Raise a Glass for Malbec World Day
#MalbecArgentino is the variety that most accurately reflects the evolution of the Argentinian wine industry. On this day, back in 1853, president of Argentina Domingo Faustino Sarmiento asked (by order of the government) Frenchman Michel Aimée Puget to bring Malbec, amongst other French vines, to Argentina. Pouget continued experimenting with the adaptation of French varietals to Argentina's diverse terroirs. Devastatingly, when the phylloxera plague hit France in 1863 it […]