and the meaningful
Episode 11: Curiosity as a Compass, In Conversation with Peggy Markel"If you know that you’re looking for that particular thread of authenticity, you’re going to look for it in everything that you do."
Episode 10: Holiday Edition, Christmas in Summer"For me as a child, December and the festivities always meant the beginning of a very, very long summer holiday." Cecilia Diaz Chuit, co-founder & owner, Cavas Wine Lodge in Mendoza Argentina
Episode 09: On passion and the pursuit of luxury in the Amazon with Francesco Galli Zugaro"The best way to describe it (the Amazon) is it’s a mixture of Jurassic Park meets Garden of Eden"
Episode 08: On breaking the cheese ceiling in Chile with Camila Moreno“The food they [cows] have, the grass they have, it has a direct influence on the quality of the final product.”
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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