjoy a big, delicious grilled steak and a bottle of well-made red wine for around $10.&#8221; Foreign exchange rates in Argentina and &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&#38;objectid=10535164"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Surviving the test of time</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">NZ Herald Wellington Metro &#8211; Wellington,New Zealand</span><span class="style4"><br />
Malbec is a food wine. Drunk in isolation, it simply doesn&#8217;t work, being too rich. Ideally it should be served with red meats, stews, mushrooms, pasta, &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/381175_winepick01.html"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">2007 J&#38;F Lurton Land of Fire Red (Argentina) $8</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">Seattle Post Intelligencer &#8211; USA</span><span class="style4"><br />
In 1992 they made their foray into Argentina and now produce what is, to my mind, some of the best wine values anywhere with their new Land of Fire label. &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/SearchForwardServlet.do?articleId=832010"><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">A calendar of wine and beer tastings and events</span></strong></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">Tampabay.com &#8211; St. Petersburg,FL,USA</span><span class="style4"><br />
&#8230; Wine Garden, 7800 Blind Pass Road, St. Pete Beach. Refreshing sauvignon blanc from California, plus sample rich cabernet sauvignon from Argentina. Free. &#8230;</span></p>
<p><span class="style1"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/nyregion/thecity/21wine.html"><span class="style4"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Wine Under $20 The Dry Pride of Argentina</span></span></a><span class="style4"><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><br />
</span></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html?type=goto&#38;page=www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/nyregion/thecity&#38;pos=Frame4A&#38;sn2=52f18c43/a451472&#38;sn1=b477e1ec/68356d43&#38;camp=foxsearch2008_emailtools_810908c_nyt5&#38;ad=SLOB_88x31&#38;goto=http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thesecretlifeofbees/"></a><span class="style11"><span style="color:#666666;font-family:Calibri;">By </span></span><span class="style4"><a class="style9" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/howard_g_goldberg/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">HOWARD G. GOLDBERG</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="color:#666666;"><span class="style8">Published: September 19, 2008 </span><br />
</span>Torrontés is </span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/argentina/index.html?inline=nyt-geo"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">Argentina</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri;">’s most planted white grape, and the source of its signature dry white wine. Dominio del Plata’s 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo torrontés is scintillating. Tasting of honey, melon and peaches, it is best drunk young and lightly chilled. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.cuyonoticias.com/index.php/ingles/1225-training-seminars-for-export-activities.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">Training Seminars for Export activities</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Cuyonoticias &#8211; Cuyo,Mendoza, Argentina</span></span><span class="style4"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">Works in Argentina, in the Wine Industry Field since 1984. 1995: Advanced Certificate on Wine &#38; Spirit Education Trust, London. &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.atmstravelnews.com/viewpressreleases.asp?ClientID=183&#38;rid=2334"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Cruceros Australis Announces the Start of their 2008-2009 Season &#8230;</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">Adventure Travel Media Source (press release) &#8211; Wellington,CO,USA</span><span class="style4"><br />
The cruise is “all-inclusive”: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and an open bar for wine, beer, liquor and other beverages. The menu combines international cuisine &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://ourtribune.com/article.php?id=5223"><span style="color:#0000ff;">San Antonio, more than you think</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">The Tribune &#8211; Kingwood,TX,USA</span><span class="style4"><br />
Argentina has become one of the largest wine growing regions in the world since 1990. Malbec is the signature wine of Argentina. The wine is distinctive &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/9/prweb1381154.htm"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Luca Winery Debuts New Wine from Argentina&#8217;s Original Double &#8230;</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">PR Web (press release) &#8211; Ferndale,WA,USA</span><span class="style4"><br />
The purity and density of the Luca Syrah speaks to Laborde&#8217;s passion for Syrah and to his vision that Syrah could make a great wine in Mendoza, Argentina. &#8230;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.seemagazine.com/article/city-life/food-drink/malbec-is-the-new-black-1274"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Malbec Is The New Black</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">See Magazine &#8211; Edmonton,AB,Canada</span><span class="style4"><br />
I drink it when I want a “warm and fuzzy” wine — something full-bodied that will provide instant gratification without requiring any serious thought. &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/restaurants/20081002_Taste__and_learn_.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Taste, and learn.</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">Philadelphia Inquirer &#8211; Philadelphia,PA,USA</span><span class="style4"><br />
