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PHOTOS: A Chocolate River In Wine Country

Posted 02.01.2013 | Travel
Read More: South America, Rafting, White Water Rafting, International Destinations, Mendoza, Mendoza River, Argentina, South America Travel, Wine, Argentina Travel, Malbec, Destinations, Travel News

The Mendoza River is a chocolate brown sluiceway punctuated by rapids that fall neatly in the range of fun but not terrifying. The river runs away fro...

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5 Facts About Blended Wines for Beginners

Ross Szabo | Posted 11.06.2012 | Taste
Read More: Wine-Blending, Wine, Wine Tasting Room Tips, Wine Tasting, Blends, Mendoza, Wine Blends, Taste News
Ross Szabo

In my last piece I called blended wines the ice cream sundae of all of my favorite grapes. Blends are some of the most complex and interesting types of wine. I've changed from avoiding blends to seeking out the best types.

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Where To Go When You've Summered Everywhere

Jetsetter.com | Posted 07.20.2012 | Travel
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Jetsetter.com

No one loves a classic summer spot more than we do, but it doesn't hurt to mix things up.

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Reality of Transparency Less Than Its Promise

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 01.21.2012 | Media
Read More: Associated Press, Transparency, Freedom of Information, Open Government Initiative, Mendoza, Media News
Kenneth F. Bunting

Across the globe, there are more people living in countries where citizens supposedly have access rights to government information than do not. But what people are entitled to see under freedom of information laws and what they can easily gain access to are two different realities.

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A Tipsy Heaven In Argentina

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 01.11.2012 | Travel
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Jennifer Hamady

The five acres were originally purchased by Gabriela's grandmother in 1936. Malbec vines and olive trees had been planted at the turn of the century and meticulously maintained.

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Plane Crash Over Argentina's Patagonia Leaves No Survivors

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 07.18.2011 | World
Read More: Cordoba, Comodoro Rivadavia, Saab 345, Patagonia, Airplanes, Argentina, C5N Television, Airplane Crash, Plane Crash, Argentina Patagonia, Mabel-Yahuar, Sol Airlines, Andes, Todo Noticias, Neuquen, Death & Dying, Los Menucos, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Airlines, Sol Airlines Flight 5248, World News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A turboprop plane carrying 22 people crashed and exploded in Argentina's southern Patagonia region, killing all on boa...

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Argentinian Lake May Offer Clues To Life On Mars

Reuters | Kylie Stott | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Microbiology, Dna, Primitive Life, Mendoza, Argentina, Life on Mars, Mars, South America, Argentine Lake, Laguna Del Diamante, Lake Diamante, World News

A lake in Argentina's remote, inhospitable northwest may offer clues on how life got started on Earth and how it could survive on other planets, scien...

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Mendoza, Argentina Wine City, Worries Financial Crisis Will Threaten Its Success

BBC | Candace Piette | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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The city of Mendoza lies in a valley which was once a desert. But since the time of the Incas, it has been irrigated by a series of canals with waters...

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Drinking Wine by the Andes with the World's Best Sommeliers

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Argentina, Wine, Masters, Sommeliers, Tango, Food and Wine, Mendoza, Style News
Barry Yourgrau

My first visit to the country of Evita, tango, and futbol was my chance to drink wine with the world's best sommeliers.

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