My casero at La Vega takes the time to shell kilos upon kilos of cranberry bean. She always greets me with a hearty smile. I landed last Tuesday, on my birthday, in Chile. Since I moved to Chile over twelve years ago, one of the things I relish every...
Before moving to Chile, now over twelve years ago!, January used to be the biggest drag. Bleak, cold, gray days that I had to endure until spring. My birthday at the end of the month was always accompanied by a blizzard. Not being a cold weather person, it was...
Imagine this. Twelve dramatically different wine valleys packed into a 1,000 mile north to south mid-section of the country, no more than 100 miles or so wide at any point. Vineyards sit in the piedmont with jagged, snowcapped peaks cutting into the sky. Others...
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