By Dianna Marder No meal is complete without the right drink &#8211; whether that&#8217;s wine, beer or another lubricant. And this region is rich with classes and &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-pop-goes-th.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Eat: Pop goes the red wine</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">Independent &#8211; London,England,UK</span><span class="style4"><br />
By Terry Durack I don&#8217;t DO horses, so when invited recently to a polo lesson and wine-tasting by a leading Argentinian winery and Gaucho Restaurants, &#8230;<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/LIFE/810010302"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Institute offers winemaking program</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;">Mail Tribune &#8211; Medford,OR,USA</span><span class="style4"><br />
A college entity called the Southern Oregon Wine Institute is offering a one-year viticulture certification program and a two-year viticulture and enology &#8230;</span></p>
<p class="style7"><strong>Wine Blogs</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Austin-Wine/event-207189.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">Central Market Wine Class-Red Wine Varietals: Malbec!</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Nov 06, 2008 (Thu): This meaty grape has recently gained a popular following especially among steak lovers, a natural pairing. Miguel will take us on the journey from its origin in France to its better known home in Argentina.[...]<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.localwineevents.com/Austin-Wine/" href="http://www.localwineevents.com/Austin-Wine/"><span style="color:#008000;">Austin Wine Tasting and Dinners&#8230; &#8211; http://www.localwineevents.com/Austin-Wine/ </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=682"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">Consider every eventuality before planting vineyard</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">By Jeannette E. Warnert </span></span><span class="style4"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">After retiring from the aerospace industry, Overmire planted four acres of Malbec wine grapes in Sheldon, Calif. A somewhat uncommon winegrape variety, Malbec creates an inky red wine with plum-like flavor and is often used for blending &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://ucanr.org/blogs/anrnews/" href="http://ucanr.org/blogs/anrnews/"><span style="color:#008000;">ANR News Blog Feed &#8211; http://ucanr.org/blogs/anrnews/ </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=429904&#38;iNote=814661"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">2006 Terrazas de Los Andes Malbec Reserva</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Tightly wound and dense with robust red fruit, round tannins and plenty of acidity. Good, solid malbec that is perhaps lacking some of the earthy, briary notes that define the best of this varietal. (87 pts.) &#8211; Tasted 10/1/2008. &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0" href="http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0"><span style="color:#008000;">CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes) &#8211; http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=Notes&#38;iUserOverride=0 </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=371835&#38;iNote=814622"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">2005 Trapiche Malbec Oak Cask</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Tasted by philastem. Very smooth; better balance than I remembered from last time (88 pts.) &#8211; Tasted 9/30/2008. [FIND IT!]<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=NotesOther" href="http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=NotesOther"><span style="color:#008000;">CellarTracker Tasting Notes (other&#8230; &#8211; http://www.cellartracker.com/list.asp?Table=NotesOther </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.vinesofmendoza.com/blog/2008/09/29/the-last-days-of-the-month-of-malbec-20-off/"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">The Last Days of The Month of Malbec &#124; 20% off</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">By Alejandrina </span></span><span class="style4"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">reminder&#8212;malbec.jpg.<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.vinesofmendoza.com/blog" href="http://www.vinesofmendoza.com/blog"><span style="color:#008000;">Vines of Mendoza Blog &#8211; http://www.vinesofmendoza.com/blog </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style4"><a href="http://gortonator-on-wine.blogspot.com/2008/09/malbec-tasting.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="style1"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">Malbec</span></span> <span class="style1"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">tasting</span></span></span></a><span class="style1"><br />
</span></span><span class="style1"><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">By Ian Gorton(Ian Gorton) </span></span><span class="style4"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">I must confess, Malbec isn&#8217;t a grape variety I&#8217;ve tasted in abundance. A few samples have been tasted over the years in Australia, but only in the last two years has Malbec got on my radar due to its emergence in several local wineries. &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://gortonator-on-wine.blogspot.com/" href="http://gortonator-on-wine.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#008000;">Pacific Northwest wine, beer&#8230; &#8211; http://gortonator-on-wine.blogspot.com/ </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.kenswineguide.com/wine.php?wine=3868"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">Mapema 2005 Malbec</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">This wine was a new winery for me and Iâ€™m glad I discovered it. &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.kenswineguide.com/" href="http://www.kenswineguide.com/"><span style="color:#008000;">Ken&#8217;s Wine Guide RSS Feed &#8211; http://www.kenswineguide.com/ </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style10"><a href="http://nzadam.blogspot.com/2008/09/bariloche-20-24-september-2008.