and the meaningful
Episode 15: Talking Bean-to-Bar Chocolate with Mark Gerrits of Obolo Chocolate“If we want to create a market, if we want to change chocolate culture, I hope there’s more people that do it. I hope we can be a beacon of hope, of inspiration, that we can do it.”
Episode 14: The Emergence of Uruguayan Wine with Juan Andrés Marichal of Marichal Wines“Uruguay is in a very good moment. Many people are saying that this is the next region you have to discover.”
Episode 13: The Fascinating World of Fungi with Guiliana Furci of Fundación Fungi“Chile shares its marine ingredients with Peru. We share our terrestrial animal ingredients, or species, with Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil. But, really the only ingredients that differentiate us totally from our neighbors are our mushrooms.”
Episode 12: From Wine Lover to Winemaker, with Michael Evans of The Vines of Mendoza"We knew we had this idea of buying a piece of land and farming it for people and letting them start their dream of making wine."
From our Journal
Just back from… Clos Apalta Residence in Chile
I am sitting like a lizard in the warm afternoon sunshine, wrapped in an alpaca wool shawl on a scenic terrace overlooking the Apalta wine appellation and volcanoes of the Andes. The chilly morning rain has moved out and there’s not a cloud in the sky. In the distance, there’s a shrill call of a […]
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Where Joy is Shaken and Poured …Cartagena
From my air-conditioned perch inside a picturesque bar in Cartagena, I have a view of the San Pedro de Claver church, made of golden coral stone and heavy wooden doors where many passersby stop to snap photos. The plaza just outside is surrounded by white and ochre-toned colonial buildings with carved balconies where the palanqueras […]
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A Love Letter to La Huella (and Uruguay)…
I have a big smile on my face as my toes dig into the warm sand–I am in my happy place. Gauging from the sun in the sky, it’s late afternoon, but I am far from concerned about the time at this precise moment. My husband, looking extremely tan and very handsome in his white […]
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