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Episode 20: What is Terroir, exactly?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 term that is increasingly used in any ‘origin’ or craft product, so we […]
Episode 18 (Part II ) : Olive oil as a way of life with Carola Dümmer“Olive oil is an alive product. It’s not a commodity or refined fat. That is part of my mission, to educate on how to use olive oil.”
Episode 17 (Part I ) : Olive oil as a way of life with Carola Dümmer“Olive oil is an alive product. It’s not a commodity or refined fat. That is part of my mission, to educate on how to use olive oil.”
Episode 16: Meet the Chilean Dream Weaver, Catalina Marin of TREKO“Treko wants to achieve contemporary designs for life. We want these pieces to be sustainable and even pass from generation to generation.”
From our Journal
Going Deep: Peru’s Colca Canyon
The sun catches the far side of the canyon, illuminating the hills like a golden spotlight from above. Standing in the cool shadows across the valley, the terraces look like long horizontal lines climbing the slopes. They follow the contour of the mountain, interrupted by scrub, cacti, and clusters of eucalyptus. There are hundreds, maybe […]
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Stone, Light, and Fire: Arequipa, Peru’s under-touristed south
The water comes up to my neck. It’s so warm it feels almost womb-like. Ripples form as a couple of doves swoop down to skim the puddles next to the soaking pool. I float, exhausted from nearly ten hours of transit including a pre-dawn flight from Santiago to Lima, and then another hour-long flight to […]
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What the Desert Asks of You
The first thing you notice landing in Calama is the incredible dryness. On the road to the desert oasis of San Pedro, the jumping off point to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, the landscape registers few signs of life — dry riverbeds, copper colored hills, and even an entire mountain range made from compressed […]
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