In this episode, we sit down with Seba Zuccardi, the pioneering force behind some of Argentina's most distinctive and terroir-driven wines hailing from the Uco Valley in the Mendoza province. While the Zuccardi family winery was established by his grandfather in...
South America's Southern Cone exudes an irresistible summer siren song during the end-of-year travel season. While the days get cold, rainy, or snowy in the North, the weather is all sunshine and gelato in the South. It’s no wonder why it’s a favorite winter...
Shouldn’t your face cream be as clean as the food you put in your body? Ideally yes, but it’s not always the case. In today’s episode, Emily Yeston, co-founder of Doré, joins us to talk about clean skincare and how her company is bringing that to French pharmacy...
There’s simply “something” about Colombia. It has that yo-no-sé-qué quality. So deliciously alluring, seductive to your senses, and a joyous nature that's infectious. Colombians also happen to be among the most hospitable folks on the planet. It’s a country full of...
In this episode, Rodolfo Guzmán, the head chef and founder of the award-winning Boragó restaurant in Santiago, Chile, joins us to share his two great passions: food & chile. Boragó today ranks among the top restaurants in South America and the world, and Guzman is on...
Are you a foodie or wine enthusiast dreaming of a trip to the Napa Valley this year? Or perhaps you have never been–or it’s high time for a revisit. Today, our host Liz Caskey, a local Napa resident, sommelier, travel expert and co-founder of Liz Caskey Culinary &...
Nestled at the feet of the towering Andes Mountains with more than 320 days of sunshine each year, Mendoza is a region defined by wine, much the way Bordeaux or Napa is. After all, it’s the world’s fourth largest wine producing region. Mendoza, however, is more...
With Caribbean and Pacific coastlines, rain forests, jungles, great valleys and rivers flowing from the Andes Mountains, desert, and fog forests, Colombia is a country with deep regionality and distinct food, culture and customs. As the country exports more and...
Desenchufar in Spanish means to unplug. Uruguayans are the king of chill and have a knack for dialing down your revolutions. One of the most laid-back countries, Uruguay also has some of the best beaches in South America. It’s a coastal country where idyllic...
Chile stretches like a thin noodle down the South American continent with the wild Pacific crashing to the west and the snow-capped Andes forming a jagged backbone to the east. This long extension of latitudes is responsible for the country’s thrillingly diverse range...
This week, we expand the theme of terroir from wine and our favorite ‘ingestibles’ and weave it into how this concept also applies to our travels. While it’s term is often used frequently by the wine world to denote the place of origin and its uniqueness, it...
In today’s episode, meet Rodrigo Soto, a Chilean winemaker who backed into wine, and organic and biodynamic viticulture, almost by mistake. However his slightly rebellious nature and love for the outdoors carved a path that took him from Chile to California and...
This week, as many of you are dusting off those travel lists and looking to get bucket list destinations on the calendar for 2022 into 2023, we share some straight talk about the current situation with the pandemic in South America, which is a very different...
The past fifteen months have presented a real challenge for those of us that love to travel internationally. In the United States at least, while a corner has been turned and we can now travel safely closer to home, international travel is still quite piecemeal...
Today the passionate Laura Catena, president of Catena Zapata and Luca Wines in Argentina, joins us for a fun, fast-paced episode. She’s a fourth generation Argentine vintner and her great grandfather was the founder of the Catena winery in Mendoza in 1902...
The finest wines offer clarity, distinctiveness, grace, balance, deliciousness, complexity, modesty, persistence, and sometimes even a little paradox. Today to kick off a new season, we dig into a theme that we discuss time and time again: terroir. Terroir is a...
Olive oil has been produced and consumed in Mediterranean countries and cultures for thousands of years, and is an essential part of the diet in that region that has become known as the ‘Mediterranean Diet’ touted for its health benefits. Yet it’s more than a...
Olive oil has been produced and consumed in Mediterranean countries and cultures for thousands of years, and is an essential part of the diet in that region that has become known as the ‘Mediterranean Diet’ touted for its health benefits. Yet it’s more than a...
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