Argentina: Malbec

"Argentina and Malbec apparently go together like, erm, bucket and spade, Chablis and Chardonnay or Cahors and Malbec even, while I'm on the 'M' subject. Let's get the geeky stats stuff out of the way first off: almost one-third of the country's vineyard surface area is planted with Malbec, or 83,684 acres (about 34,000 hectares) to be precise, most of it in the Mendoza region (see winesofargentina.org for more info, where I slyly teleported the photo above from).

Languedoc: Clos Bagatelle update

A tasty little 'Saint-Chinian pronto-post' suddenly seemed appropriate, since I did a wine tasting recently featuring Clos Bagatelle's La Gloire de Mon Père 2000 vintage (selected blend of Syrah, Mourvèdre and Grenache - £19.95 Terroir Languedoc, UK), which showed very well that certain Languedoc reds can age beautifully.

Cahors: special wine touring report now available

Château du Cayrou

You can get my special Cahors wine touring supplement as part of a massive French wine e-magazine - as an Amazon eBook or an emailed PDF file with pics - featuring all three parts of my Malbec road trip (goes to summary of part 1)trilogy published on French Mediterranean Wine earlier this year, plus bonus winery profiles from this exciting region of southwest France. Yours for only £1.99 (GBP). Or subscribe to my blog for just £25 a year and get it free! Also includes other in-depth specials originally produced in a separate format, such as my detailed Saint Chinian wine touring report.

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