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">Bariloche 20-24 September 2008</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style10" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">By Adam Drawbridge(Adam Drawbridge) </span></span><span class="style10"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">It amused me when the chap next to me asked for a ´vaso de vino e sprite´, which is pretty much a red wine shandy!! Apparently all the young kids do it to get into wine and apparently this guy was never weaned off this idea hahah. &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://nzadam.blogspot.com/" href="http://nzadam.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#008000;">My South American Adventure &#8211; http://nzadam.blogspot.com/ </span></a></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://vinohag.blogspot.com/2008/09/chenin-blanc-chameleon-grape.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">Chenin Blanc &#8211; A Chameleon Grape</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">By Hank Greer(Hank Greer) </span></span><span class="style4"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">In France it is known as Pineau de la Loire, in South Africa as Steen, and it is known as Pinot Blanco in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Argentina. Chenin&#8217;s versatility stems from its high acidity. It can be used to make sweet wines, &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://vinohag.blogspot.com/" href="http://vinohag.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#008000;">Vino HAG &#8211; http://vinohag.blogspot.com/ </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://www.wine-delivered.co.uk/andean-vineyards-reserve-malbec-2007-red-argentina/"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">Andean Vineyards Reserve Malbec 2007 RED Argentina</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">By Wine Delivered </span></span><span class="style4"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">Here’sa one-off opportunity to secure the barrel-aged Malbec that swept the board at this year’s Wines of Argentina Awards. 478 wines tasted just 4 Trophies given and old friend Opi Sadler’s magnificent flavour-packed gem scooped the &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://www.wine-delivered.co.uk" href="http://www.wine-delivered.co.uk/"><span style="color:#008000;">Wine Delivered &#8211; http://www.wine-delivered.co.uk </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style1"><span class="style4"><a href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/dining/2008/09/a-little-malbec.html"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:Calibri;">A little Malbec this weekend?</span></a><br />
</span><span class="style4" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;">By Laura Reiley </span></span><span class="style4"><br />
<span style="font-family:Calibri;">The Malbec Tour is making a stop at B-21 in Tarpon Springs, giving people a chance to meet winemakers from Chile and Argentina, have their bottles signed and taste great wines from the Andes. Manual Ferrer, winemaker for the estate &#8230;<br />
<span style="color:#008000;"><a title="http://blogs.tampabay.com/dining/" href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/dining/"><span style="color:#008000;">Mouth of Tampa Bay &#8211; http://blogs.tampabay.com/dining/ </span></a></span></span></span></span></p>
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<link>http://fmurphyphoto.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/hacienda-san-jeronimo/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Cobán fue el departamento que junto con Lorena (mi esposa) elegimos como destino de viaje que nos otorgó el Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo (INGUAT)  como parte del premio del “<em>Concurso Fotográfico Guatemala Como Destino Turístico</em>”. Tuvimos la suerte de contar con la compañía de Marlon Laz, un experto viajero que dió muestras de conocer toda la geografía nacional y fue la persona que el Instituto proporcionó como guía para esta aventura.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Nuestra primer parada fue el Museo del Trapiche localizado en San Jerónimo Baja Verapaz. Uno de los pueblos más limpios y tranquilos que he visitado, un lugar donde se respira una paz aparente y pareciera que las carreras del día a día encuentran descanso.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">La historia azucarera de Guatemala tiene inicio en San Jerónimo. Lugar, donde en 1601 fue fundado el primer ingenio de caña de azúcar de Centroamérica, introduciendo el nuevo cultivo procedente de Jamaica.</span></p>
<p><a title="_MG_2975.JPG by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2872728873/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2872728873_93cc9b4bc2.jpg" alt="_MG_2975.JPG" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Los hallazgos arqueológicos evidencian que el clima de la región era ideal para el cultivo de la uva. Cuenta la guía del museo del trapiche, que el vino de San Jerónimo ganó un concurso de vinos en España y al saberlo el Rey Carlos V ordenó a quemar toda la plantación de uva de la finca para no tener competencia con los vinos españoles.</span></p>
<p><a title="Purgatorio by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2871972749/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3101/2871972749_903b0807b5.jpg" alt="Purgatorio" width="240" height="367" /></a><a title="Finca San Jerónimo by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2870624621/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2870624621_ac7e0dff4d.jpg" alt="Finca San Jerónimo" width="240" height="367" /></a><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal">Este ingenio contaba con adelantos tecnológicos, a tal grado de asombro que el historiador Cortéz y Larraz relata “<em> …con el trabajo de dos hombres, en cuanto a seis minutos el salón de secado del azúcar era cubierto con un tejado corredizo</em>”. Esta aplicación innovadora convierte a Rafael Luján en uno de los pioneros en el uso industrial de la energía solar. En aquel tiempo la hacienda produciá alrededor de 90 toneladas de azúcar anuales, alcanzando la producción de grandes regiones como Brasil y México.</p>
<p><a title="_MG_2978.JPG by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2872718251/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2872718251_36928572ff.jpg" alt="_MG_2978.JPG" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Los frailes dominicos contruyeron en el siglo XVI un acueducto estilo romano, constituido por 124 arcos que servían para conducir agua hacia el trapiche de la hacienda.</span></p>
<p><a title="Rueda de Pelton by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2872633487/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2872633487_4c7824651e.jpg" alt="Rueda de Pelton" width="500" height="229" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Al entrar al poblado se observa en el arco de ladrillo con la cruz Dominica que da la bienvenida al viajero.<span> </span>Y no es para menos, si fue el lugar donde llegó la primera falange Dominica integrada por Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Pedro de Angúlo y Rodrigo de Ladrada.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">El Ingenio San Jerónimo estaba equipado con casas de molienda, calderas y purgatorio. En la primera se encontraban las prensas donde se exprimía el jugo de caña, en las calderas se hacía el proceso de cristalización y en el purgatorio se purificaba el producto final.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Muchos de los pobladores de San Jerónimo dicen con orgullo “Aquí comenzó la dulce historia del azúcar“. Pero fue Cortéz y Larraz quien la concibió en ese tiempo como “<em>La hacienda más bella del Reino Español</em>“.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Texto y Fotos: Freddy Murphy © Derechos Reservados.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fuente: Folleto del Museo del Trapiche, <a href="http://www.visitguatemala.com">Inguat</a>, las<a href="http://www.verapaces.com/articulos/turismo_regional/museo_regional_del_trapiche/">Verapaces.com</a>.</p>
<p><a title="Azucar de Guatemala by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2872670397/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2872670397_fdfabafecc_s.jpg" alt="Azucar de Guatemala" width="75" height="75" /></a><a title="Rueda de Pelton by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2872699083/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2872699083_1a4b310e35_s.jpg" alt="Rueda de Pelton" width="75" height="75" /></a><a title="Calderas de San Jerónimo by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2871424070/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2871424070_1268ec03db_s.jpg" alt="Calderas de San Jerónimo" width="75" height="75" /></a><a title="Purgatoria San Jerónimo by freddy Murphy, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddymurphy/2873489568/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/2873489568_84cf27e310_s.jpg" alt="Purgatoria San Jerónimo" width="75" height="75" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Great wines under $10 ]]></title>
<link>http://osolomama.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/great-wines-under-10/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>osolomama</dc:creator>
<guid>http://osolomama.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/great-wines-under-10/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting a new category&#8211;great wines under ten bucks. Today, an Argentinian I wine I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://osolomama.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/trapiche.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-287" src="http://osolomama.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/trapiche.jpg?w=127" alt="" width="127" height="180" /></a>I&#8217;m starting a new category&#8211;great wines under ten bucks. Today, an Argentinian I wine I&#8217;ve been drinking for the last year: <a title="Trapiche" href="http://www.trapiche.com.ar/" target="_blank">Trapiche</a> Cabernet Sauvignon 2004/2005/2006. It&#8217;s just the perfect red wine at a perfect price: $8.65.</p>
<p>What I like about it: that dark cab colour and the hint of vanilla and tobacco. Yum. And as my daughter&#8217;s godfather keeps reminding me with a glint in his eye. . .cabs have all those nice tannins in them for good vascular health. As we toast another. Enjoy.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Trapiche Malbec (2007)]]></title>
<link>http://tomandmelodywine.com/2008/07/25/trapiche-malbec-2007/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tom &#38; Melody</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>It is a Friday night in July and Tom &#38; I are reading the paper while dinner roasts in the oven. We are so happy it is the weekend! Tom chose this Malbec for tonight and I took some time to let the wine breathe and I have been sniffing and tasting in order to provide an accurate description. I purchased this wine at A &#38; L Wine Castle in Ann Arbor. It was a spur of the moment decision a couple nights ago to stop by on my way home and get a half case of wine. This was one that ended up in my trunk.</p>
<p>Although I like this wine, I think it is young and might be better six months from now. By that I mean that it has the potential to be quite complex but, today, it is a rather simple wine.  The nose is black licorice. The taste is mushrooms and violets &#8212; this has real potential. I  am going to suggest to Tom that we purchase more of this wine to lay down for 6 months to a year.</p>
<p>Cheers to Tommy and Tony. I am thinking about my boys. . .</p>
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<link>http://tjunqueira.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/coliseu/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tiago Junqueira</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tjunqueira.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/coliseu/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Este foi um dos meus primeiros trabalhos de verdade como fotógrafo, para Jóias Coliseu. Fotos: Tiago]]></description>
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<p><strong>Fotos:</strong> Tiago Junqueira</p>
<p><strong>Tratamento:</strong> Meca</p>

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